Chapter 176. The Barreling Matebond

Olive and Wayne unlocked from their welcome kiss, totally breathless yet needing more.

Olive's fingers dug into Wayne's unruly hair and she smiled at him.

“I've missed you so much,” she whispered. He smirked and held up her face, almost wanting to kiss her again.

“If you know how much I've missed you —”

“You'd give each one of us sacks of gold coins,” Jake cut in with a smile. Olive whipped her head towards where he stood just few feet from them.

“Jake,” she called and embraced him. He patted her back, genuinely beaming with joy.

“Glad to see you back whole. This place was awful without you,” he said then stole a glance at Wayne. Olive furrowed her brows.

“Why do I feel like he gave you all a lot of trouble while I was aw...” she trailed off when Wayne turned around and the light directly illuminated his face.

“Wayne...what is this? What happened to you? Baby!”

She gasped as she thoroughly began looking at him. She was so overcome with