Chapter 177. The Barreling Matebond

Olive and Wayne broke apart from their welcome kiss, totally breathless yet needing more. Olive’s fingers dug into Wayne’s unruly hair, and she smiled up at him.

“I’ve missed you so much,” she whispered. He smirked and cupped her face, clearly wanting to kiss her again.

“If you only knew how much I’ve missed you—”

“You’d give each one of us a sack of gold coins,” Jake cut in with a smile. Olive whipped her head toward where he stood just a few feet away.

“Jake!” she cried, throwing her arms around him. He patted her back, genuinely beaming with joy.

“Glad to see you back in one piece. This place was awful without you,” he said, stealing 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 whe