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got from a single look…or when he growled or slid his hand between her legs and did things that made her forget her own name.
    Was that enough? Great sex and chemistry? She didn’t know. There were other things to factor in, like the butterflies she felt in her chest when he smiled or kissed her so softly she was left breathless. His making breakfast and bringing it to bed was not going to be forgotten any time soon. Deciding what to do was proving a lot more complicated than just sleeping with him—that had been a no brainer. Apparently all she needed was a sexy shifter to smile, and she’d drop her panties like they were on fire.

 
    NINE
     
    Slade glanced at his watch for the fifth time in ten minutes.
    “Looking at it won’t make this car move faster,” his father said.
    “I already know that, dad.”
    “Then stop doing that, because you’re making me nervous. I keep thinking I forgot something important, like your mother’s birthday or our anniversary. Not that it’s ever happened, but if it did I’d never hear the end of it.”
    “Sorry, dad.” He said, curling his hands into fists in his lap and glancing out the limo window. Traffic was backed up due to an accident. They’d been gone from the office all day in meetings, and now all he wanted was to go back and see Gabriella, to give her a hug and fill his lungs with her scent.
    He glanced at his father and caught the smile on his dad’s face. “What are you so happy about?”
    “You. Cash. You make your mother happy. Finding your mates and giving her those grandbabies she wants so bad.”
    He snorted and shook his head. “She wants?”
    “Well, it’s certainly not me. I am not the one needing to bounce children on my knee,” he stuttered.
    “Right, Dad. It’s all Mom.”
    “Forget your mother. Tell me how are things with Gabriella. I see how you two look at each other in the office. You know she’s the one.”
    He couldn’t deny it. She was. Having her near all day appeased his tiger but at the same time tortured him. “She’s the one.”
    “Don’t waste time, son,” his father said, grasping his arm. “Life is too short. We never know when love will be taken away.” Vincent gave a sad sigh. “Family is everything.”
    His father was right. He needed to come clean to Gabriella about what he wanted with her. More than that, he had to explain to her that her life was never going to be the same once they mated. There was no divorce. No cheating.
    Nothing but the two of them forever.
    * * *
    Slade rushed into his office and caught Gabriella standing by her desk. “Want to go out for dinner?”
    Her shoulders slumped, and she sighed. “Tonight is my night off at Charlie’s. I was going to go by my niece’s house and bring her mother some money for groceries, but we can go somewhere after if you’d like?”
    He raised his brows. “You want me to come along on your trip?”
    She laughed. “I wouldn’t suggest it if that’s not what I wanted. Come on, little Jill is waiting on me to finally bring the doll I got her a few weeks ago. I hadn’t been able to bring it to her.”
    He dropped some files on her desk. “Leave those here. Let’s take my car.”
    “I drove in,” she said, powering down her computer and opening a drawer to pull out a handbag, then a second to get a gift bag. “What about my car?”
    “I’ll have one of the guys take it to your place. It’s probably easier if we go in the same car,” he exaggerated. What he really didn’t want was for her to be in one vehicle and him in another, but saying that out loud would make him sound like a teenager in love for the first time.
    “Okay. I’ll come with you.”
    Hell, yes!
    The drive was quiet until his curiosity got the best of him. “What got you into dancing?”
    She gave him a side smile before replying. “Wow. Not even a warm-up, huh?”
    “Oh, I’m sorry. How was your day?”
    She laughed, the sound warmed him from the inside and made the tiger