“Fancy meeting you here,” he says, all grins and twinklingeyes.
“JaxsonI—”
“Didn’t think I’d sayyes?”
I shake my head as he steps closer to me. The sight of him all yummy and fine-looking, abs, chest, face. I almost passout.
He grabs me and pulls me into him and whispers, “I told you all you have to do is ask for help,baby.”
“I’ll work on that,” I stammer, kneeswobbling.
“I told Ryan no, but then Antonio Michaels called me personally and told me that, not only would he be honored if I become the new face ofALLMe, but he also explained that if this deal didn’t go down as presented in the contract, you would lose your publishingdeal.”
I stand, melting in his arms, unable to really speak but finally manage to say, “I should have told you, but didn’t want to make you feelobligated.”
He looks at me with his hypnotic gaze. “Lauren Blake, I’m in love with you and from now on, itismy obligation to do whatever it takes to make youhappy.”
He kisses me. Tender.Sweet.
Then breaks away and says softly in my ear, “Uh, baby, as much as I’d like to keep kissing you, I can’t because you’re getting meexcited. And as far as I know,Haute Coutureis notthatkind ofmagazine.
I giggle and step back watching his photo shoot, looking in awe at how good he looks, the man of my dreams, all sexy-hot.ALLMine.
And all I can do is think how lucky I am that DixiefuckingLane said,no.
