Page 5 of Her Irresistible Husband

Mm.

Does he really?

Or is he the one being dishonest this time?

"In any case..." He slides a tablet across the table toward me. "I have a few conditions—"

I start in my seat at his words, and he pauses and raises a brow, having noticed my surprise.

"W-We're really going through with this?"

"Why else would we be having this meeting?"

"I thought it was to tell me you'd changed your mind—"

"Ah."

His gaze drops briefly to my mouth, then lower, and my pulse shamelessly quickens when his gaze lingers on the modest neckline of my dress.

"You'll soon find out I only make offers that I'm absolutely certain of."

He leans forward then, and his sudden proximity has me catching my breath.

"And it was the same for you, wasn't it? You had a feeling about me. Didn't you?"

Wynd Sullivan talking about feelings makes me squirm on my seat for some reason.

"You don't look like the type to have such feelings—"

"And you're right to think that," he agrees, "since I prefer to think of mine as...instinct."

"While mine are just girly...feelings?"

"Yes."

A choked laugh escapes me. I really should be offended by now. Instead, everything he says is just...cute. In an arrogant, impossibly attractive way.

But even so, I still can't help asking, "Why me? How can you be so sure—"

"It was obvious that you didn't know who I was."

And that mattered because...he sees it as proof I'm not a gold-digger? Is that what he's saying?

"I also saw the way you looked at Samuel."

The mere mention of my precious little boy's name makes my heart ache. I know some people will think I'm crazy for this, but I love him already, and I know this early on—

"And lastly..."

His voice cuts into my thoughts, the sound suddenly rougher, and my heart skips a beat.

There's something almost feral in the way he's looking at me now, like he wants to devour me whole, and I'm finding it harderand harder to stay still. Why do I have a feeling this "last" thing is what clinched it for him?

"I wanted you the moment I saw you."

Oh.

"And I haven't stopped thinking about you since."

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