Devil-grethan-

nine

Grayson Bailey

         My alarm blared from my bed side table, pulling me out of my comfortable sleep. I leaned over to turn it off but was stopped abruptly by Ethan's tight arms. "Nooo" he whines quietly, pulling me back to him making me smile.

         "One second" I whisper and he lets go, letting me turn the stupid alarm off and roll back to him. His arms wrap around my waist, his head buried in my chest. I run my fingers through his messy locks with a smile, he looks up at me with tired eyes, "mornin'" he mumbles.

          "Good morning" I say back, he smiles up at me and leans forward, kissing me sweetly. Surprisingly, his morning breath wasn't bad at all, still minty from last night. "I'm hungry" he sighs, falling back, only one arm now wrapped around me.

          "I can make break-" he cuts me off, "no. I'm hungry" he says again, raising a brow at me. It takes a second before I realize his words were meant in a very dirty way. "We have to get to work" I protest and he hums, "but you were willing to make me breakfast?" He asks, sitting up and leaning over me.

           "That's different" I shrug making him smirk, "yeah but this is quicker" he pushes, kissing my neck and jaw. "E" I moan, grabbing onto his broad shoulders. "Just a quickie" He whispers, "just a quickie" I repeat.

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"Come to my office. Now" the line disconnected as I gulped in fear. Ethan had just gotten out of his meeting with Morphe which means I probably messed something up in his PowerPoint presentation.

I quickly sped walked to his office, opening the door to see that he wasn't angry, didn't even look one bit upset. "I need you" He whispers, concern took over my face as he frowned slightly. His face turning a bit red making me worry, "what's wrong?" I ask, walking up to his desk.

"I want an open relationship with you and the only way to do that is to make sure you know me, along with my past." He tells me, leaning forward, his elbows on his desk, his hands folded together.

"Okay" I say simply and sit down in the white chair, ready to hear what he had to say. "I have an ex wife" he starts off and I nod, putting all judgement and jealousy and insecurities aside for now.

"We were so in love. She was my everything, she was beautiful and funny and smart and all these wonderful things, she was just perfect in every way possible. On our honey moon, Xarvier was conceived, he was planned of course. And for his first year of life it was perfect, she was so good with him, I was too. But one night I had to work late in my office, I had meeting plans to go over because I refused to get a secretary or any type of assistant. Well when I came home from that late night which turned into three AM, Xavier was screaming crying. I was so scared and worried at just that I almost completely walked by her, her- her body. Someone broke into my house, shot my wife, three times and then just left. Didn't take anything, didn't touch Xavier. They just wanted her dead, it was so fucking sickening, and I had no clue who it was. Fuck, I still don't know." Tears stream from his face as he explains the story, I suck in my bottom lip, trying hard not to let a tear slip.

"I'm scared, Grayson. I'm scared that the same will happen with you, I mean you're so perfect. Everything you do is so beautiful and amazing that I just- I question if you're even real. And you're so good with Xav that, I wonder if you'll just be a repeat. I don't feel capable of loving you" he admits, looking to the side to hide his face from me.

"Ethan, no don't think like that. I am so sorry you had to go through all that but you're here. You're here with me and Xavier, you can start over, we can try together. But you have to be positive about it, I'm not going anywhere. I will always be here for you" I promise him, reaching over the desk and grabbing his hand.

"I promise" I whisper and he nods, looking at me finally. He pulls me in for a passionate kiss, my pelvis pressing against the edge of the desk. "What if it's not the same?" He asks, pressing his forehead against mine making me frown. "It won't be the same, it'll be better" I assure him and he nods, biting his lips nervously.

"Get back to work, Bailey" he jokes, pecking me on the lips one last time before practicality kicking me out of his office. This relationship was gonna be a lot of work, but I'll do everything I can to make it work.

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A/N- short n sad 🤕

Also I'm going out of state tmr morning for a few weeks 🤪 buttt that means I won't be posting as much and if I do it'll be late night (est)

So please be patient, I'm not giving up on the book just slowly updating because I won't have time.

Thank you for understanding, love you guys ❤️