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My heart begins to beat a rapid rhythm against my chest cavity, so hard I think it might cave in.
“I liked it.”
I’m momentarily speechless. “You did?”
“I did. Now you. What do you want from me Rae?”
“I want to know that…that…” I sit up, and Everett does the same. “I want to know that I’m you’re only one. That sounds stupid, right?” Fuck. I close my eyes, covering my face with my hands, trying to get the words right in my head so I can explain. “I want more. I want to be able to think we’re not just getting together because you’re horny and want a hook up.”
“Baby,” he takes my hand, “I’m always a horn dog.” I sigh. “Rae. Look at me.” I hear the seriousness lacing his voice, practically commanding me to take notice, so I do as he asks. When I look in his eyes, I see something different lingering in their depths. “I may always be horny, and yes, this started because I wanted to find out what it was like to have you beneath me, but since then, it’s changed. I don’t fuck anyone else. I don’t randomly take anyone else to dinner. The only associates I take to dinner are boring old men who only care about their fucking money. If I can get them to pile some of that unused green into my company, then I will.”
His hands are gentle as they frame my face. He brushes his thumbs across my cheekbones and leans in, his lips capturing mine in a sweet kiss. He pulls back and his green eyes bore into mine, and my heart stutters a little bit. “If you need to put a label on us and take it a step further, then I’m with you every step of the way.” Curling his hands around the back of my head, he pushes me down onto the mattress and covers my body with his.
Twenty-Five
Reagan
The last couple of weeks have gone so well, I feel like I’ve been waiting for the other shoe to drop.
I look up to see a delivery driver holding a huge bouquet of flowers standing at the entrance of the main office. One of the sales agents gives him directions and he goes straight to Margie’s office. As much as I try to ignore it, I’m curious as to which of us they are for. Margie smiles politely at the driver and signs his paperwork before taking the flowers from him. The next thing I know she is knocking on the door between us and walking in.
“Aren’t you the flavor of the month?”
“Me?”
She wiggles her eyebrows knowingly and laughs, then hands off the flowers to me.
I move some paperwork out of the way and set them down on the desk. I pluck the small envelope from inside and take out the card: Everett’s name is written inside a heart. He has never needed words to get me.
My cell rings from my bag, and I grab it from my purse, smiling when I saw his name. “Do you mind? I just need to take this.”
The smile drops from Margie’s face.
“Thank you, Margie.” As soon as the door is closed, I accept the call before it sends him to voicemail and say hi.
“Hello, gorgeous. I see you got my flowers.”
“How do you know I got the flowers? They only just now got delivered.”I pluck a white daisy from the mass, hold it to my nose, and walk over to the floor-to-ceiling windows.
“Turn around.”
With the cell to my ear and the flower at my nose, I spin around, and standing there behind the glass partition is Everett. Hanging up, I open the door and grab his hand, pulling him inside.
“They’re beautiful, thank you. What’s the occasion?”
“No occasion. I just saw them and thought you’d like them. What woman doesn’t like flowers?”
I fist the lapels of his jacket, jerking him closer. “You’re going to have the whole office talking. I don’t like gossip.”
His hands go to my hips and hold me close. “Why is that, because they’ll think I’ve melted the ice around your heart.”
“That’s not even funny.” I take his hands from me and move away, but he stops me with a hand around my wrist.
“Hey come back here.” Tugging on my wrist, I collide with his hard body. He twists his hand into my hair and puts his mouth on mine, my tummy does somersaults.
“People can see, you know.” I gasp getting my breath back.
“I don’t fucking care. You said you wanted to put roots down, that’s exactly what I’m doing. I want the world to know that I’m with you. That we’re together, and if the rest of the corporate world doesn’t like it, they can fuck off.”
