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His eyes widened.“Like what?”
“Obsession.Possessiveness.Insane sexual chemistry.”
A haze of red flared across his taut cheekbones.“You think that’s all this is?That my heart turns over every time you look at me because I’m crazy about the sex?”
“Those are powerful emotions, Zach.”
“God… Bethany, I love you,” he repeated.“I love you.So much.So very much that sometimes I wonder if I’ll ever be able to take a breath without craving you.”
She trembled at the strong, powerful words.“Do you want to?”
“Hell no.But I want your love, too.I foolishly threw it away when you offered it.I’m not ashamed to beg you for it.But only if you feel it.”A shadow of anguish clouded his eyes.“Do you feel it, Bethany?”
“Tell me you love me again.”
“I.Fucking.Love.You.”
Her heart soared, joy and love and screaming happiness fizzing inside her.Her smile felt as wide as the sky, and his breath hitched as he gazed down at her.
“Bethany?”
“I feel it, Zach.With every breath in my body, I feel it.”
EPILOGUE
“Get up, I have a present for you.”
She groaned and burrowed deeper into the pillow and tucked another one over her head for good measure.“Give it to me later.”
“No, it’s nearly ten.You have to get up anyway.Your parents will be here in half an hour.”
“God, I can’t believe you invited them to brunch without telling me.”
“It was a spur of the moment thing,” he answered before yanking the pillow away.
She turned over and watched him stride naked into the dressing room.“Sure, which was why you arranged it two days ago, then dragged me on to yet another plane and flew us back to New York last night?”
His shrug was unrepentant.“They love you.I love you.I thought it was time we bonded over our mutual interest.”
She rolled her eyes.“When you put it like that, it’s so sexy!”
He laughed as he tugged on blue jeans and paired it with a fitted striped grey shirt that did amazing things to his physique and eyes.Strolling back to bed, he gazed down at her.The adoration in his eyes fractured her breath.
“I know they were concerned about that photo of us this week.”
“I explained things to them.They know who you are now, and they’re okay with it.”
“I still think they deserve to have their concerns put to rest properly, don’t you agree?”
Her heart melted.“I love you.”
His smile widened.“You still have to get up, Peaches.”
With a groan, she rolled over.The smack that landed on her ass made her yelp.She rose and lunged for him.He caught her up in his arms and strode into the bathroom before setting her on her feet.
“Shower.Now.I’d join you, but I’d prefer your parents not to receive audible evidence of me defiling their daughter.”His eyes raked heatedly down her naked body, then he swallowed and jerked around to walk out of the bathroom.
“What about my present?”she asked.