Page 91 of The Billionaire's Assistant

“You don’t mind that I know?”

“Absolutely not.” Of all the things he might have said, that didn’t worry me at all. “I would have told you myself, eventually. I want you to know that you changed everything. I’m sure Eudora told you that I decided I wasn’t going to have any serious relationships. If I’d been with anyone more than once, I made that clear.”

“Except with me.”

“I hated the thought of you with anyone else from the very beginning. I couldn’t let go of you. I couldn’t hold my feelings back. I fell so hard, so fast.”

“I fell fast for you, too. I think maybe as soon as you made me try on those absurdly expensive suits, definitely from the moment you got all dominating with me in your office after I was late.”

“You family caused you to be late, didn’t they?”

He nodded. “But that doesn’t matter. My father is being investigated and Jesse is….”

“Gone.”

“Right. And my mother was never a threat, just never a help either.”

“And if anyone else who worked with them takes one step out of line, I will make sure they are brought down one way or another.”

“So you’re ready to risk it all with me?” Ben asked.

“More than ready. But I don’t consider this a risk any longer.”

“You don’t?”

“No, I consider this my future.” I kissed him then, and he relaxed into it, held securely in my arms.

42

EPILOGUE

ONE MONTH LATER

MILES

Ichecked the time. Ben would be back from Eudora’s soon. I’d rushed him out the door to the knitting circle so I had plenty of time while he was gone to practice searing scallops to perfection so I could make him some the moment he returned home. I’d been wanting a chance to make him his favorite meal, and today I’d decided to forget about all the pressing work that needed to be done and simply enjoy being with Ben.

I managed to have everything ready when Ben stepped through the door. Felix ran up to him and circled his legs, purring, like Ben had been gone for weeks.

As he bent down to pet the cat, I realized Ben was holding a gift bag. When Felix decided he’d been properly attended to, Ben took a seat at the kitchen counter and set the bag in front of him. “What are you making?”

I smiled. “Your favorite meal.”

His eyes widened. “You got scallops?”

“I did, and I’m going to sear them as soon as you’re ready to eat.”

“Wow. Is there an occasion I’ve forgotten?” He looked down at his watch like it might tell him.

“The only occasion is that I’m ignoring work tonight, and we’re taking tomorrow off.”

“Really?”

“Yes, really.”

“You’re the best, and I’m ready now. I’m starving. You told me you were making dinner, so I didn’t eat any of the snacks at Eudora’s, but first….”

“Yes?”

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