Page 26 of Seeking Happily Ever After

“It’s perfect.”

Her breath caught in her throat.

Nick watched her closely, his finger still touching her nose.

She swallowed hard.

Her thoughts bounced all over, unable to focus on just one thing. Not that she could blame herself. It had been a crazy few hours. Since waking up that morning, she now had herself a sexy billionaire for a fiancé, had moved into his house,andas if it couldn’t get any more complicated, had learned through one super innocent kiss that she was insanely sexually attracted to her fiancé. And now she was lying only inches from him in his bed.

Yup. There were a few things going on in her brain.

But even with all the craziness going on, the number-one thought she couldn’t seem to shut off was just how much she wanted to kiss him again.

“Char?”

She nodded and swallowed hard.

“Can I tell you the truth?”

“Of course.”

“I actually think you’re gorgeous.”

Her mouth opened and shut, with no words coming out.

So much for strong and smart.

“I know this is complicated,” he continued.

“That’s an understatement.”

He smiled and trailed his finger down to her cheek. “And I know you’ve gone through a lot lately and with Amelia…well, I need you to know that she’s my focus.”

“Of course she is,” she said, without addressing what she’d gone through. “That’s why I’m here.”

“This isn’t coming out right.” He inhaled slowly before releasing his breath. His finger trailed down her face and traced the outline of her lips. “When you kissed me earlier…well…I know this is going to sound stupid.”

Char’s breath caught in her throat. “I don’t think it will.”

His smile was sweet, but there was heat behind it, too, when he said, “It was the most incredible kiss I’ve ever had.”

“That doesn’t sound stupid at all.”

“It doesn’t?”

She shook her head. “It was the best kiss I’ve ever had, too.”

“Really?” He shifted closer to her, and she nodded.

It was hard to breathe with him touching her. With him so close. With him saying the things he was saying.

“And I want you to know that what Damon said earlier…he wasn’t wrong.”

Damon wasn’t wrong.

“No,” she said so softly, she almost couldn’t hear herself. “He wasn’t wrong.”

He moved even closer so she could feel his breath on her lips. “So what do we do?”

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