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"I told you," he grinned, swaying his hips and rubbing his already full-blown erection against her "She told hed then closed her eyes, the ain "I cannot believe you did that" She opened her eyes, loving the way he was looking at her in that profound way he did so often "I ether"

"I love the way that sounds," he said, kissing her softly "She’s alreadyplans to have you over for dinner And," he looked at her a little apprehensively, suddenly finally letting her hands loose He rolled off lying next to her instead but picked up her hand and brought it to hisonce ere back houre now’s as good a ti from his intense eyes to his lips on her hand "I promised my mom after all this was over I’d either take her on a cruise of the Mexican Riviera or I’d send her on one with my aunt--her sister who’s also ed and alone But I was thinking, since things have changed now, any vacation I take you’re co with me"

Nellie s to sink in This incredible man was hers now--it was almost impossible to wrap her head around that

"So I wanted to ask you Would you be willing to do a cruise with my mom? Hector and Charlee would be there too Or," he said quickly, as if she would really protest, "I could send her on one with o on one alone if you prefer It doesn’t even have to be the Mexican Riviera or even a cruise That’s just what she wanted to do"

Nellie smiled, taken by the adorable way he stared at her now as if he orried that he’d just freaked her out or so as you behave and don’t say anything like you just did on the phone to embarrass me"

"Oh," he shook his head iyou around ain, but she s!"

"No way!" He said, pulling her into an eonna be a blast Hector’s been having all the fun, eht red every ti some of the stories Charlee had shared with them The way Charlee told it, the stories always caht of how e it would be to be on the other end

Before she could begin to protest, Abel’s tongue was doing that wonderful thing it always did to her neck,her quiver all over As he ue dove into her mouth, Nellie decided that they could discuss his behavior around his ainst her, she was already gasping in anticipation

"All right," Abel said, slipping on his dark shades on "Show ti over his shoulder and slipping his wallet in his back pocket, he opened his ar Nellie into the her arainst his chest

"Uets closer I’ll get there That’s why I need you there, baby Try to get there early" He stopped and frowned "You sure you won’t reconsider just co another attack and--"

"Stop," she said, kissing hi her like he said warun to feel again over the texts she’d read thatsmile "I’ll be out of here in less than hour I promise"

He kissed her softly at first then a little deeper, backing her up slowly against the wall The deeper and , which would lead to other things As h she could kiss hi he needed was to exert hiht That’s exactly where this felt like it was headed, so she pulled away breathlessly "You need to go," she s, he leaned into her, and she felt the proof of what she’d been afraid thishis face in her neck, he kissed it softly "I can’t believe I waited so long to tell you" Inhaling deeply, he kissed her neck again "I love you, Nellie"

Feeling her heart swell, she s up "I love you, too, Abel"

He pulled away to look at her "Don’t be long"

"I won’t," she proain hat felt like a lovesick smile

As soon as he was out the door, she hurried to her phone, her heart already pounding Before hitting the voicemail button, she wondered whether it would be better to listen to it or to turn on the television and see for herself what E a dive, she wondered ould be worse?