Page 139 of Never In My Wildest Dreams

And even if he didn’t…

No, no. Don’t go there.

That’s stoking the embers of fear.

Don’t do it.

“I can hear you.” His voice was sleep-roughened and sexy as hell.

“Would it help if I hold my breath?”

“Sassy,” he muttered. “Your thoughts, Hellcat. I can hear you overthinking.” He rolled onto his back, drawing up the sheet.

She pulled it back down, and he grinned, grabbing his semi. “You want Stevie to walk in and see this?”

“Stevie’s at my parent’s house. You think I’d have sex with you if she were here?”

“Parents are allowed to have sex.”

“Not when Daddy roars like he’s wrestling a monster.”

He cracked one eyelid. “And Mommy shrieks like a banshee.” He yanked up the sheet.

She pulled it back down. “I like you naked.”

“And what if Noa walks in? I have a duty to my client. One look at my cock, and she’ll leave him standing at the altar.”

“That lil wiener?” She scrunched her nose. “I don’t think so.”

Tossing the sheet back, he rose, and in one agile move, straddled her. “I thought I fucked the sass out of you. Looks like I left a little bit behind.” He reached for a condom.

She smacked his hand. “There’ll be none of that when I have a houseful of guests, and the chef’s working on breakfast. Can’t you smell the bacon? It’s luring them onto the deck.”

He sniffed. “Sorry. All I get are your pheromones.”

“Slick.” She laughed and drew him to her.How can it be this good?Honestly, she had to stop bracing for the rug to be pulled out from under her.

“Now, tell me what you were thinking about.” He fell onto his back beside her, clasping their hands together.

“I mean, you basically told your partner you’d walk away from the agency.”

“Yeah?”

“Well, what would you do? Start your own in New York? I mean, you can’t base an agency in Calamity, Wyoming.”

“Why not? The Bowie brothers run a world-class training center for winter sports here, we’ve got an NHL team… It might even make sense. And what does it matter where my office is based when I spend most of my time traveling anyway? But look, I’m in a strong position. I pitched my idea, and we’ll see what they say.”

“Were they at least open to it?”

“Not really. They said they had difficult situations as well, but they were still honoring the contract. Basically, having a kid is the reason we put the contract in place to begin with, and if they can adhere to it with their personal issues, then why can’t I?” He turned thoughtful. “Caleb called last night because he couldn’t believe how far I’d taken it.”

“What does that mean? What did you say?”

“I told them the contract only applies to partners?—”

Oh, no. She knew where this was going. She closed her eyes. “You did not.”

But he ignored her. “So, I said I’d demote myself to associate.”

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