Page 102 of The Billionaire's Timed Wife

“We’ll see if you say that in three months, when I’m huge and can’t even see my feet.”

I kiss her mouth to silence her doubts. “Thinking of you with fuller breasts and your belly round with my baby makes me crazy.”

“Are you serious?”

I stop and shift her so she’s straddling me. I grind her against my hard length, and she moans. “Does that answer your question?”

“Ohhh . . .”

“Don’t tease me, naughty girl. We’ve still got two-thirds of this castle left to explore.”

She strokes the back of my neck as I start walking again. “I never thought it would be like this,” she says.

“The trip?”

“No. Us. I never imagined our marriage could feel this way.” She cups my face, meeting my gaze. “Ana uhibbuka.I love you, Kaled.”

I freeze. I wasn’t expecting that.

And despite what I said about the castle tour, I head straight to our suite.

Inside, I set her gently on the bed and step back. My heart is pounding so hard I can feel it in my ears.

“Don’t be scared,” she says softly. “I know we never planned any of this, but I can’t hide what I feel anymore.”

“I’m not scared.”

“Then what?”

“Surprised?” I offer and immediately feel like an idiot.

“I’m not expecting you to say it back, so don’t ruin it by overthinking how to react. Come here. I want you inside me, love.”

And I obey, because it’s easier to give her my body than to admit out loud what’s already consuming my heart.

On the eve of the return to Rheadur

“You didn’t.”

“What?” I ask, feigning innocence.

“You’re not fooling me, my sheikh. Tell me it’s true. Are we flying over Paris?”

“Maybe . . .” I say, hiding a smile. “Or maybe we’re doing something a little more than that.”

“Like what?”

“Let’s just say I might have gotten special clearance for my helicopter to fly close to the Eiffel Tower.”

She throws herself into my arms and kisses me, not caring about the pilot or the guards waiting behind us on the runway. “It’s the most incredible gift you could have given me.”

“More than jewelry?”

“Jewelry is just things. This,” she says, pointing toward the sky, “this is about dreams.”

Chapter 46

Two months after the honeymoon