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He looks excited, and his excitement is contagious, making me smile.
I bite into the mushroom pastry and then decide to tell him, "I ran into Tina today. And her fiancée."
Adam's smile disappears. "What happened?"
"Nothing." I shake my head. "We just talked. She looks happy."
"She is."
"How is Watson going to react when he finds out about Reynold?" I ask, concerned.
Adam's eyes grow dark. "He'll be dealt with."
"But if he withdraws support––"
Adam blinks. "Is that what you're worried about?"
"Kind of, yeah," I admit.
Adam takes out his phone and turns it around to show me something. "Do you know what this is?"
"They look like stock options," I murmur after a moment.
"They are. In both our names." He tucks his phone back in his pocket. "I have been buying stocks and investing in real estate where I can for a while now. There are a lucrative number of investments under the name of Cynthia Rose, and there are some under my name."
I gape at him. "What? Why would you put anything under my name?"
He studies me for a moment, and then he crosses the counter to come to stand before me, taking my hands in his. "Remember when you first came to work for me, and you told me you never received a salary? I realized you didn't have a penny to your name. I decided there and then that you would never feel that way again, that I would make sure that you had so much money you wouldn't know what to do with it. So, I invested, and I bought, and I built a fortune under your name. Even I can't access it. It's yours."
My heart feels warm. "You never told me any of this."
"I wanted to bring it up at the right time," he admits. "You've had to make a lot of adjustments in your life because of my decisions, and I didn't know how you would react to this. I just didn't want to make things worse for us."
It's not the money that has my heart tightened with emotion but the reason why he did it.
"I also built a good amount in investments, and I won't need any backing anymore," he says. "Your money is yours––"
"It's ours," I say firmly. "Yours and mine, and Riya's."
"No––"
I wrap my arms around his neck, and he goes still. I don't know what to say to convey my emotions to him.
"Cynthia?" Adam's arms inch around my waist.
"I know I've been awful to you," I whisper through tears. "And you're still doing all sorts of things for me."
"No, I betrayed your trust," he says. "And this wasn't to win you over. This was for you. Everything I do is for you and Riya."
"I know." A teary laugh leaves my mouth. "You make it really hard to remain angry with you."
He picks me up in his arms, grinning now. "Anything for my girls."
His girls.
His words make me smile.
I cup his face and kiss his mouth. My heart thuds in my chest at the contact, and my wolf rumbles happily. When I pull away, I tell him, "The money is ours, but thank you for caring so much. That means a lot to me, Adam."
