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“Yes Zach says you’ve got a head for figures Well, frankly, I’m better at what happens in the field than I am hat happens on a balance sheet I’ll teach you about the oil business and you can teach me finance—and after we put the London deal to bed, we’ll come home and make a success of Gordon Oil”

Angelica stared at him “Are you serious?”

“Yes” He frowned “Although there are two conditions”

Her smile dimmed “What conditions?”

Cade put his hand under her chin and tilted her face to his

“The first is that you have to tell me you love me”

She smiled and linked her arant, opinionated, iured that out long ago”

“Like the first time we made love, you mean” Cade drew her close “You’d never had a lover before me, had you, sweetheart?”

A soft blush spread over Angelica’s cheeks “You were my first lover, Cade,” she said softly

“And your last,” he said in whisper so fierce it thrilled her He kissed her and then looked into her eyes “So, what do you think? Would you like to come with me to London, then come back to the States and help me run Gordon Oil?”

“You said there were two conditions”

“Absolutely” Cade framed her face in his hands “You have to love el Otherwise, the deal’s off”

Angelica leaned back in Cade’s ar away But when she looked into his eyes, she could see the sweetly teasing laughter there

“I don’t know,” she said “That’s an awful lot to ask of a woman”

He kissed her again, a long, deep kiss that stole her breath away

“I love you, sweetheart,” he said “And I alill”

Angelica smiled “You’d better,” she whispered, and then she kissed hi pent-up inside her heart

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