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Trusting me.

‘I’d love that,’ I said. ‘If you’re sure. I don’t want to be without you, either.’

Blake pressed his lips on mine.

The kiss was gentle, slow and filled with emotions.

When we pulled away, Blake pressed the button to speak to Geoff.

‘Go straight to the penthouse,’ he commanded. ‘Ellie’s coming home with me. To stay.’

‘I should pack my stuff and some work clothes,’ I said.

‘I’ll arrange for your belongings to be delivered to our home tomorrow. In the meantime, I’ll organise some new stuff. Okay?’

‘Okay,’ I said.

Home.

He said to our home.

I’d never believed before that Blake and I had a chance to be together, but by some kind of miracle it seemed like it could be a real possibility.

I didn’t know how we’d navigate the challenges ahead of us, but I didn’t care.

Blake said we’d work it out and I believed him.

I’d sensed before that things had shifted between us. That our connection had grown deeper and I was right.

This wasn’t just sex any more.

This was something real.

68

BLAKE

THREE MONTHS LATER

‘This all sounds great, bro.’ Seb closed his laptop. ‘I’m sure the event will be a huge success.’

It was Friday afternoon and I’d just finished a long meeting with my brothers where I’d brought them up to speed with the plans for the app and more specifically the launch announcement event we had planned for this coming Tuesday.

After diverting all our resources to the app, which we were calling SatisFya, it was almost ready to go, so the PR, marketing and tech teams had arranged a big preview event to let the media, influencers and the world know something new and exciting was coming from Sated.

As well as creating a buzz in the industry, our primary goal was to get as many subscribers as possible before the app went live in around two months.

And the announcement that rockstar Jake Myers would be personalising the stories for the first hundred subscribers to our premium plan, so that a main character was named after them, was guaranteed to do that.

‘Yes,’ I agreed. ‘The personalised narration will make SatisFya more exclusive and the scarcity will create the urgency, desire and anticipation we want every time a new story is released.’

‘Jake said he needed to put ice cubes in his pants when he was recording the story.’ Oscar laughed. ‘That’s how spicy it was.’

‘Hence why we chose the name,’ I explained. ‘The Fya is a play on fire because that’s how their body and blood will feel when they listen to the stories and the Satis part relates to the satisfaction they’ll get and our company name, Sated.’

‘Got it.’ Seb nodded.

‘When will Jake narrate and record the personalised parts?’ Heath asked.