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He’d walked into this room frustrated and tired, and in seconds, she’d turned his entire day around.
“I’ve got you, baby,”
“I’m not suggesting forever,” he began. “But I would like to table the ‘temporary’ aspect of our relationship.”
“You’re special to me,
Franchesca. And I don’t foresee a point when you won’t be.”
“Forget the fact that you’re beautiful beyond belief. You’re sharp and mean when you need to be. You have no filter. I’ve never known anyone who didn’t carefully weigh every word. You’re a breath of fucking fresh air in my life.” “Aide, you’ve got me shaking in my boots here,”
“All in, Franchesca. You and me.”
“I’m asking you to take me or leave me,”
“You ever have this conversation with anyone else you dated?”
“Not even close. You and me...
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“Okay. All in.”
Aiden: I’ve never gotten an erection in an analyst meeting before. This is interesting.
The look in his eyes told her he was hungry, too. Just not for dinner.
“Gorgeous, I’m always thinking of you.”
“So fucking perfect,”
“Thank you for you.”
“You’re breathtaking, Franchesca.”
“Because you’re mine.”
“Don’t argue about not belonging to me. I belong to you. I’m yours. All in, remember? It goes both ways.” “All in,”
Wanting, being wanted, with that intensity was new. And humbling.
“Sweetheart, did you think I’d stop giving just because you started?”
The most eligible bachelor in the city was in her bed, holding on for dear life, and her heart was doing something funny and fluttery.
She stuck. And her fierce loyalty now extended to him. Just as his heart belonged to her.
“There is no one like you in the world, Franchesca. I’m so glad you’re mine.”
It wasn’t just sex. It never had been with Franchesca. He loved watching her. He loved their late-night calls to catch up. He loved knowing he was going to see her and enjoying that painful edge of anticipation. He loved… her.
He was in love and, for the first time in his life, thinking about next steps in the relationship department.
Aiden: I have exactly everything I had before you, but now it feels like nothing.
Aiden: I’m suing a bunch of people today. I thought you should know. No one gets away with hurting you, Franchesca. Not even me. I’m in misery without you.
Oscar: Do I need to call security? Aiden: Not unless you hear me sobbing for my mommy.
“I love him so much it scares me,”
“I love him so much I can’t breathe because I feel like a piece of me is missing.”
“My feelings for him terrify me. I’m living a nightmare. And it’s all too late. He stopped texting, stopped sending me things. It’s like I don’t even exist to him anymore.”
“Then maybe it’s time you reminded him that you exist.”
It was pathetic how grateful he felt just to see her again. His heart pounded in his chest as if it knew that everything came down to the next few minutes of his life. And he wasn’t in control. Franchesca was.
“And who would manage it?”
“Me.”
“You’re asking me fo...
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“Oh, Aide, I want you to give me a lot mo...
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“You need me, Aiden. And damn it, I need you. Not your money. Not your family connections. You.”
“You’re thoughtful. You listen, really listen. You’re smart and charming and funny and surprisingly sweet. You’re so fucking generous I worry that you’re going to get hurt.”
“No one’s ever touched me the way you do. No one’s ever loved me the way you do. And I’ve never loved anyone the way I love you.”
“It was my grandfather’s,”
“It’s nothing fancy. But it’s family, loyalty, love. And I can give you all that. So marry me, Aiden. Be with me. Give me forever.”
“First, answer me, please. Then I’ll tell you anything you want. Will you marry me, Aide? Will you take me as I am? Forgive me for being stubborn and proud and so very, very wrong? Because, damn it, Aiden, you fit in my life like you’re the missing piece. I can fit into yours, too. I want you for an ally, a partner. I was wrong to hold back, wrong to be looking for a way out. And I’m so fucking sorry. But I promise you from this day forward, I will be your partner, and we can build something beautiful together. And I swear to you I will always, always, have your back.”
“It’s always been yes with you, Franchesca. There is no one I’d rather have in my corner.”
“I love you, Franchesca,”
“I love you, Aiden, you stubborn son of a—”
“How are we going to celebrate?”
“You’re going to bend me over that desk and remind me of everything that I’ve been missing.” “I’m the luckiest man on the planet.”
“Damn right y...
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