"Come for me, baby," he says before he sucks on my clit and puts three fingers inside me. He pistons his fingers in and out at the same time as sucking on my clit and it's too much for me. I was so turned on in the elevator that I know I'm going to come so quickly.

He gets faster and faster and it's game over for me. "Fuck, Caleb," I scream as my insides tense and I feel my orgasm washing over me. He continues to lick my pussy as I come all over his face.

When I've settled back down, he moves his face away from me. "Jesus, Cora, you taste so good. And you did not hold back at all."

"I couldn't hold back, Caleb."

He moves me further back on the bed and then he kisses me. I love when he's eaten me out and then he kisses me - it's so sexy.

He lies on his side next to me. "I meant what I said, Cora. I love you. I realize now that you were the woman I am the woman that I am meant to spend the rest of my life with. Before we bumped into each other I was coasting along, not wanting to get married and have kids..."

"Excuse me, we weren't talking about marriage and we definitely didn't discuss kids." What the fuck?

He smiles at me and kisses me hard. "I know, but I can see it now. I couldn't see it before."

"I think you've had too much to drink."

"Never, I'd never have so much that I couldn't make love to you, Cora."

He stands and takes his clothes off, before lifting me and taking my dress and bra off. "Now, get into bed, woman, I want to show you how much I love you." He lifts the covers and I slide inside. Our serious conversation can take place in the morning, because right now I need my man to show me how much he cares.

We've just had breakfast in the hotel. We saw Tillie and Daly come down and everyone welcomed them. They look like they didn't have a lot of sleep last night, hopefully their room was comfortable enough for them. They didn't come over to us and I'm grateful for that because now is the time for us to be serious. We need to talk about the past, the hurt, the anger and then we need to see if there is really anything between us that we can save.

As the breakfast room begins to empty, Caleb looks at me. "I think we should go into the other room and have our chat, I don't want anyone overhearing us. And if you get angry I don't want anyone to witness that." He laughs and I smile at him. Bless him, he's trying to put me at ease, but that is not working right now.

We get up and move to a conservatory type room that is empty with some comfortable chairs and a couch, where we both sit. Caleb reaches across and takes my hand.

“Cora, I loved you so much back then and I love you now. If I really think about it, I didn't stop loving you.”

“But you walked away from me with no explanation. You never gave me an option to go with you. I would have gone with you wherever you went.” I can feel the tears welling up in my eyes. Everything that we have been doing the last two weeks could be for nothing.

He takes a deep breath. “I was offered an opportunity to be an intern at Sylvester and Co in New York.”

“That’s it? Why didn’t you tell me?” It doesn’t make sense that this is all that happened.

“I was told that the only way I could have the internship was to move to New York the next day. My grandpop was friends with Michael Sylvester and they had prepared the internship for me. But there was a catch.”

I’ve been waiting for the shoe to drop. What was so wrong with being offered a chance in a lifetime opportunity? Why didn’t he tell me?

“A catch?”

“Yeah. when my grandpop had arranged the internship, after a few too many whiskeys they had talked about me getting together with Michael’s granddaughter. They thought it was a good idea to unite the two families.”

“Surely your grandpop didn’t organize that.” I remember his grandpop, he was very business oriented, but I liked him.

“Apparently, there was a contract drawn up that I had to date his granddaughter.”

“Why didn’t you say something about the internship to me? I thought you left me because you hated me and that you never loved me.” The tears are flowing now.

“I couldn’t. I had to leave the following morning and the only way that I could do what they had in the contract was to turn my back on you, Cora. And, I’ll be honest, I didn’t know what to say. Leaving you was the hardest thing I have ever had to do in my life.”

“But it clearly wasn’t, because you did it and then started dating someone else.” The thoughts of him with someone else, while I was slowly dying at home, are killing me right now.

“I didn’t think you would want a long-distance relationship and I really needed that internship.”

“More than me?” I hold my breath. I know what he is going to say.

“Yes. I’m sorry, I realize how selfish I was being. But I really thought that I could learn all about business from the best, set up my own company, make some money and then come and find you.”