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He smirked and leaned closer to me. “Why not? You’re attracted to me. I’mveryattracted to you and it’s not just sexual. How we met was not ideal but it’s no different than if we’d signed up for a service pairing like-minded individuals. We work. If you’ve never imagined what a life with me would be like, then I can see you being opposed to what I’m offering. But you have and you liked what you imagined.”
I frowned and he smiled, sinfully slow and sexy. “You can admit it because I’ve done the same and I fucking loved the idea of you in my bed every night and morning. Waking you with my mouth and hands while you cum on my tongue and moan my name in appreciation, followed by breakfast with our children. My life is not like most. There is very little room for inconsequential actions or details, such as me wasting my time entertaining women knowing there is one who fits my life perfectly. I’m not a man who values wasting my time or others. When I know what I want it only makes sense to go after it. It’s how I live my life.”
“Your marriage was arranged, Ezekiel. It didn’t work.”
“That’s not what I’m proposing. What I am proposing is you choosing me and me choosing you, which is very different from what I left. I’m also not saying you have to marry me today, but that will be our end goal. I heard when you said your decisions have to be intentional. Mine do as well. I’m not just any man, Jhorie. My life is…”
“Complicated.”
“I was going to say, controlled because it has to be. I don’t have the same leisure and flexibility as most men. My choices have to be well thought out and purposeful, but that doesn’t mean I don’t want to choose and be chosen.”
“So you want to date me?”
“With intention, yes.”
“Because I don’t want casual sex and you want to have sex with me?” I arched a brow and he laughed.
“No. As opposed to casual sex with me as you are, if I pushed you would give in.”
“I would not.”
He narrowed his eyes and I rolled mine. He was right. I would definitely give in.
“That’s all you want, an agreement that I’ll date you?”
“I want your commitment to me and only me and a promise that we’re dating with an intended purpose.”
“A committed relationship between a man and woman who barely know each other sounds a lot like anarrangement.”
“You know me, Jhorie, and I know you. If there was no timeline for our interactions and you simply relied on how you feel, what would your answer be?”
His gaze held mine and I didn’t have to think, I knew the answer. This was insane yet somehow made perfect sense.
“I would say yes.”
“Then say yes.”
“I can’t.”
“Can't or won’t?”
This eerily felt like déjà vu from the night we’d met at Black Diamonds.
“Won’t because it seems too simple for you. But I want this and if it doesn’t work—”
“It will work. I want this too.” His intense gaze held mine, confident and unwavering so I chose to follow my heart which I prayed wouldn’t be a tragic mistake.
“Yes.”
“Yes, you want to be with me?”
I nodded, exhaling my concerns. “Although the way you’re presenting this is nothing close to every girl’s dream of a man locking her down, I know you're no ordinary man, so you get a pass.”
He smiled and nodded. “Nah, no passes, Jhorie. Make me work for it.”
The heat in his eyes and the weight of his words had my core tightening. “Then work for it, Omari. In there.”
My eyes shifted to my bedroom and his followed. “Are we consummating our agreement?”
