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He shook his head and pointed to the billboard. “I have a foundation to run.”
She gripped his shoulders, her arm bumping into the microphone. “I knew you could do it.”
“Sterling, this last week without you has been torture. I’ll still be able to run my restaurants, check in with them when I can, but my home is here. With you.”
The reporter sighed beside them just before she was bumped from behind and stumbled into his body. Behind them the crowd returned to their business, obviously bored with their spectacle. The entire world had fallen away. That’s what happened when he was near. She loved him. All of him. With or without money.
“I get butterflies every time I think of you,” she blurted. “I realize now that everything in my life was boring. I was boring. But I like salsa dancing, puking off the side of boats, and having sex on countertops and the beach, and—”
He raised his hand and squeezed her lips between his thumb and forefinger. “I’m the one supposed to be making the speech here.”
She laughed. She did sort of take the situation and run with it. But when the realization hit, there was nothing that was going to stop her from getting what she wanted. And what she wanted was right in front of her.
“I don’t care if you’re boring. I just need you.” Jack brought the bullhorn up to his mouth. “I love you, Sterling Andrews.” His declaration was likely heard from blocks away.
Tears fell from her eyes and trickled down her cheeks. “I love you, too.”
Jack raised his hand and cupped her cheek. His thumb rubbed against her skin, a soft caress she would never tire of.
She hurled herself into his arms and fused their mouths together. She was pretty sure the crowd cheered, but it was all in the background. The only thing that mattered was the feel of Jack in her arms, the tender kisses he placed on her lips, and the love in her heart.
A shuffling of feet caught her attention and she pulled away. The cameraman had brought the lens right to their faces capturing their intimate kiss. Sterling looked up at Jack and smiled. Reaching out, she covered the lens with her hand and said, “That’s a wrap.”
The cameraman peeked from around the camera and smiled. Walking away, he tugged along the reporter, who held out her microphone for as long as she could.
Sterling rested her forehead against his. “You know this means you’ve just inherited an entire family who loves nothing more than to spend money. I’m literally your worst nightmare.”
He leaned in a kissed her, soft and loving. Lazily, as if this was only the first of a million kisses.
His brushed the tip of his nose against hers. “If you’re the worst nightmare I’ll ever have, I’m going to have sweet dreams for the rest of my life.”
