Page 92 of Billionaire Devil

“You bet your ass I do.”

“Colton, you may kiss your wife.”

Colton takes my face in his warm hands and he kisses me—and I meankissesme. Right there in front of all our closest friends and family. “I love my wife,” he murmurs, kissing me again.

In the end, we decided to have oursecond wedding right here at his—our—apartment. Colton told me he’d buy me a new house if I didn’t like the one he has, but the minute I saw his apartment I fell in love with it. How could I not? It’s the top two stories of an apartment building on Fifth Avenue. It has insane views of Central Park from its wall of windows. The outdoor patio has a pool, a jacuzzi, spacious living and dining areas and is over half the size of the apartment’s lower floor.

The top floor is the master bedroom suite. It has the biggest bed I’ve ever seen. The wall facing the bed has a flat-screen t.v. that lowers to cover the entire wall with the press of a remote control button. There are couches and a coffee table in one corner that take full advantage of the view of the park and the Empire State Building. The whole room has the muted, soft tones of a very upmarket spa or oasis. The master bathroom is three times the size of my old apartment in Southampton and the view from the jetted tub is over Central Park. There’s also a gym, two room-sized walk-in closets, a sauna and a home office.

The lower floor of the apartment has a huge open-plan living area and chef’s kitchen, as well as three bedrooms, four bathrooms, a movie theater/den, a formal dining room, a private meeting room, and a bar/game room. Sliding steel and glass doors open fully to the outdoor living area, which doubles the size of the space.

Colton set up a meeting for me with an interior designer so I could make any changes I wanted. I told him this wasn’t necessary but he insisted. He said he wants me to feel likeit’s mine as much as his. At the moment, the place looks like an extremely luxurious but also minimalistic bachelor pad. It’s very New York but it also has a slightly Western flair. We’re going to add a little more color and some art to the walls, but other than that, I love it just the way it is.

When I suggested I might need a table for my sewing machine and that I didn’t mind where I put it, Colton told me he had another present for me. As a wedding gift, he bought the entire floor under our apartment. It’s being renovated into a studio space, with mannequins and tables andeightysewing machines, just like the one he bought me when we were in Aspen. New desktop computers have been updated with all the latest design software and synced to the new MacBooks. The studio has the same view of Central Park as the upstairs. There’s even going to be a showroom with couches and a private fitting room where we can do fittings with clients.

Colton also put a new table with my new sewing machine in the home office on the top floor. I got so used to sewing all night in my old life, it’s still sometimes a habit, and I often wake up with ideas I need to sketch.

But the few times I’ve done this, Colton always coaxes me back to bed, making love to me until I’m so sated I fall asleep again. There will be always be work to do, he says, and it can wait until morning.

My husband has cured my insomnia, with hot sex and comfort. And with the biggest gift of all: the absence of fear.

It’s not just the money, although of course it’s a relief tonot have to worry about it. But even more than that, it’s his devotion to making sure I’m both physically and emotionally swathed in his affection at all hours of the day and night. He hardly lets me out of his sight. If there’s a reason we need to be apart, I have a security team and drivers. I told him this wasn’t necessary but there was no talking him out of it.

You’re mywife,is all he says about that.

He buys me the most outrageous gifts, every single day. My new closet is already full, not only with my own designs but with all the things he buys for me. I had to tell him to stop buying me jewelry because there’s only so much a girl can wear. My favorites are the tennis bracelet and, of course, my diamond ring. For our second wedding he bought me a 24 karat pure gold band withLila Jade Danger Sunshine Bailey Maddox, love of my lifeetched into the inside of it, which he slid onto my finger to join the diamond as we said our vows.

The vows we said in Vegas were written for us, chosen in a blur from the selection they offer at the Vegas strip chapel. This time, we wrote our own.

“Congratulations, love birds.” Noah kisses my cheek and gives Colton a man-hug. Noah is the brother I’ve become closest to. He’s like a hot teddy bear, and is one of the nicest people I’ve ever met, in an unapologetically masculine kind of way which is hard to describe. He’s funny and has a wry and quick sense of humor that’s very often poking fun at Colton. This is something we both do, because we love himso much and we agree he deserves it. We’ve bonded over our playful banter. I absolutely adore him.

He’s the only one of Colton’s brothers who’s still single and they make fun of him because he’s a romantic and was supposed to be the one to fall in love first. We’re all waiting for him to find his One and Only. There was a lot of discussion between his brothers when Noah disappeared for three days last weekend and no one knew where he was. He’s being cagey about it so the whole family is speculating that he’s finally found someone. We’re all trying to get it out of him but so far he’s admitted nothing.

“Where’s your plus one?” Colton elbows him.

“None of your business,” Noah smiles in a way that has me excited for him. He looks almost comically happy.

“That stupid grin on your face can only mean one thing,” Colton tells him. “You got laid last weekend.”

“Again, none of your business.” Noah pops a bottle of champagne.

“Congratulations, gorgeous.” Cash kisses my cheek, and Dusty hugs me.

Alexander and Ivy are next in line and they both give me a hug. Cash and Alexander are stunning-looking men. They’re both easy to be around and it’s been fun to get to know them. They’re intense people and deeply intelligent. They’re both so in love, it’s entertaining to watch.

My arrival in New York as the new wife of their youngest brother was definitely a shock to begin with. Theycouldn’t get over the change in Colton. I’m grateful that they’ve welcomed me into their family with open arms.

But it’s Ivy and Dusty that I’ve become closest with. As an only child of a very busy single mother, it’s been life-changing to suddenly have afamily.Ivy and Dusty are both around my age and I absolutelylovethem. They already feel like my soul sisters and we spend as much time together as we can.

Dusty works at Invested Enterprises and—not surprisingly, since Cash thinks she walks on water—has a new executive role working alongside him. I loved hearing the story of how they met at a work conference in Hawaii, had a wild one night stand, then lost touch because they’d given each other fake nicknames. He searched for her for months until one day she showed up as the newest employee of IE. It’s like fate brought them together and Cash is over the moon.

Alexander is equally besotted with Ivy. They met when Noah and Colton set him up with a fake date for a wedding, who happened to be Ivy. The two of them had never met before. He was supposed to be best man at the wedding and his evil ex was the wedding planner, so Alexander couldn’t get out of it even though he tried. Ivy and Alexander ended up falling in love over that weekend and the rest is history. She’s also pregnant. Ivy is a talented musician who has just recently hit the big time. She just released her latest album and it went straight to number two on the Billboard charts. Alexander is the most serious-minded, stoic CEO-type guyI’ve ever met, but the minute his gaze lands on Ivy, he completely melts. It’s the sweetest thing.

Jessie and Jacob hug us next. Jessie squeals as she hugs me. She’s really starting to show now and she’s totally glowing with her pregnancy. Of course I had to have Jessie as my maid of honor and she’s crying as much for me as I did for her. “I still can’t believe you didn’ttellme you were married to your plus one,” she laughs. “And don’t say ‘what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas’. Because we both know that’s not always true.”

She’s the only one I’ve told about theotherthing that happened to us in Vegas. We’re going to tell everyone else tonight.

Sloane is here too, with her new boyfriend Levi, who’s possibly the nerdiest of the “nerd brigade”, as she loves to call her work colleagues. She’s a few inches taller than him, especially on the sky-high heels she loves to wear, but he follows her around like a lovesick puppy and I’ve never seen Sloane so happy.

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