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“If Leanna wanted to go to Australia for her work, I’d go with her,” Kurt added.
“That’s because you can work from anywhere,” Caden pointed out. “It’s a tough call.”
“You’re in a rough spot,” Blue said to Tony. “I’m no expert on love. I mean, I haven’t had a steady girl in years, but I’m not sure I could sit back and wait for a woman I loved to make that big of a decision. I’d take Pete’s route and tell her to stay. Of course, Duke is my brother, so if it were me, I’d have to deal with that.”
“You’d put your relationship ahead of her career?” Tony asked. Amy had already put Tony’s career ahead of their relationship once. He didn’t want her to do it again. While he knew Amy had been protecting herself as much as she’d been protecting him all those years ago, he couldn’t deny—and would never forget—that she’d supported his success by removing herself as a distraction. Even if he hadn’t wanted her to.
He watched a group of handsome twentysomething guys approach the girls. Amy smiled up at one of them. Jealousy corded Tony’s muscles tight. Amy took a step back from the guy and Tony rose to his feet.
“Yeah,” he mumbled to himself. The word dripped with sarcasm. “That’s not happening, jerk,” he mumbled as he crossed the dance floor and slid a possessive arm around Amy’s waist. “May I?”
She turned in to him with a grateful smile and clenched his shirt in her fists. “I was hoping you’d come to my rescue.”
Their bodies moved in perfect rhythm, hips brushing, hands wandering. He pulled her closer and whispered, “I’m not taking any chances of losing you after this many years.”
She ran her hands down his biceps, and her eyes darkened. “I don’t think you have to worry about that.”
“I only have to worry about losing you to kangaroos and the outback?” He touched his forehead to hers, knowing it was unfair to put pressure on her to decide between him and the job, but he was unable to stop himself. He needed to know exactly how committed she was, because he was completely ready to be committed to her.
“Mr. Black, is that jealousy I hear in your voice?” Her lips curved in a playful smile.
“It would be petty to be jealous over a job.”
“Oh, I meant over the hot guy—and the job.”
He narrowed his eyes, took her hand in his, and led her off the dance floor and down a narrow hallway, where he took her in a deep, hard kiss and backed her up against the wall.
“I want to put you in a position that I shouldn’t,” he said in a harsh whisper.
Amy’s eyes widened. “Here?”
“Not a sexual position.” He laughed, then lowered his voice. “Although that sounds good, too.”
She trapped her lower lip between her teeth.
“You’re so cute, kitten.”
She hooked her finger in the waist of his pants. “You already made me purr twice today.”
“Three times, but who’s counting?” He kissed her neck, earning him a sexy moan.
“I know I told you to take the job with Duke, and I don’t want to stand in your way, but I want you with me, Amy. Every day, every night, every single minute of my life.”
Chapter Sixteen
AMY LAY ON her back in Tony’s bed, listening to the calm cadence of his breathing and thinking about what he’d said the night before.I want you with me, Amy. Every day, every night, every single minute of my life.They’d been interrupted by Bella and Jenna about a second after he’d said it, and he hadn’t brought it up again.
Tony stirred beside her and she closed her eyes. She felt the bed shift, and then his warm lips touched hers.
“How long are you going to pretend to be sleeping?” He smiled at her.
“I’m sorry. Did I keep you up?”
He looked beneath the covers and flashed a heated grin. “That would be a very happy yes.”
Amy couldn’t repress her smile. “I really don’t want anything separating us, Tony. In any way. Just so you know, I’m on the pill.”
“That’s great, but I’m a little nervous about putting you in the same position you were in before.”
