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I slid out of her and lay beside her on the bed.
“That was amazing," she whined.
“It was for me too,” I replied. “Everything about you is amazing. I’ll ask you one more time, and this time I mean it to my core. Can I keep you?”
She smiled. Not a humorous smile, but the kind one gives a person when their world is tilting on its axis. The kind with which the sparkle stars, moons, and planets are made of. Was I being poetic? Damn, who’s in my head?
"Ward...remember the lyrics to Nat King Cole's ‘When I Fall in Love?’" she asked as she looked into my eyes.
"Every word," I replied, staring right back at her.
"I’m that girl that wants forever. Are you ready for that?"
"For you? I’m ready, baby."
She rolled onto her side and kissed me.
"My heart belongs to you, Ward," she said in a serious tone. “Don’t break it.”
I placed my arms around her and kissed the tip of her nose. I felt like I’d just won a million bucks. “Never,” I made the first promise I ever made to a woman, and I meant that single word with everything in me.
"Goodnight, Ward," she said and finally drifted off to sleep.
“Goodnight, my angel.”
I lay awake, looking at her luscious silhouette in the darkness of the room until sleep overtook me.
Chapter Fifteen
Mira
Ward woke me up with kisses and breakfast in bed. We shared the breakfast, and he went into the bathroom to take a shower while I placed a call to Detective Jones.
“Good morning, Detective Jones. This is Mira McBride.”
“Miss McBride, you called at the right time. My partner and I just got to your firm,” he said, sounding upbeat.
“Okay, have you spoken with Rebecca Rice?” I asked.
/> “Yes, but Miss Rice has a solid alibi. She’s at her family’s cabin at the moment, and she’s been there for over a week. Yesterday morning, she went to the gym, and she didn’t leave there until noon. She gave us the number of her gym instructor, and I called the gym, and the receptionist confirmed her story,” Detective Jones informed me.
“Okay, I’ll be in the office in a few minutes,” I said, relieved it wasn’t Rebecca, but at the same time anxious over someone else being out to destroy me.
“Okay, can we go ahead and talk to your staff?” he asked.
“Of course,” I replied, and the call disconnected.
Ward walked into the room naked, and I forced myself not to look at his body.
“Please, put some clothes on,” I said.
“So now that you’ve eaten my breakfast, you want me to get dressed?” He looked incredulous but sauntered to his wardrobe.
I giggled. “The breakfast was good,” I teased him.
“Well, lucky for you, I have a meeting this morning and clothes are necessary. Can I pick you up for lunch?” he asked.
“No, Detective Jones and his partner are already at the office. When I am done there, I’m going to the hospital to be with Joe,” I said.
