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"I'll always co you were in their hands scared the hell out of ht When you're working, I listen all the time for the sound of your voice"

She sent him a smile over her shoulder and it warmed him Stirred his body Every look on her face, frory, wreaked havoc with his body, but it wasn't a bad problem to have

"I haven't wanted you too far frouys into town for supplies because I'o by myself"

It was the first tiuessed it, but she'd never told hio with you"

"You have your oork I a to disturb you"

He set glasses out She liked sparkling water It wasn't his favorite, but it was hers and he oing into toith you, babe No big deal Ask me next time"

She sent hi "You always sound bossy"

"Because I'm the boss"

She hter in her eyes that faded quickly "I couldn't believe when you walked into that room I was terrified for you I didn't understand what you were doing After I heard the owls, I knew you aiting for a signal to let you know the outside guards had been taken care of"

He nodded She needed to talk She still hadn't gotten to what had happened to her when she was alone with Nikita and Filat

"Why didn't Evan come to back you up?"

"He had to chase down so away Which reht"

"For what?" She poured the sauce into a gravy boat

"I told you to run I et out of there" He carried over the bowl of plantains

She set the rice and green beans on the table "It was a good thing I didn't, you would most likely be dead"

"I doubt it, but you helped Still, that's beside the point Youthe roast It s tonight"

Her eyebrows shot up Her face flushed a soft rose "I don't think so Not when I saved you If anyone is getting punished around here, it's you You walked into that house without backup You deserve it way ht"

He laughed as he put the meal on the table "I have news for you, baby You're quite a bit ss, such as this, brains every single time" He sank into the chair opposite her, his body hard

She loved this gaht, even if he found the right woman, the one his leopard claimed, she wouldn't want his kind of play He doubted that many women would even try, but Sonia was as hot as he was just talking about it

Her eyes had darkened with desire Her breathing had changed Her nipples were hard beneath the T-shirt His woman So beautiful He reached into his pocket and found the box That small velvet box He slid it across the table to her

Her lips parted "You aren't even going to wait until after dinner?"

"I have more surprises for after dinner This is more suited to now" He watched her face carefully She was unsuspecting

Very slowly she opened the lid Her eyes ith shock Very slowly her lashes lifted until she was looking up at him "Joshua?"

"Askin' you to ht I can't sleep without you Can't think without you I'm so in love with you it's crazy I hope you feel the same way about me"

She bit her lip, staring down at the ring

"There's a little gold chain, Sonia You'll have to wear it around your neck rather than on your finger, just to be safe If you shift, your leopard ear it I measured her neck to make certain it would fit"

"Aren't you supposed to get on your knee?"

He put down his fork and leaned toward her, staring her straight in the eyes "I plan to get onto be screaht now, I'm not ht now and I'll be happy"

She took the ring froold chain slithered onto the table She put it around her neck "Yes, then The answer, right here, this once, is yes I can't proh Begging, I mean"

He grinned at her He couldn't help it She looked beautiful with his ring settling between her breasts "Take the tee off, so I can see it against your skin"

She raised an eyebrow "You just want to see my breasts"

"That too Take it off for me"

She did it slowly, pulling it up inch by inch until the undersides of her breasts peeked at hi nestled between the two soft mounds She tossed it onto the chair beside her and continued eating, looking every inch a queen without her shirt on

"You know, Joshua, it doesn'tto say yes over and over tonight when I already said it now"

His wo no first and giving rief when I tell you the rest of your surprise Not the little gifts I've got waiting for you--well, technically, they're for both of us; those are engageifts--but the rest of your surprise"

Now she had her fork down "What rest of the surprise?" Clearly she knew him now; her voice ary and the look on her face full of suspicion

"We're getting etto stand up for you Bastien is coether"

"I'ht away, Joshua Are you nuts?"

He was cal, watching her Thinking she was the most beautiful woman in the world and he loved her so much he could barely breathe with it