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He began to look amused. "You're a mass of insecurities, aren't you?"
"Never mind. Forget I asked."
"It wouldn't be fair to Cherry if I held up a sex kitten like yourself as a standard for comparison."
Her eyes widened, and she smiled. "Really?"
He laughed.
She hurled herself across the couch, and his arms tightened around her as if he wouldn't ever let her go. His lips brushed her hair, and his voice grew gruff with emotion. "Cherry was the love of my boyhood, Rach. You're the love of my manhood. And I do love you, with all my heart. Please don't leave me."
She couldn't respond because his mouth had settled over hers, and she lost herself in a kiss so shattering that nothing else existed.
When they drew apart, she found herself gazing into his eyes, and it was like looking into his soul. All the barriers between them were gone.
"Aren't you forgetting something?" he whispered.
She tilted her head in inquiry.
He brushed her lips. "Aren't you forgetting to say, 'I love you, too, Gabe'? What about that?"
She drew back, smiled into his eyes. "Is there any doubt?"
"You're not the only one who needs to hear the words."
"I love you, Gabe. All the way to the bottom of my soul."
He shuddered. "No more talk of leaving me?"
"No more."
"No more arguments about getting married?"
"Not a single one."
"You'll put up with my brothers?"
"Don't remind me."
"And Chip's going to belong to both of us?"
She nodded, unable for a moment to speak. Now that he'd set his heart to it, Gabe Bonner would be a better father to her son than Dwayne Snopes could ever have dreamed of being.
She stroked the stubborn line of his jaw, kissed him again. She wanted to laugh and sing and burst out in tears all at once. The emotions were too much, so she hid behind some gentle teasing. "Don't think I'm going to forget about that million dollars. You were right about me not keeping those diamonds, and you're not competent to handle your own money."
"You are?"
She nodded.
"You're right." He sighed. "Still, for a million dollars, a man has a right to expect something special." With no warning he swept her into his arms. As he carried her into his bedroom, one hand caressed her bare bottom. "Let me think… What kind of kinkiness would be worth a million dollars?"
A dozen ideas skipped through her mind.
"First I'm going to strip you naked." His throaty whisper made her shiver. "Then I'm going to stretch you out on that bed and love every single part of you."
A soft moan slipped through her lips.
"And Rach? Chip's out like a light, so we've got all the time in the world. I'll be going about it real slow."
