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five-star restaurant.”
    “ I don’t
care. I love fried chicken.” She took a drumstick and brought
it to her lips. Jason watched her teeth sink into the flesh.
    She moaned in
pleasure. “It’s very good.”
    He took his piece of
chicken and bit into it. It would have tasted better warm. The spices
were no longer searing hot. They only numbed the tongue a little.
    “ Once we’ve
eaten I’ll brush your hair.”
    “ Why do you
like my hair so much?” she asked.
    “ It’s
long, beautiful and it gives me an excuse to touch you.” He
took another bite. Jason didn’t have a hair fetish. When it
came to Emily, he loved everything about her, even down to the fact
she liked cold fried chicken.
    “ You never
need an excuse to touch me.” She smiled shyly at him. “Do
you remember the first thing you said to me at work?”
    Jason chuckled. “I
ordered you to wear your hair down.”
    “ If any other
guy did that I’d have told them to fuck off. With you, I did as
you asked. I took my hair down. I was yours from the start,”
she said.
    He reached over the
table and took her hand. “I’ll always be yours. Nothing
will ever change that.”
    She nibbled her lip.
He saw she wanted to ask him something. Whatever she wanted to ask
him would probably make him angry.
    “ Ask, Emily.
I’m not going to get angry.”
    “ How do you
know another woman won’t come along who’ll take your
fancy?” she asked.
    “ We’re
back to the doubts.”
    Emily shrugged her
shoulders. “I’ve watched my dad for years. Every time he
comes back he promises it will be the last. It never is. There is
always another skirt ,
as he calls it, begging for his attention.”
    She bowed her head,
reaching for another piece of chicken.
    “ There is
nothing for me to say that will relieve your mind. You’re going
to have to trust me. I don’t want any other woman. I’m
satisfied with you. Other women have offered themselves up to me even
when we were dating before.”
    Her head rose at his
last words.
    “ I was never
unfaithful. You’re the only one I’ve ever risked a
million dollars for. I wouldn’t even risk that much in a card
game for fun.” He chuckled at the shock in her eyes. “I’m
a careful man, Emily. I play my cards close to my chest.”
    “ I don’t
know what I’d do if you found someone else.”
    “ You’ll
never have to know, baby. I’m here and I’m not going
anywhere.”
    Other men would find
her fears annoying. Jason didn’t. They were part of her and it
highlighted how possessive she could be of him if she finally let go
and allowed herself to accept him.
    “ I love you,”
she said.
    “ Eat up, baby.
We’ve got a long day ahead of us tomorrow.” Jason no
longer wanted to keep her in the room all to himself. He wished to
take her around the resort. The beach and the ocean views were
spectacular. Also, it showed her how they could be together if she
trusted him.
    They finished eating
their food. He placed the plates on the cart then put the cart
outside his room.
    He sat down on the
bed with Emily in front of him. A movie played on the television set.
He ran the brush through her hair while they sat together watching
the TV.
    “ I hated you
when I heard your voice call out that money.”
    “ What did you
hate more? My voice or being onstage with everyone staring at you?”
    She let out a sigh.
“I hated being on the stage. You know me too well.”
    “ Never forget
it, baby.”
    “ We’ll
be the talk of the resort this weekend,” she said.
    Jason chuckled.
“I’ve got a beautiful woman on my arm. Do you think I
really care what other men and women are thinking?”
    “ I guess not.”
    He put the brush
down and she lay back against him. Jason stroked her arms, enjoying
the scent of her surrounding him. The credits rolled up on the movie
an hour later. He turned the set and the lights off before climbing
into bed beside her. She stared at him. Her body was highlighted by
the moon shining through the