Page 65 of Bling

He laughed, but his expression remained stern. “Spit it out, Doll.”

She tried to look away from his steely gaze, but his grip on her hair wouldn’t let her turn her head far.

“We just set boundaries when I first put your bracelet on at the club and I don’t want you to feel pressured into doing dating type things with me like calling when you get out of meetings.”

“Does it seem like I’ve been pressured into anything, Isabelle? I want you. Not just in the club, but all the fucking time. You’re on my mind every waking minute of the day and you manage to work your way into my dreams too. You’re mine now, and we’re expanding our boundaries. If you want to discuss what that looks like we can. But right now, you need to go take a nap and I need to go to a board meeting. I’m going to call you when I’m done because I want to hear that you dreamed about me during your nap.”

He opened his door and helped her out of the car. When she had both feet on the ground, he grasped her hand and pulled her toward the front door.

On the bottom step, he pressed a kiss to her cheek. “I know your dad is here or I would take you inside and tuck you in. He’ll need to get used to me at some point though.”

When she was inside, she peeked out the window to watch him walk back to the car.

After the car disappeared past the stop sign at the end of the street, she turned to find her father scowling at her.

“I wish you would heed my advice, Isabelle. You’re asking for trouble getting into bed with a man like him.”

Unable to face the conversation he wanted to have, she jogged up the stairs without a word.

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