Page 105 of Grumpy Billionaire Seeking Wife

My penthouse apartment feels so much more like a home now that she’s here. She hasn’t technically moved in with me officially, but she’s here more days than not. I can’t wait until the time comes when she’s here full-time. I can’t wait till the time that I can call her officially and legally mine. I know it’s too soon. She’s still young. And I want to be able to woo her and take her on romantic dates and plan surprise trips and send her dozens and dozens of bouquets of roses and other flowers. I love her in a way I didn’t think would be possible to love. I love her in the way that makes me want to reach up to the stars and grab the moon and hand them all to her. I love her in a way that I could live in darkness without a sun for the rest of my life, if I knew she would be by my side. I groan as I think about how much I have changed in such a short amount of time. How much she has grown in my heart. How much I just want to be with her.

My phone rings and I answer it gratefully. “Hey, Tyler what’s up?”

“Yo dude, what you up to?”

“Just here watching TV. What about you?”

“I was thinking that I might go down to a bar, maybe throw some darts. You interested?”

“Um,” I look at my watch. “I’m not sure. I was kind of waiting on Sabrina to be done with work so we could watch a movie and then grab something to eat. But I don’t know how long she’s gonna be, so maybe.”

“Oh man, you really are whipped.”

“What?” I say.

“I mean, I remember a day when you and me would go out drinking all night, and you didn’t have to think about having to be home for some woman.”

“She’s not just some woman. She’s my girl. And if and when you ever have someone you feel about as strongly as I feel about Sabrina, you’ll understand what I mean.”

“Not going to happen.” He burst out laughing. “You know me, if they get more than two nights, they’re lucky.”

“Oh my gosh, Tyler, really?”

“What can I say?” he chuckles. “They don’t call me the bad boy of hockey for nothing.”

“You know what, I’m going to pretend I didn’t hear that.”

“Okay, how’s your sister, by the way? She still mad at me?”

“I think she’ll be mad at you for the rest of your life.”

“I mean, she should have thought it was a compliment.”

“She should have thought you throwing your drink over her a compliment?”

“Well, you said the pretty one, and I thought she was the prettiest of them. So, I mean, no offense, Sabrina is absolutely gorgeous. But you know, Erica is more my type.”

“Um, you do know Erica is my sister, right?”

“I know. I’m not saying that I want her. Of course, I wouldn’t want her. She’s your sister. I’m just saying she’s hot. And if she wasn’t your sister, I’d definitely hit it.”

“Tyler, you do not want me on your bad side.”

He burst out laughing. “Sorry, I should have known better than to speak to an overprotective brother about his little sister.”

“Yeah, you shoulda.”

“So, we going out tonight, or--”

“I don’t know. Hold on. Let me speak to Sabrina and see if she minds if I head out.”

“Whipped,” he says, under his breath, and I just laugh.

I head back to the office and knock on the door. “Hey, my love.”

She looks up again, a small smile on her face. “I already said I’m working. We’re not gonna make love right now.”

“That’s not why I’m interrupting you.” I say, rolling my eyes. I can hear Tyler chuckling on the other side of the line.

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