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Without holding back, I asked, “Now?”
“Once we get home.”
And I wanted him, too. Badly. I trembled with anticipation. Maybe I shouldn’t want him this bad, but I did. I swallowed as I said, “Jacob, you can always walk away from your plan. You’re successful already.”
His face lost color as he said, “I don’t know what life is like without working to topple my father’s world.”
I guess not.
He didn’t love me. And I told myself I didn’t love him either, but my insides knotted like I’d said another half-truth. Fuck. Now I was lost, but I curled my fingers around his neck. “Maybe you can just find that real wife you want and start that family.”
His eyes narrowed when I came closer. “I told you, I’m not letting you out of the contract that easily.”
Right. That’s what he’d said. But I swallowed and let the air between us heat up as I said, “I’m not looking for escape. I’m just scared.”
“You trust me now.” He stroked my cheek. “You wanted me last night, and you were vocal about it.”
My heart twisted and coldness iced down my spine. He’d been blunt, but it was true. I bounced on my toes and said, “I still do, Jacob.”
My heart whispered love, but I refused to listen. His lips curled upward as he came closer to me and said, “Let’s go to bed. We have a few hours till the party.”
My entire body stiffened. It was time. I’d put this off for as long as I could. I forced myself to relax and took his hand.
Once I’d been with him, hopefully I wouldn’t change too much.
Chapter 12
Jacob
I wasn’t into mergers and acquisitions, normally, but Indigo was a sweet exception. She lit a fuse inside me to claim her. She left me reeling, craving more. With her in my bed, I didn’t care about my father. My shoulders were lighter. The bright white sheets and comforter, and the air conditioning that fanned us while we lay still and stared at the empty beach outside my window were more than enough.
Indigo was the perfect woman to be my wife.
I needed to be inside her like I needed air. Today was it. Her lips fastened on mine and made possessing her entirely my most important goal.
Probably even more than taking over Sun and Moon Trust.
Howard Robinson and his wife Nora owned an electric company under its umbrella. They’d want me out of any possible control.
Howard owned stocks in my father’s company from years ago and I’d intended to trade his company for those stocks now. The handshake deal on the golf course had worked to get the shares of my father’s company, but Indigo’s news broke me.
Now I needed to touch her, tangle myself inside her. It was the only thing that might make the day sweeter.
Indigo’s soft spots on her body only amplified her beauty, and I was hard and stiff already as she followed me into the room closed the door and turned the blinds.
The room was clean and simple, with beach scenes hanging on the wall. And the neatly made bed was about to be messy.
I flipped the blinds open so I could see every morsel of her sexy body and ripped my golf shirt off, tossing it far away.
Indigo walked to the bed like she was going to her execution, her head looking down at the ground. But she pulled her flowered golf shirt off.
No. I’d not hurt her.
Last night she’d enjoyed every moment, and today would be the same.
I wasn’t an animal and I squeezed my balls to send the message.
The last thing I’d do was hurt her. I closed the space between us and gently tugged her hips closer to mine as I nibbled on her lower lip until she kissed me.
