Page 167 of Love Unspoken

I kneeled in front of her. "I am so in love with you."

She flushed.

"I want to make love with you tonight."

Both her eyebrows went up.

"Be ready to admit you love me so we can fuck, alright?"

"Someone is feeling cocky."

I grinned. "Tesoro, if Hugh had been in front of you right now, you'd have ripped him a new one. You love me. It's time to let go of your fears."

She nodded and took a deep breath. "I know. But…I don't know if I'm ready."

"Fucking you tonight, Tesoro." I gave her a long, wet kiss and rose to put on my tie.

She watched me in the full-length mirror. "We're meeting Gemma and Basil for drinks and dinner at Magnolia's."

"Is Jax joining?" I asked.

"Can't. He's out of town—has a charity golf thing in Pebble Beach."

The scene was so domestic, so achingly familiar, and such a relief to experience again that I gave a quick thanks to the universe for helping me get my head out of my ass and win my fair maiden.

I kissed Amara again as she continued to sit on the bed; I knew thinking about what I'd said about her admitting she loved me.

She ran after me as I got to the door. She gave me a long hug and stepped away. "What if I need more time?"

"Then you take more time." I smiled at her. "There's no pressure."

She quirked an eyebrow. "So…you'll fuck me tonight?"

I loved her, I thought, so fucking much. "Will you tell me you love me?"

"Argh!" She pushed me out of the door and I was laughing as I walked to my car in her driveway.

I wasn't amused when I got to work when my assistant told me that Mercer Haller was on the phone and said it was urgent. Mercer and I went to business school together. We used to be good friends. Kath's betrayal had hurt more because it was with someone I knew and not some stranger.

"Covington here."

"Thanks for taking my call, Lucas."

This wasn't the first time he'd called my office, but the last time was several years ago.

"Ah…Gene mentioned he talked to you."

"Yeah, he did."

"I didn't mean to sleep with her, Lucas. We were drunk, and…it was stupid. But then she told me she was pregnant and…fuck! It was a mess."

I realized that I had no feelings whatsoever about Kath leaving me for Mercer or Mercer leaving me for Kath. I didn't give a shit.

"You got a reason for this call, man?"

"Yeah. I wanted to tell you I'm sorry."

"Accepted."