Page 172 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 1
"It was a P.R. nightmare."
"How old were you?"
"22."
"Hmm."
"What?" He was smiling down at me.
"You look so happy in this picture. Do you miss it?"
"Running a company?"
"Yeah."
"You'd think that being a C.E.O. would mean I didn't have to answer to anyone." He sat down on the edge of his desk. "But most of my time was spent doing things I didn't love. I do miss certain parts though."
"Is that why you're thinking about starting a new company?"
"Well, as you have so eloquently pointed out, I've had a lot of free time. I needed something to occupy myself."
I laughed and moved between his legs. I put my hands down on his thighs. "I had a question about my present."
"And what is that?"
"The tickets to the Thanksgiving Day parade. Is that an invitation to meet your family?"
He smiled down at me. "If you want it to be."
"Do you think they'll like me?"
"Jennifer and Rob will love you."
"What about your parents?"
"If you could just laugh off everything they say like they're crazy people, that would be best."
"You don't think they'll like me? Why?"
He pulled me closer to him, making my hands slide farther up his thighs. "I don't like to try to think like them."
"Maybe they'll love me."
"Isn't my love enough?"
"Yes." I moved one of my hands to the waistline of his jeans. "Speaking of which, it's a shame that I'm supposed to be taking things easy. That probably means no sex."
"I don't think that's what that means."
"I'm pretty sure." I slipped my hand slightly beneath his waistline, running my fingers through his happy trail.
"I don't consider you to be one to shy away from breaking rules, Penny."
"Me?" I unbuttoned his jeans and slowly unzipped them. "I'm a stickler for the rules, Professor Hunter."
"So you'd be mad if, for example, I did this?" He leaned forward and pushed my jacket off my shoulders. I shook it the rest of the way off.
"Furious."
