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“What?”His assistant sounded floored, but Levi wasn’t paying attention to her.
His eyes were only on me. “Come on, Amy. Let’s go talk in my office.”
His assistant looked between the two of us like she was getting the hottest gossip of her life, and I knew most of the office would hear about this in minutes.
“Did your meetings really get canceled?” I asked as the door closed.
“What, do you think something else happened?”
“Your assistant seemed pretty shocked.”
“If you’re meaning to insinuate that I saw a message that you were waiting and then ditched everything, you’ddefinitelybe wrong.”
“Oh, would I?”
“You would. I canceled like a gentleman.”
“Youdid it? Why?”
“I can’t keep someone important waiting.” He gestured to the extra chair in his office and I slowly sat, brain fizzling from what I was witnessing.
I’d never found this man more attractive.
“You’re really good at words, did you know that?”
“I passed English with flying colors.”
“I bet you did,” I muttered.
“What can I do for you, Amy?”
Correction: Hecouldget more attractive, and he just did, but I pushed past it.
“I-I have something to talk to you about.”
One eyebrow raised. “Yes?”
“Some things have come up ... and I’d like to accept your proposal.”
“What came up?” he asked.
“Does it matter?”
“If I’m going to be your husband, then it does.”
If I’m going to be your husband.The thought filled me with an energy I couldn’t name. Was it nervousness? Or pleasure at hearing that I was going to be someone’ssomething?
“Nice line,” I said. “Did you steal that from a romance book?”
“I might have taken some inspiration. But that was all me. Are you gonna tell me what happened now?”
“It’s nothing big. Just my brother being an ass. He bought one of the houses on my street and plans to tear it down.”
“When did this happen?”
“Today. It was one of the main reasons I decided to do this. Maybe you should thank him.”
His face darkened. “I willnotbe doing that. Where do you live again?”