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“I’ll see what creative way to wake you I can come up with.” He winked.
I brushed my teeth and was getting ready to crawl into bed when a thought occurred to me. “Wait. Do you think it’s weird to sleep in here?”
“Cord said the housekeeper mentioned all the bedding was new. Is that your concern, or is there something else?”
“I’m sleeping in a bed in a room that belonged to a person I don’t even know.”
Beau lay down and pulled back the sheets. “It’s no different than staying in a hotel room. We don’t know who slept there last, either.”
I shuddered. “Great. Now, I’ll never feel comfortable at a hotel again.”
“Samantha, if you’d prefer not to stay here tonight, we can find other accommodations.”
“We can’t go back to the Roycroft now that I know strangers slept there before me too.”
He rolled his eyes. “Get in bed, my love.”
Unable to get the idea that I was sleeping in a stranger’s room out of my head, I worried I’d toss and turn. Instead, I think I conked out shortly after my head hit the pillow.
I feltcertain Beau’s creative way of waking me up would be sexual, but he surprised me with breakfast in bed instead. He set the tray down on a table by the window. “Good morning, my darling.” He ruffled Wanda’s fur. “And you too, Sam.”
I stuck my tongue out at him and stretched my arms over my head, remembering then that I was naked when the sheet slipped down. I yanked it back up when Beau wriggled his eyebrows. “How long have you been awake?” I asked.
He went into the bathroom and came out with a plush terry-cloth robe.
“Where did this come from? I don’t remember seeing this last night.”
“Did you think I only brought gifts for ourfur baby?”
He wrapped it around me when I got out of bed.
“I should feed Wanda.” I looked at the bed but didn’t see her. “Where is she?”
Beau pointed to a rug near another window. “Already fed and taking her morning nap.”
I padded over to the table and sat when he pulled a chair out for me. “This is very sweet of you.”
“I’ll remind you that, if you give me the answer I desire, this could be the way you start every morning.”
“If I said I’d marry you, you’ll commit to bringing me breakfast in bed every morning? After feeding Wanda first, of course.”
He leaned down and kissed my forehead. “At the very least, I will commit to serving you breakfast on a table. Will that do?” He poured each of us coffee, then sat in the chair opposite mine.
“So beautiful,” I said, pointing to the view of the snow-covered grounds.
“Mmm. Very beautiful.” Beau scooted his chair closer and nuzzled my neck. “I wish we had time for more of this, but the attorney will be here in twenty minutes.”
“Twenty minutes?I still need to shower.” I pushed the chair back.
“Sam, sit down and finish your breakfast. If you are not ready when he gets here, I will keep him entertained with witty banter and small talk.”
“I thought he had a meeting at ten.”
“Right. Ten minutes tops of small talk only. No time for witty banter.”
“It’s even warm,” I mewled, picking up one of the two chocolate croissants. “Did you go to a bakery this morning?”
“Once again, Grayson came to my rescue. I’m thinking of hiring him as my personal assistant. What? Why did that garner an eye roll? I’m serious.”
