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Next, Rafe sent a e to the head of IT Then he texted his mother to ask if his father had a personal cell phone account, and if so, were there any bills at their home or did she have access to an online account?

When no response was forthco, he forced himself to put down his phone while he poured two cups of coffee

He carried theled deep beneath the comforter, her brunette hair spilled across the pillow Thisit streaks of copper Her head was tipped back, exposing her throat, the one he’d collared yesterday Last night had been everything he’d hoped She wasn’t just the perfect submissive She was the perfect woman

Since she didn’t stir when he walked into the room, he left one cup on a small table, then walked across the rooh the stea it her direction

Breathing out a sigh, she curled into a tighter ball, so he continued until she flipped onto her back

“I think I’ a dream,” she said “I don’t want to wake up to find it’s not real”

He swept the scent toward her one last time, and she pushed up onto her elbows “This is real? There’s coffee in that cup?”

“Indeed”

She scooched around, sitting up without dragging the sheet across her chest His Hope had become emboldened

He sat on the edge of the bed and handed it over

“How do I make this happen every day?”

“I think you know” He sled hair back from her forehead

After taking a sip, she purred Then she drew her eyebrows together in a tiny, questioning furrow “Are you telling ?”

“We can write it into the vows”

“If you had said so on Wednesday, we could have saved ourselves a lot of time”

He smiled “I’ve found the way to make you mine?”

Over the ririnned at him

“My o for that walk I promised you We could have breakfast at the Grand House You can sign up with the concierge for a e or pedicure or whatever wo on the grounds or in the cottage”