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"No," he agrees "You don’t And somehow that only makes me want to take care of you more I’ve never had anyone I wanted to take care of until you"

My hand balls at my chest and uard and et emotional"

He closes the space between us, his war under my hair to my neck "Why did that make you emotional?"

"Because no one has ever really tried to take care ofyou do this scares et how to be on e you that you don’t allow to happen Of that I am sure And I don’t want you to re about money" He reaches into his pocket and produces a credit card

"No," I say, shakingthat"

"I haveto tell you so you won’t be afraid to spend when you need or want to spend Millions I’veto do with my family or their business It’s blood and sweat and I have never wanted anyone to share it with me, until you Take the card"

"Millions? You’ve made millions?"

"Yes I have Does that make you feel better?"

"No Not at all Iyou are, but it’s not my money I still want to make my money"

"You can make your own I’ll support you any way you want, even if that means you only let me cheer you on when you buy your Bentley with yourmine" His lips curve "And I’ll share yours"

"Could anything be lad it’s perfect Take the card, wo to--"

"You will," he says "Because you’ll have to if you’re a part of my life"

A part of his life It is exactly what I want him to say, and still it terrifiesto make sure that doesn’t happen"

"What if I snore?"