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She swallows, and the pulse at the base of her neck speeds up. "What is it?"
I slide my hand into my pocket, pull out her wedding ring, then take her left hand in mine. "Will you be my wife, to love and love and love and love and love some more? To worship with my soul. To cherish with every cell in my body. So not even death may part us."
"You took some liberties with those vows, huh?"
"I did." I try to smile, but my lips refuse to cooperate. My heart drops down to my feet, then bounces up and into my throat. I hold her gaze. "What do you say, Little Dove? Will you give me another chance?"
71
Penny’s bucket list
Type at 250 words a minute (done!)
Have 5 O’s in the course of 1 night (I’ll settle for 1 tbh) => Almost made this one last night when he gave 4 orgasms. OMG 4 freakin’ orgasms!
Learn to cook a gourmet meal. => I wasn’t very good at it, but it’s the spirit that counts, right?
Act in a movie or a play—I’ll take a street act => It didn’t go down that well. :(
See the London Ice Kings play a game.
Swim with dolphins.
See the Northern Lights.
Climb Uluru in Australia.
Eat a chocolate croissant in a sidewalk café in Paris.
Be dominated. (Uh, maybe this should go up to the top?)
Find a man who cares for my mother as much as I do.
Be proposed to by the man I love.
Explore anal. (I’m chicken so this is right at the bottom—pun intended. Hahahaha!)
72
Penny
Abby strides up the corridor; her footsteps echo around the almost empty building.
It’s seven p.m. and most people have gone home. But not me. I have a demanding boss who’s obsessed with taking his company to new heights. Especially now that his father has handed over the full charge of the company to him. If you thought that’d slow down Knight, you thought wrong. Now that he has full control of the destiny of this corporation, he’s in a hurry to shape it into the vision he has. One he’s shared with the entire company at the "town hall" he held this morning.
The employees were energized after the meeting—it might also have to do with the fact that he announced a twenty percent increase in salary, across the board. And that he’s setting up a café on one of the lower floors where the food will always be free. That, combined with the childcare and the pet-sitting facilities, is sure to make his company one of the most sought-after to work for in this part of the world. It’s resulted in tons of positive media coverage that Abby shared with me.
So, I’m taken aback when she stomps over and slaps her palm on the desk in front of me. "You could have told me."
"What are you talking about?"
"Knight told me. And I’m glad my brother feels he’s close enough to share things with me, but you’re one of my closest friends. I’d have preferred to hear it from you."
Did he tell her about Adam? That isn’t mine to share anyway. Also, considering how things have shaped up between us since, it’s not something I’m comfortable talking about with anyone else.
I lean back in my chair. "I really don’t know what you’re referring to."
She walks around my table, then leans a hip against it. "Don’t pretend you don’t know."
