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It was an iain
Anna woke in a flood of early- day!
She stretched her liainst the luxurious sheets with a contented yawn Her body felt sore A good kind of sore She s Nikos had done to her last night She’d woken up twice for the baby, but, as worn out as she’d been fro, with Nikos’s hard body curled protectively around hers she’d still had an aht’s sleep
She glanced over to the wall of s, revealing the wide blue Nevada sky from the twentieth-floor penthouse She’d never felt happy like this before Safe Optimistic Secure For the first time in her whole life she not only had a home, she had someone ould actually watch over and protect her, instead of just looking out for their own interests And she had someone she could protect and love in return not because she had to, but because she wanted to
She and Nikos would be partners, in work as in life Together they’d be as unbreakable as tempered steel
It was an exquisitely heady feeling She wanted to do cartwheels across the penthouse
She wanted to kiss Nikos right now
Where was he? In the kitchen,to herself, she rose fro enough to loosely tie the belt to cover her naked body She paused briefly outside the door of the second bedroo She heard only blessed silence
She smiled to herself With any luck she and Nikos would have ti breakfast
She went down the hall and found the kitchen, but it was empty The immaculate white counters looked as if they’d never even been touched Nikos was probably already working in his office Wouldn’t he be surprised and happy if she s and toast?
Looking in the bare cupboards and refrigerator, she e to ar cubes, Greek olives and ice She turned ahen she heard voices down the hall She followed the sound, stopping outside the door at the other end of the hall
Muffled through the door, she heard aan enormous mistake As your attorney, I must advise—”
“Since I’ you five hundred dollars an hour, I won’t wasteit I’ve heard your complaints Thank you for your assistance There’s the door”
Anna’s ear was pressed against the wood; she juray suit cah it
He gave her a sharp glance, then a scowl “Congratulations, miss” He put on his hat and stomped out of the apartment with his briefcase
“Anna You’re awake,” Nikos said “Come in”
His face was dark, half hidden in the shadows ofwhere he sat behind a black lacquer desk The furniture here was as sleek and soulless as everything else in this penthouse Anna suddenly felt uneasy
“I thought you were going to wake lanced behind her “Why was your lawyer here? Oh He brought the prenup?”
His eyes flicked at her in surprise “You kneanted you to sign a prenuptial agreement?”
“I assun one You’re a wealthy h her He didn’t trust her He honestly thought she cared about his ht they were at risk of getting a divorce It cast a pall over her happiness
Then she realized what he’d said “Wait a n a prenup? But not any more?”
“No,” he said quietly “Not any more”
She blinked as the joy cah her He’d realized he could trust her!
“Nikos,” she breathed She crossed the roo back his chair, cliret it,” she ainst the warm skin of his neck “I’ll never let you down I’ll be true to you until the day I die We’re going to be so happy…”
She kissed hi kiss that held her whole heart in every breath