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“I’rowls All of a sudden, I feel the evidence of his arousal shooting downue I s so fro down ontoproud ofhi I wanted a chance to prove myself as the perfect woood I am for him

He takes a step back and watcheswith sweat His eyes drop todown I lick rowls deeply at the sight, but I know I’ve pleased hi we’ve shared

“You’re incredible,” he growls He offers his hand toto ainst the desk and I realize how different this feels when it’s with soainst the wall, I felt nothing but panic and disgust Now,hard for all the right reasons, and I feel like I need ether as he wraps his arms around me

“I’ve been waiting so long to do that,” he growls in my ear I smile and blush at his words He knows exactly how to make me feel special

“Me too,” I whisper back His handsme closer to him

“To be continued,” he growls and I blink in surprise I was expecting our journey to continue froht he’d be ready to takeht?

“You’re going somewhere?”

He shakes his head “No, but when finally do make you mine I want to ht, and I know you’ve been through a rollercoaster I think we should wait”

I feel a little deflated I was ready to go I accepted a long tiinity to hi me to wait Does he not want me? Was he not pleased by what I just did?

“But…”

“Let’s go to bed,” he says “We can figure all of this out tomorrow, and maybe then we can take this all the way Trust ht now But I don’t think tonight is the night Not after what happened”

As heIs he having second thoughts? Is he thinking about the inheritance again? I can’t bla concernedit’s his whole life, after all But our connection is so strong Can’t he see that it’s me who is meant to fill the spot of his lover? I’m the one he’s meant to marry, to love hiht in the heat of it all, he wants to hit pause?

Is it ht has been a lot, so s down a little But the only thing I’s for hiht in at the deep end I want to pull him back to me and show him just how much he means to me

But I don’t Instead, I dress, feeling strange in h he leads me upstairs to his bedroom, lets me into his bed, and falls asleep beside me, I’ve never felt further away from him

Chapter Nine

Leo

Turning down sex with A I’ve ever done And IBut there were a lot of factors telling ht I need to make sure this is what she really wants After what happened with her and that scu Dan, I don’t want our first time to be on the sas further, there’s so I need to know

I’ve accepted now that I et my inheritance, Amelia is more than worth it, but that doesn’t ible If I don’t have to throw it all away to be with the wo to In other words, I have to check whetherthe clause