Total pages in book: 78
Estimated words: 73665 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 368(@200wpm)___ 295(@250wpm)___ 246(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 73665 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 368(@200wpm)___ 295(@250wpm)___ 246(@300wpm)
I’m immediately so hard that it’s going to hurt walking out of here. “I think I can roll that request into the surprise quite seamlessly.”
I take her hand and lead her toward the lounge doors after I lock up the office. I lock those too, then head straight for the fancy elevators. I already have the keycard in my pocket. Despite not having to make any pit stops, we’re both tense on the way up, Bellatrix bouncing beside me with barely controlled energy, and me because I know what the surprise is, and I can think of at least forty-seven positions we haven’t tried, even though we’ve been quite imaginative over the past few months together.
When the elevator doors slide open, I wrap my arm around her waist and lead her straight to the most expensive suite on the top floor of the hotel.
The whole hotel is like stepping back in time, and this room is no exception. It’s practically dripping elegance, drenched in gold framed art, red carpet, marble, and crystal chandeliers.
“Oooooh, the presidential suite!” she coos excitedly, rushing into the room.
Bellatrix has seen just about every room in this place and a few of my other hotels during our travels. She often comes with me for business. I’ve been trying to wrap a lot of it up, so I have more free time, but it’s not something I can just drop overnight. And she gets that. She’s in this for the long haul. Instead of demanding my time, she just joins me in whatever I’m doing so we can be together.
“I can see why you thought this room would mix well with my suggestion, but what’s the surprise? Because if this is it, then it’s a great surprise. I’d love to spend the night here with you.”
“What about every night?”
She tilts her head slightly to the side, which she does without even knowing it when she’s thinking about something deeply or trying to puzzle something out.
“Uh, like…”
“I was thinking maybe I’d like to sell my condo and move here. And that you might…maybe you’d want to do the same.”
There’s not even a second of hesitation before she turns, wraps her arms around my neck, and pulls herself flush against me. “Yes! Like, live here? In this suite?”
“More like the whole top floor. I was thinking we could renovate it into something that’s entirely ours. It would make going to work in the evenings extremely convenient.”
Her dress is so long that she can’t leap up and wrap her legs around my waist the way I can tell she wants to. So she takes my hand and pulls me to the bed instead, tugging me down on top of her.
“That’s a crazy suggestion, but it’s crazy in a good way. Yes, times a million. Times infinity. I love you, and I can’t wait to live with you.”
We didn’t exactly wait with the L-bombs. A few weeks into our relationship, I dropped it on her one night, but she just studied me with an expression I’d seen many times before but had never fully understood and told me how much she loved me back.
“We could get a cat. I know you’ve wanted to. When we’re traveling, we can hire a cat sitter.”
“Ahhh,” she sighs gustily. “You’re just right on the ball with fulfilling all my dreams tonight, aren’t you?”
“It would be my pleasure to be able to do that for you. Nothing is too big or too small if it makes you happy.”
“You make me happy. The universal distribution system knew what it was doing.”
I chuckle. “Isn’t that just for cats?”
She wriggles under me, and my dick responds, throbbing out its appreciation. “If it’s a thing for people, then it kicks all the ass.” A slightly guilty look crosses her face. “Remember when I told you that Mika and I thought we’d have to character-assassinate you in order to get you out of your arranged marriage?”
“I remember quite clearly.”
“I’m glad it didn’t come to that. We were going to call exterminators, and it might have resulted in this place getting shut down. That would have been awful. Doubly awful because this place is gorgeous. Literally a dream.”
I had no idea they’d planned on going that far. All I can do is laugh about it now, and she laughs with me.
On paper, maybe we should have been a disaster, but we fit. Physically, we’re always burning this bright, but in every other way too. I went from not even having a real idea as to how shut down I was, buried under layers of hotels, businesses, duties, and obligations, to having a heart so wide open that, some days, it actually hurts a little.
Bellatrix saved my relationship with Mika. It’s amazing that they’re best friends, and they’ve only grown closer. I viewed finding that vase as winning a lottery that brought me a lot of pain as well as riches, and I felt that way for nearly two decades, but everything that happened, good or bad, brought me to that night in the lounge, where I was ready for Bellatrix without even knowing it.