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“Yes, most definitely. I absolutely love it,” I say, feeling my cheeks heat.
“Your turn,” Jay says as those hazel eyes watch me search for the question that’s been on my mind since he told me. “You really don’t want to have sex with me tonight?”
He grins widely. “Angel, I never said I didn’t want to have sex with you tonight. I said I won’t be fucking or spanking you.”
I crinkle my nose. “That wasn’t really an answer. I think I should get another question for that response.”
His eyes light up. “I’ll give you another question and will add five swats to your next spanking for trying to top from the bottom,” Jay says, leveling me with his serious face.
I pretend to pout while my panties moisten at the thought of lying across his lap, completely bare. “Deal! Why did you turn me down when I offered you... what I was saving?”
The waiter arrives with our food before he can answer my question.
“This looks amazing. What is it?” I ask.
“Linguine all’aragosta o’ all’astice,” the waiter says, placing two platters of pasta, with large chunks of lobster meat covered in marinara, freshly minced garlic, and parsley on the table.
“It smells amazing,” I say.
“Linguine with lobster,” Jay says, picking up a piece of delicate meat with his fork, sliding it through the red sauce, and placing it against my lips.
I chew the succulent morsel as he watches. “Good?” Jay asks as I swallow and take a sip of my wine.
“Absolutely delicious. Thank you for bringing me here tonight. You didn’t answer my question though, and it’s okay if you don’t want to,” I say.
“I wasn’t avoiding your question. I just got lost watching you, Angel,” Jay says. “I didn’t want to take the gift you offered until I knew for sure we could be together. I needed to make sure the people I work for were okay with us, given your relationship to the Russian Bratva.”
“Oh My God! How do you know? How did you find out? Who else knows?” I ask.
“Calm down, Angel. Very few people, but your father is very aware that we have proof and that’s what’s going to keep you and your family safe in the future. You need to know, it was Dominic’s crew that came after you at the hotel and they are no longer a threat. Your father will keep them at bay if he wants to keep the secret,” Jay says.
“It’s good to know it wasn’t my father that sent men after me that night, but if my grandfather ever finds out, there will be a war that no one will survive,” I say, shuddering at the thought of his retaliation at such a grave deception.
“Angel, it’s been taken care of. No one will find out, but it crosses a line of conflict now that Chase is married to Katarina and we’ve taken on the responsibility to ensure the entire family’s security.”
I nod, and suddenly it comes together a bit more clearly.
“So you had to ask your boss if you could be with me?” I say.
“Not exactly, I had to ask him if I could still work for him and be with you. Being with you was always going to happen, Angel. I’ve wanted you since I first saw you on Brian’s security film. Don’t ever think that I didn’t want you or the treasures you were offering. I needed to make sure you were safe and that the timing was right for the two of us. I was going to tell you everything when I learned from your sister that you were gone,” Jay says.
I try to wipe at the tears that are starting to pool, but he reaches out and does it for me, tilting my chin to look in his eyes.
“Why did you wait to come after me, Jay?”
His deep hazel eyes penetrate mine while he takes my hand in his own. “Because I love you Sasha, and at the time there was no way you could have known that. You needed to leave, to show yourself that you were strong enough to walk away from someone you didn’t believe cared for you. You needed the time and space, Angel.”
I find it difficult to breathe or speak, trying to swallow the lump in my throat while tears pool in my eyes. “You love me,” I say.
“I think I’ve loved you since the very first time I held you in my arms,” Jay says, gently pulling me from my seat and onto his lap. He pushes my hair from my eyes and wipes a tear that has fallen onto my cheek. “Don’t cry Angel, I’m sorry I couldn’t tell you sooner. I needed to make sure that we had a plan for the future,” Jay says, holding me tightly against him as all of his security team, my sister and Matt, my closest friends on the ballet circuit, Chase and Katarina, Brian and Jenny and people that I don’t even know make their way into the room.
They take their seats, and I am left breathless as he grasps my hand and stands up with me, settling me onto my feet before he drops to one knee. “Sasha, I’ve loved you from the very first time I held you in my arms. I can’t imagine my life without you in it. Will you marry me, be mine, and let me take care of you for the rest of our lives?” Jay asks, looking up at me with the intensity of those deep hazel eyes.
“Yes,” I say, one word, without hesitation, and he takes my hand in his own, and slides a two-carat diamond ring onto my finger. It glitters and shines the same way my heart feels.
“I thought I was the only one that felt this way. I love you so much. I just thought...”
“Shh... I know what you thought, Angel. That’s why I gave you a little time before I came for you, but you were never alone. I was always watching over you,” Jay says, standing and wrapping his arms around me. “I love you so much, Angel,” he says, grasping my nape and claiming my lips, while our friends and family clap loudly and whistle in the background.
