Juliette's state gradually improved as she finally decided to take her medication. Thang god. I have no idea why she changed her mind but I'm so grateful she did. In a short time the brunette was getting her strength and contagious joy back. It took several days for her body to readjust to our schedule, but soon, she would wake up to have breakfast with us and help Lily get ready for day care. And when I would come back home she'd walk - hop on her crutches rather- to welcome me and peck me on the cheek.

We would eat enjoying conversation and she would listen to my constant complaining about my useless employees. After putting Lily to bed, she would join me on the coach to watch a movie before going our separate ways. I loved this new routine, and that we would get closer each day.

The pain was less of a hindrance and she asked me one morning if she could use the help of my chauffeur. I inquired why just out of curiosity and she explained she needed to buy groceries to make us dinner. Of course I had agreed, pleased she had found purpose again and something to get her busy. So since that day, she would go to the shops in the mornings, have a short nap in the afternoons and spend hours cooking before Lily's return.

Tonight I have to stay later than usual to meet a client who has shown up unannounced. Seeing he is a really important client I have no choice but to accept the meeting but before he is allowed inside my office, I text Juliette to tell her not to wait for me for dinner.

The meeting lasts longer than I had expected and I already know I won't see Lily tonight when I check the time on my watch. I sigh and lock the door of my office. Twenty minutes later I am home and welcomed by a very lively Juliette. She approaches me as I enter the hallway and wraps her arms around my neck, letting go of her crutches that crash on the floor. I quickly wrap my arms around her waist, afraid she might fall but she's steady on her left leg. She stares into my eyes a bit too long and as if sensing my hesitation, she leans in and places a soft and long kiss on my cheek. I feel her warm lips brushing against my ear and nibbling on my earlobe. "I've missed you...so much."

She looks at my eyes and I smile. "I've been away for twelve hours." I giggle.

"Feels like we were apart for months." She answers, seriously. And I get her meaning, scanning her eyes and seeing them darken. Her hands cup my cheeks and she gives my eyes one last glance before putting her lips on mine. We kiss slowly, taking our time, remembering what it feels like. Her lips curl into a smile on my mouth. I know she's getting impatient as her hands are now grasping my cheeks hard but I won't give in that easily. She licks my bottom lip but I won't grant her entrance. She growls, annoyed but amused and I know I can't play that game long with her and I carry her bridal style in the master bedroom. I lay her delicately on the mattress and straddle her.

I don't want to rush this. I've missed her way too much and I want to enjoy every moment as if it is the first time. I kiss the side of her neck, making her moan, and I reciprocate the bite on the earlobe "I've missed you too...and I intend to prove just how much."

I brush my lips along her cheek and place a delicate kiss on her lips. She opens her mouth but I remove my lips to her jaw and her neck where I start sucking, provoking another moan. I lift her tshirt, exposing her bare chest and continue kissing my way to her left breast. Her nipple is already erect and I take it in my mouth. I suck on it and bite lightly, and harder as I see her eyes rolling at the back of her head. I do the same with her right breast, massaging her left with my hand. I had almost forgotten how sensitive she is....she's panting hard, her mouth wide open and I fill it with my tongue. She opens her eyes in surprise but immediately grasps my head in fear I would break the kiss. Our tongues dance together for a long moment, until I feel her grasp getting loose. I take it as my cue she doesn't want my tongue in her mouth anymore, and I help her sit up to take off her tshirt. She takes mine off before I've had the time to protest.

I kiss my way down her breasts and down her stomach and bite on the skin of her hip, near the rim of her sweatpants. I kneel between her legs and strip her, getting rid of my clothes at the same time. I straddle her left leg and move my knee up between her legs, and resume kissing her neck, my left hand now roaming on the sides of her body, until I reach her cast and stop abruptely. I look at her eyes and they silently tell me she's ok.

Her body is warm under mine and I feel her wetness on my knee and her eagerness as she's pushing my head downwards. I know she can feel my wetness too and that I'm turned on from the way I'm grinding on her leg. But I want to give her what she wants and I slowly lick my way to her aching bud. She jumps as I blow on it and kiss it, before moving my lips on her inner left thigh. And when I know she can't take it anymore, I start licking her clit, ever so slowly, taking my time. Her body is shaking and I know she's real close when she grasbs my head hard with both her hands to keep me in position. I lick faster and soon I hear it, the silence as she has stopped breathing. When she climaxes the air she has been holding rushes out of her lungs in one long moan, followed by other short high pitched ones. I love how I have made her a moaning mess and I grin, watching her, slowing down the strokes of my tongue.

I remain between her legs, my chin resting above her pubic bone and stare at her, hugely smiling. There aren't many words that can express how I'm feeling. I'm in bliss and I don't want this moment to end. When Juliette's breathing has calmed down, I crawl on top of her and give her lips one soft kiss. She clasps her hands around my back and tries to get me off her but I won't let her. "Ju, it's alright, you can just...owe me one ok?" But she disagrees and tries to wiggle her way out but I'm too strong. She's too weak rather. There's no doubt she would overpower me without the cast. "Ju, I'm serious." This time she sees it in my eyes and capitulates. I rest on my right elbow and stare longingly at her. "I love you."

Did those words just come out of my mouth? The brunette lifts her head and kisses me passionately and when she breaks the kiss I hear her say in a low voice "I love you too. I've never stopped loving you." I smile like an idiot and kiss her back.

We end up spooning, her back on my stomach. I remove her hair from her neck and place delicate kisses, stroking her bare right arm from her shoulder to the tip of her fingers and back, not getting tired of it. I fight back sleep, maybe afraid what just happened isn't real. I kiss the side of her head, behind her ear, tickling her in her sleep. But suddenly a thought enters my mind and I hold her more tightly, afraid she might run away...afraid she heard my thought too. I can't keep this from her. I'll have to tell her eventually. I can't lie to her ever again.