Page 11 of Wilde In His Arms

He huffed out a breath.“I was out picking up lunch.I saw a car following me, but thought it was just someone looking for a parking spot on the busy street, just like me.I got out of my car to walk to the restaurant and I stopped short when I spotted a florist and thought I’ve never sent you flowers and I should.I should do a lot of things for you.”

“Nick.”She said his name for a whole other reason and this time her tone conveyed how much he was in her heart.

“In that split second that I stopped, someone took a shot at me, barely missing me.”

She gasped.“What?Why?Are you okay?”

He chuckled.“I’m talking to you, which means I’m better than okay.”

“Who tried to kill you?”She couldn’t believe that sentence came out of her mouth.Or that Nick had probably faced that deadly situation more than once on the job.Especially when he’d worked undercover.

“A man I tried to take down a couple of years ago when I was working undercover.”

“Are they going to put you in protective custody?”

“No.I’m a trained agent.I’ll be fine.”

She wasn’t so sure about that.“Someone needs to watch your back.”

“I love it that you still care.”

“Of course I do.”

“Then don’t end this.Us.We can figure this out.”Desperation infused his plea.

She didn’t see how anything would change when he was so tied up in his job.“Nick… I have a date tonight.”

“What?No.”A deep rumble of a growl came from deep in his throat.

“I love the flowers.Thank you for thinking of me and sending them.And I’m more than glad you’re okay.I don’t know what I’d do if something happened to you.”

“If that’s how you feel, then don’t go out with whoever you’re seeing tonight.Give me a chance to make things right.”

Her heart wanted to give in but her head won out.“It’s better this way, for both of us.”

“It’s not better for me, sitting here, thinking about you out with someone else.You know you want it to be me.I want to be the only one you’re with.”

“And when would that be?Tomorrow?A week from now?Two weeks?A month?When will you have time to work me into your busy life?”

“Does it count at all that I want to be there with you right now?I know things have to change for us to make this work.I need some time to figure it out.”

“You’ve had more than six months to figure it out.I want someone in my life who is going to be there making memories with me, building a life with me.”

“I don’t want to lose you.Don’t go on the date.”

“I’m going, Nick.I can’t keep waiting for you.”

He did that growly thing again.“You’re going to be looking at him and knowing that I’m the one you want.I’m the one who makes you crave to be touched, because you know how I make you feel.I know how you like my lips and tongue on your skin, my cock buried deep inside you, filling you up, pounding into you until you forget everything but my name falling from your lips.You know I’m the one who loves to spend hours making you come, making you feel good, letting you know how much I love hearing you fall apart beneath my hands.”

A flush of desire raced through her as her heart longed for him.“Nick.”

“That’s right.Me.The one who always reminds you why we’re so good together.And we could be so much more if you just give us a chance.”

She didn’t know what to say.“I have to go.”Because if he kept talking like this, she’d give in and find herself six months down the road still waiting on him to find the time to be with her and still deciding what he wanted.

Her heart clenched with the thought of even doing it.But she disconnected the call, then folded her arms on the bar, and laid her head on them, tears gathering in her eyes.

A warm hand landed on her shoulder and squeezed.“Those are some beautiful flowers.”Lyric’s soft voice coaxed her to say something.

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