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I nodded, blinking to clear my eyes. “Yes, that would be perfect.”
Mark’s phone rang, and he pulled it out to silence it when he noticed that Knox had been calling. I pulled my own phone out and saw that I had two missed calls from Knox.
“Hello?”
Knox’s grim voice came over the speaker. “We have another body.”
CHAPTER 6
Sutton
“Sutton, I don’t like you going back there without me,” Mark complained as he rubbed the back of his neck. “I also don’t like that Knox won’t tell us over the phone what is going on.”
I paused in folding a skirt into my suitcase and looked up at the man I loved. There were dark circles under his eyes, and I knew that he was frustrated and angry about the current situation we found ourselves in.
“We have already put him off for over a week now. And besides, Knox said it was about my family, Mark. My mother’s family. I don’t really know anything about them. Max said we lived with my grandma when I was a baby and that’s where we got the trailer. But I have never seen any paperwork on that. He’s lied to me so many times before, maybe that was just another lie?”
“Just wait until I finish this merger. I can take time off then and be there with you.” He pulled me against him and nuzzled my neck. “What about the wedding and the baby?”
I swallowed hard. I was just so happy that sometimes my emotions would flare up out of nowhere.
“The baby is fine. Dr. Roberts already reassured you that traveling in my second trimester was completely safe. I will be going with Candice, so I am not alone. As soon as the merger is completed you can meet me there. From how hard you have been working, I wouldn’t be surprised if we didn’t see you a day or two after us.”
“Fuck, Sutton, this doesn’t sit well with me. I hate that I am needed in Tokyo for the deal to go through. Maybe I should just call it off?”
I stiffened. “Don’t you dare! You and my father worked for years to bring this company on board. I know it means the world to you.”
His arms tightened around me, and he cupped my breast. “It doesn’t mean anything close to what you mean to me.”
I turned my head as he lowered his and captured my lips. Kissing Mark was one pastime that I could never get tired of. I was feeling a lot friskier at this stage of the pregnancy. At least, I tried to blame my wanting sex all of the time on the baby. If anything, just being around the man brought out the temptress in me.
I rotated my hips, rubbing that firm erection against my bottom. He growled and flipped me around. His hands went to my skirt, undoing the buttons.
His fingers couldn’t go fast enough for me. The second my skirt hit the floor and his fingers were inside of me, I gasped. It was always like this with Mark. For the briefest second, I felt bereft at the thought of going to Otterville Falls without him.
But I couldn’t ruin this business opportunity for him. He had wanted this so badly and I wasn’t going to take it away. Our relationship was about giving, not taking.