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Chapter 14

Paige sat back in her seat, finally relaxing after the concert as she watched Juliet speaking with a couple of Soraya's band. She hadn't been sure what the atmosphere would be like given the fact Juliet and Soraya didn't appear to see eye to eye, but she had nothing to worry about here. Juliet wasn't one for childish games, and Paige suspected that Soraya had learnt her lesson when it came to being standoffish around Juliet.

She took in Juliet's form as Soraya sat down next to Paige, her gaze sweeping repeatedly up and down that body Paige had been missing lately. Nights with Juliet were just…perfection. Even when they were working at the bar, life still felt incredibly good. Positive and bright. But nights at home? Oh, they were everything to Paige. Making dinner together, drinking hot chocolate on the couch with the TV playing, Juliet watching Paige as she sat at her piano. It didn't matter what they were doing, so long as Paige was only doing it with Juliet.

"Just a week to go now." Soraya nudged Paige's shoulder.

"Yeah." Paige's eyes reluctantly drifted away from Juliet. If Soraya started with the world tour conversation again, Paige was out of here. "We have so much to do in the next few weeks. I can't expect Juliet to get ready for the reopening without me."

"This bar means a lot to you, doesn't it?"

"It means a lot to me because it means a lot to Juliet. And it's where we first met one another, so it's hard not to love the place, you know?" Paige found it hard to believe that so much time had passed since that afternoon she first walked into The Hideout. Her life had changed drastically, but it had changed for the better. "I…owe a lot to Juliet. Without her, I probably wouldn't be sitting here right now."

Soraya's brows rose. "Why is that?"

"I was in an abusive marriage before we met," Paige said, scanning the space around her. Everyone was busy with their own conversations. "I'd already left him when I travelled to Liverpool, but he wasn't the kind of person who would just accept that. Then I took the job at Juliet's bar, and we fell in love. I was in the closet before then."

"I see."

"Things got a little…uncertain at one point. My ex-husband was actively looking for me." Paige wouldn't go into the details from the day she went back to Kent. It was something she chose not to relive. "Anyway, to cut a long story short…I decided I would leave the UK and head for Europe. Set up some kind of life away from here."

Soraya rested her head in her hand, propping her elbow against the back of her seat.

"That was when I really knew Juliet was the one for me." Paige smiled, sipping her beer as she lowered her eyes to the table. "Instead of begging me to stay, she offered to help me leave if it meant I would feel safer. She told me she could let me go because she loved me."

Paige wasn't sure why she was having this conversation with Soraya—she didn't particularly care what she thought about their relationship—but it was important to Paige that Soraya knew it wasn't Juliet holding her back with future tours. Even if Soraya denied that. It couldn't have been further from the truth. Whatever Paige wanted, Juliet would always support. And yes, if that meant her being away for months at a time, she would grin and bear it.

"I know you want me on the world tour with you, but it's just not me. Juliet keeps telling me I should do it, that I should follow my dreams, but if I'm being completely honest, Soraya… she is my dream."

Soraya blinked rapidly, a tear or two falling down her face. "Wow. That was powerful."

"It was the truth." Paige lifted a shoulder. "I'm so grateful for this opportunity, but I do have to go back to Liverpool when this ends next week. Maybe you won't ever understand why I choose the quieter life, but I do, and that's what matters."

"You know, I do get it. I understand." Soraya nodded slowly as she looked between Paige and Juliet. "I didn't at first, but now I do."

"I've had an amazing time, I won't lie. But I know I'm going to have an equally amazing time back at home with Juliet." Paige's gaze drifted back towards Juliet, her smile spreading when she walked towards the table. "Hi, babe. You enjoying yourself?"

"I am. Seth and Caleb are great. They speak very highly of you." Juliet slid into the seat on the other side of Paige, trying to read the atmosphere at this table. "Is it always this busy after a show?"

Paige looked around. "It's been much busier in other clubs. Mid-week, student night. These places tend to be packed."

Juliet rolled her lips inward, then got to her feet. "Come on. You and I are dancing."

"Oh?" Paige would never turn down a dance with Juliet. "I like your thinking."

Juliet reached out a hand to Paige, guiding her out of her seat and towards the dance floor in the VIP section they'd been shown to on arrival. Paige had always felt odd being sectioned off from everyone else—she was no different to the other people drinking in here—but tonight, she was happy about it. It meant they didn't have to worry about anyone questioning who Juliet was. As she pressed her body to Juliet, Paige was beginning to understand why Juliet had wanted people to know Paige was involved. It certainly would have made life a lot easier in the moments they were together in public.

But did it really matter now? In a week, Paige would be back in Liverpool and working behind a bar. She would be the mixologist again, and this would all be in the past. When that time did come, nobody would bat an eyelid as to who she was or who she was dating. Perhaps that was for the best.

Juliet dipped her head towards Paige's ear. "You two were talking quite amicably just then."

Paige drew back a little, searching Juliet's eyes. God, she was gorgeous. "We were. Soraya knows where I stand now, so life on the tour will be better."

"Good. I'm glad you've both come to a decision."

Paige sensed there was a ‘but' coming…

"But you know I want you to do what's best for you, Paige. You know I'll always be back at home waiting for you."

"I know." And Paige did know. Still, it didn't change a thing for her.

"I love you, and I cannot wait until I'm admiring you in the kitchen every morning again."

Paige could hardly wait for those moments either. All she had ever wanted was the simple life. To love and be loved. To find that one person who understood everything about you but wasn't afraid to question anything. Paige had it all…and she could never possibly want or need a different life. Juliet Saunders was quite simply her everything.

It was Paige's turn to bring her lips to Juliet's ear this time. "Maybe I'll do it naked for the first morning I'm home."

"Maybe?" Juliet laughed as she lifted a brow. "Oh, I think it's a definite."

And this is why I'm madly in love with this woman . Paige pulled Juliet in by the waist, gazing into those incredible eyes. Eyes she woke up to, eyes she got lost in during their most intimate moments, eyes that shone with so much love for Paige it left her breathless. "You're right. But only if you're naked, too."

Juliet cradled Paige's chin in her hand and kissed her so softly that Paige wondered if the room had just emptied out. As she drew back, their foreheads touching, Juliet smiled. "It's a deal."

Juliet had achieved a lot in her life, the main thing being the fact she had somehow kept herself alive for over fifty years, but this? Sitting here as the sun rose, watching Paige sleeping… this had to be her greatest achievement. Falling in love. And not just with anyone but with the very woman she was proud to share a bed and her life with. With a woman who would do anything to make her happy while choosing her own happiness, too. If she could watch this moment from the outside looking in, Juliet would frame it and keep it forever.

There had been times in her life when she questioned whether she would ever find someone who loved her for who she was—being a defence lawyer for criminals often caused a raised brow or two—but Juliet hadn't imagined this. She didn't know what she expected, she wasn't even sure she had a ‘list' of qualities she wanted in the woman she loved, but Paige possessed qualities Juliet had never encountered in her life before. She also had the ability to make Juliet sit up and listen, and that was something nobody had achieved in as many years as Juliet could remember.

She rarely took direction from anyone. It had been drilled into her—mostly by herself—that being a lawyer meant being brutal when it was needed. But Paige unravelled Juliet in so many ways that Juliet had to wonder if she even knew who she really was anymore. Paige had brought out the very best in her.

Juliet lifted her phone and scanned the QR code on the booklet the hotel had provided. It was a direct link to room service. Paige would be waking up soon, and Juliet wanted this morning to run as smoothly as it possibly could. Within the next few hours, her girlfriend would be on the road again. If Juliet could take away the stress of everything beforehand, she would.

She ordered an array of different dishes—food she knew Paige would enjoy as well as some she could take with her while she was travelling—and lowered her phone to the edge of the bed again. She had spent the last hour sitting in a single chair at the end of the bed, her feet resting up against it. If she could, she would refuse to move from here for as long as possible.

I don't want to leave her today…

Juliet smiled when Paige stretched the length of the bed and rolled onto her back. Naked, laid bare, so fucking beautiful. Any other day, Juliet would have climbed on top of Paige and woken her up exactly how she wished to be woken up, but not this morning. The silence and the view were intimate enough for Juliet.

Paige slowly sat up on her elbows, frowning. "Babe, what are you doing sitting there?"

"I've been here a while."

"Why? Is everything okay?" Paige lifted her phone and checked the time. "It's only seven."

"I know. I couldn't sleep, so I decided to sit here and enjoy watching you sleep instead."

"Well," Paige said, ruffling her blonde hair as she brought her knees to her chest. "That's…cute."

"What can I say? You look beautiful when you're sleeping." Juliet followed Paige's every move as she climbed from the bed and slid a robe on. "I've just ordered room service. Some snacks for you to take with you, too."

Paige stalked towards Juliet, straddling her legs where she sat in the chair. "Thank you. It'll save me trying to find somewhere to get lunch when we stop off." Paige reached for the bottle of water on the desk beside Juliet, taking several huge gulps. "Thanks for coming here yesterday. And for staying."

"I wouldn't want to be anywhere else. I think it was good for us." Juliet swept Paige's hair from her face, palming a thigh as she looked up at her. "And I enjoyed myself."

"Me too. I usually hate going to the clubs with them, but I had a very beautiful woman to keep me entertained, so it was worth my while."

Juliet smirked as she offered a nod. "Noted. I'll remember that."

"You should. You looked fucking gorgeous last night." Paige ground in Juliet's lap, her robe separating as she shifted to a more comfortable position. Her knees rested on either side of Juliet, Paige's eyes intense and fiery. "I just wanted you all to myself."

This was a side Juliet didn't often see from Paige. Not so early in the morning, anyway. "Someone has woken up feeling a little hot under the collar…"

Paige took her bottom lip between her teeth, grinding down again. "It's not my fault the world's hottest woman shares a bed with me. What do you expect?" Paige took the hand that was placed on her thigh and moved it between her legs. "You see what you do to me?"

Juliet moaned when her fingers found Paige's wetness. God, she was soaking. "Oh, fuck."

"Mmhmm." Paige smirked, her eyes closing when Juliet traced her fingers between her lips. "F-fuck, babe."

Juliet forced Paige's robe open and placed open-mouthed kisses between her breasts. That feeling of Paige's soft skin against her lips would always remind Juliet of what they had. It would always ground her…a promise of forever.

"B-babe." Paige moaned, wrapping her fingers through Juliet's hair. "Inside."

As Juliet dragged her tongue across Paige's chest and sucked her nipple into her mouth, she eased two fingers inside her. This morning, Juliet was on cloud nine. She always would be when she was inside Paige. Warm and soft. Velvet. Sheer fucking bliss. "Oh, baby. You feel so good." Juliet sunk deeper, gently biting down on Paige's nipple when Paige forced her mouth against her.

Paige dipped her mouth towards Juliet's ear. "Give me more."

Oh, Juliet would always give Paige anything she wanted. If she needed more, she could have that. Paige spread her legs wider, gripping the back of the seat Juliet sat in. Juliet almost slipped out of her, only to add a third finger and thrust deep. Paige arched her back, moaning loudly, that sound exquisite. "Fuck, Paige." Juliet could barely move inside Paige as her walls squeezed her fingers.

Back when she had first met Paige, she was timid and closed off. But now? Oh, she knew exactly what she wanted, and she wasn't afraid to ask for it.

"C-close." Paige buried her face in the side of Juliet's neck, soaking wet as Juliet fucked her hard and fast. "Y-yes. Just like that." With her arms wrapped around Juliet's shoulders, Paige sunk her teeth into the nape of Juliet's neck and released around her fingers. "O-oh, shit." She trembled, riding and taking everything she could from Juliet. "D-don't stop."

Juliet wished she never had to stop. The idea of this morning coming to an end and going their separate ways only made her want to go again. And again. And again. "I love you," Juliet said as Paige lifted her head and smiled back at her.

"I love you, too."

Then came the knock at the door. "Room service!"

Juliet pulled out of Paige, only for Paige to take her by the wrist and suck her fingers into her mouth. "Oh, fuck. That's incredibly hot." She gazed up at Paige, enamoured by her. "O-one moment." She called out, hoping they would just leave their food at the door. "Baby, we have to get the door."

Paige licked her lips as she climbed off Juliet, fastening her robe as she sauntered towards the door. She looked back over her shoulder, smirking when Juliet remained in her seat, panting. Paige hadn't even touched her, and she was close to coming. "Oh, by the way…morning, babe."

Juliet laughed as she shook her head. "Get the door, Paige. I need to clean you up, and I need to do it very soon."

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