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He nodded. “Although the fact that you ask means I’ll need to try harder to make sure youknow.”
“Am I… pleasing you?” she asked. “Inbed?”
“Nina…” His voice was uncharacteristically gruff as he looked into her eyes. “I enjoy every minute of our time together.” He took her hand and placed it gently on his cock, hard beneath his trousers. “Can’t youtell?”
A pulse started between her legs. She pressed them together, trying to eliminate it, wondering if it was possible to come while she stood at a railing overlooking theAegean.
“What about out of bed?” She hated herself for asking. For needingreassurance.
“Don’t you know?” He cradled her face in his hands, his eyes piercing hers. “I love you, Nina. I need you. I’d resigned myself to being alone, to the fact that I might not be capable oflove.”
She forced herself to keep breathing, his declaration ringing in herears.
He lovedher.
“And now?” sheasked.
“You’ve made me believe in love again,” he said. “Have made me believe I might even deserveit.”
She wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed against him, the confession somehow making her want himmore.
He pulled away to look at her, his arms still around her waist. “Move in with me,Nina.”
“I…What?”
“Move in with me. I love you. I want to be with you every possible second. Keep your job at the gallery or leave it. I’ll buy you a gallery of your own if you like.” He drew in a shuddering breath. It was the most emotion he’d displayed outside of bed. “Let me take care of you. Let me show you theworld.”
She swallowed around the lump in her throat. “I don’t… I wasn’t expectingthis.”
“I’ve been thinking about it for awhile,” he said. “I don’t need to think about itanymore.”
She bit her lip. “Can I? Think about it, Imean?”
A flash of surprise — and was there pain? — flashed across his face before the unreadable wall dropped down over it. “Take all the time youneed.”
“Thank you.” She stood on tiptoe and kissed him. “You have made me happy, Jack. I… care about you so much.” She winced inwardly as she said it, aware that the word paled in comparison to the word Jack had used: love. “I just… I haven’t even been divorced two years. I just want to be sure I’m not rushing intoanything.”
He nodded and lifted her hand to his mouth. “Ofcourse.”
“Thankyou.”
He nodded, his eyes darkening. “Are you ready forbed?”
The promise in his question wasunmistakable.
“Yes.”
He led her away from the railing, and they started back to the house, Jack’s words fresh in hermind.
Let me take care ofyou.
Did she want to be taken care of? She didn’tknow.
