The Billionaire's Seduction by Jay S. Wilder

Author:Jay S. Wilder [Wilder, Jay S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-02-10T06:00:00+00:00

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“I thought I’d come to tell you first, rather than leave it a surprise,” I tell Anna later the same day. I’m standing in the hall outside her apartment. She has yet to invite me inside. When she answered the door she looked irritated to see me here. Now she looks downright furious.

“Are you fucking serious?” she asks, her eyes wide, her face flushed deep red.

I nod shortly. I thought she might be pissed, but this was worse than I’d expected. All I know is I can’t let her go, no matter how pissed she is at me.

“Why can’t you just let me have my own life?” she asks, those beautiful eyes boring holes in me. “Why do you insist on…I don’t know…telling me what to do? Being in charge? Butting in? I don’t know what to call it, but it’s really crappy.”

“I guess I didn’t look at it that way,” I admit. “All I know is I can’t be without you.” There’s no point in playing games, in trying to be cool about it. “I need you, Anna.”

Her eyes well up with tears. “I wish I could believe you. I really, really do.”

“What’s stopping you?” I whisper. “I’ll do anything to make you believe me. I swear.”

She looks unsure, uneasy. Her weight shifts from one foot to the other, one arm crossed over her torso so her hand holds the other elbow. As though she’s shielding herself somehow.

I realize I’ll have to play my trump card now. I’d hoped for something a bit more romantic than this, but desperate times call for desperate measures. I reach into the pocket of my trench coat to pull out the little velvet box I just picked up this afternoon. As I remove it, I go down on one knee.

“What are you doing?” she gasps, her hand leaving her elbow to find its way to her chest. She stands there, wide-eyed, as I open the box to reveal the diamond ring I purchased in hopes she’d agree to marry me.

“I’m asking to you marry me, Anna,” I whisper in the desperate hope she’ll accept. “I was hoping to do this in a less…well, I was hoping to do it somewhere other than the hallway of your apartment building…but the fact is, I want to be with you for the rest of my life. Please. Be my wife.”

She doesn’t say yes, though she does nod emphatically.

“Are you saying yes?” I ask.

“Yes it’s yes!” she laughs. I jump to my feet and wrap my arms around her. I’ve missed having her in my arms. She belongs here. She fits perfectly against me.

“I love you so much,” I whisper in her ear, my face pressed against the side of her head.

“I love you,” she replies. Her arms tighten around me. I know my heart is racing just as hers is, welling up with all the love I have for her. She pulls away slightly so I can look in her eyes. I had missed them, just as I’d missed her body next to mine.

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