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“No As to what I want? The simple answer is you I want to spend ti sex, but also, even e’re not I want to know the things you like, the things you don’t like, what h, and what makes you cry”

Hi to make her cry any second now

“I want us to be together As a couple”

She sed hard “Exclusively?”

“One hundred percent exclusively” His tone dropped considerably “I do not share”

The rough possessiveness in his voice sent a little thrill down her spine The thought of hi her to be his—and only his—spoke to her heart on a soul-deep level

“What do you want?” he suddenly asked

She tilted her head the slightest bit and saw a hint of uncertainty in his eyes Knowing he wasn’t so cocksure about her reply brought a happy smile t

o her lips It meant her answer mattered to him

“I want the same”

After a split-second flash of relief, he grinned back “Good” He grasped her shoulders for a quick kiss, then set her back a step “Now, go open your daet back to work”

She narrowed her eyes and shook her head at the witch part If she hadn’t still been sht have convinced him she was annoyed But the truth was, she kind of enjoyed the teasing, especially since it was their own secret joke

Darcy arrived to start her shift at ten, and the blond part-timer wholeheartedly approved of the new accountant in the back room “Holy hotness,” she whispered as she joined Roxanna over at the coffee station with Honor and Mae

Mae pointed her stir-stick at Roxanna “I told you it was Loyal”

I know! her heart squealed with joy