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Reid cut off my words with a consuming kiss, slamming his mouth over mine, devouring my lips, his hands roaming down my body, and that stupid machine started blaring again.

He reached over and hit the large red button himself, silencing the high-pitched beeping that would call my nurse.

I wasn’t aware that was a thing we were allowed to do.

“I listened to you, Charlotte. I listened to your concerns. Now I need you to listen to mine, okay?”

My stomach was in knots, and I was still convinced that he was going to tell me it was over.

“Money will never be a problem for us.”

“I know, because we don’t need it. Well, we need it, but we don’t?—”

He cut off my further ramblings. “Princess, I’m a ridiculously wealthy man.”

CHAPTER 36

REID

“So you lied to me?” She wasn’t yelling, but there was definitely a tone.

“What did I just say about insulting my integrity?” I loomed over her, not wanting to jostle her wounds, but needing to make my point.

“How am I supposed to react when you insult my intelligence?” she bit back.

This version of her, my princess turning into a queen, was sexy as fuck.

There was a fire in her eyes as her shoulders pressed back, lifting those gorgeous tits barely covered by the thin layer of fabric.

Even in a hospital gown with no makeup, she was the most beautiful woman I’d ever laid eyes on.

“Watch yourself, princess,” I growled. “I never lied to you. I just didn’t tell you my net worth.”

“No, you lied. Why would someone so wealthy live in such a tiny apartment?”

“Because not all of us need a ten-million-dollar mansion filled with useless shit to feel good about ourselves.”

“If you have all this money, why are you working for my family?”

“Because I’m in security. I have the training. I have the skills, and until I laid eyes on you, I thought it would be an easy fucking gig.”

“But if you’re rich, why do you need any gigs at all?” she shot back.

She was pressing her fucking luck.

“Because unlike most people with my net worth, I don’t like sitting on my ass all day playing at being useful. I make myself useful and I give myself goals. And I don’t have to explain a damn thing to you.”

“You do! You owe me explanations. Where did you get this massive net worth?”

“Princess, just because you’re in the hospital doesn’t mean that I won’t take you over my knee right now and paddle that sweet little ass. You know I’ll do it, and then you know I’ll make you like it.” My words came out a husky growl that made her breath quicken, and that fucking machine behind her started beeping again.

“You wouldn’t,” she gasped.

The last thing I wanted was for that nurse to come back in here, so I silenced the machine by ripping the cord out of the wall.

“You want to reconsider how you’re talking to me, princess?”

“You tell me you love me, but then you don’t tell me anything about yourself. I prepared myself to give up everything for you. I was looking forward to a simple lifestyle. I actually Googled how to clip coupons last night. I don’t understand what’s happening.”

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