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"I know. You're right. And I'm pretty sure one of the guys I work with thinks I'm in an abusive relationship because I'm being too secretive about everything."
James laughed. "Wait, really?"
"I don't know. I'm a bad liar. It wasn't a terrible conclusion with all the weird stuff I said all day. And I don't recommend starting a new job with a black eye. You told me you couldn't see it."
He shrugged. "You can barely see it."
I lightly shoved his shoulder. "Oh and by the way, Andy prefers being called Anderson. What's up with that? You always call him Andy."
"Well yeah, his employees call him Anderson. His friends call him Andy."
"James! You could have told me that."
He laughed and put his arm around my shoulders, pulling me closer to him. "I know it's a lot of change really fast. But we can figure this out together. If you haven't discovered your passion yet, you have plenty of time. We have our whole lives to figure it out."
His words should have been soothing, but it made me realize what I probably already knew and just didn't know how to admit. I already knew my passion. It was him. And being in love with him wasn't exactly a career path.
"If you want to take some time off to figure it out, you can," he said. "You don't have to jump right into this internship. And if you decide you do want it later, there's always another program in the fall."
"No, I want to do it. I already got special permission from my boss for a week off. It seems mean to flake out now."
"I was hoping you'd say that. And maybe tomorrow you can tell all the new friends you made today that you're shagging the boss."
"Telling them we're engaged sound so much better."
"Going all in right away?"
"Sierra keeps talking about how sexy you are and it makes me extremely uncomfortable."
He laughed. "You sound jealous."
"I'm not jealous." I bit my lip. "Fine, maybe a little. But what about the flowers you sent me? Marking your territory right away?"
"I sent you flowers because I'm an awesome fiancé and I love you."
I stared at him skeptically.
"And I wanted to force you to tell everyone we were together. Like I said, I'm done sneaking around. Besides, I haven't locked you down until you say 'I do.' I'm not going to risk losing you to a younger man at the last minute."
I laughed. "You have absolutely nothing to worry about. Before we know it, we'll be married. Right there." I gestured to the tree in front of us.
He kissed my temple. "I can't wait."
Eruption - Chapter 14
Tuesday
I stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around myself. James was watching me through the reflection in the mirror. He had that look in his eyes that instantly made me wet. My eyes gravitated down his body. He was only wearing a pair of boxer briefs and he was clearly just as excited as me. But there was no way he was going to make me late again today. I walked out of the bathroom and tried to focus on what I was going to wear instead.
Before I had even made it to the closet, he grabbed me around the waist and lifted me over his shoulder.
I laughed as he threw me down onto the bed.
"I've been thinking," I said and put my hand on his chest as he leaned down to kiss me. "It's only a couple weeks to the wedding now. Maybe we shouldn't."
"Shouldn't what?" He put his hand on the knot that was holding my towel in place.
"Have sex." I grabbed his hand before he could undo my towel.
