Page 31 of Billionaire's Surprise

“Mm-hmm,” I squeaked. “I’m okay with moving here—”

“Good. Otherwise, my commute home would be a bitch every day. I mean, I have a private plane, so…it’s possible.”

“You’re ridiculous,” I laughed.

“No, I justloveyou. Em, I lived without you for three months, and that was three months and a day too long.”

I smiled softly, dipping my chin at his sweetness. “The question is, what will I do here?”

“Plan our wedding,” he suggested. “You can do whatever you want.”

My brow raised, and I glared at him. “Seriously, Fray.”

“I am serious.”

I shook my head. “I’m not exactly one to sit around and do nothing. Sure, it would be nice for a week or two. But after that, I’ll be bored out of my mind. And don’t say you’d keep me busy. You have to work, too. And you know it. You have a company to run.”

“We can use a coder.”

I leveled a look of disbelief at him.

“I’m not making it up,” he defended. “We’ve been looking to expand into security systems. It’s a natural extension of what we do, with many of our clients needing extensive systems. We’ve been developing a team.”

“And you want me to be on the team?”

“Or head it up.”

“So you want me to be on the team?” I repeated, letting him know I wasn’t stepping into some management position he may or may not have created for me.

“We’ll talk about it,” he countered.

“You’re right. We will.” If he took the statement as the threat I meant it to be, good. This was real life where we’d work out our differences and figuring out how to mesh together. And every minute would be worth it. Totally worth it.

He squeezed my hand. “Let’s go meet Mom and Dad.”

“You haven’t met them?” I teased.

“Smartass.”

“Do they know I’m coming?”

“They do, and my mom is so damn excited.”

And she was. The second I met Sara Cassel, she pulled me into a tight hug. I was passed to her husband, Sean, then I was embraced by each of Fray’s brothers, Luke, Bennett, Jameson and Tatum. They each seemed to take pleasure in Fray’s growls.

He yanked me back to his side, locking me against him. I kissed his shoulder. “Calm down,” I whispered. “You know I’m all yours.”

“How about some eggnog?” he said, sweeping me away from everyone. Well, almost everyone. Luke trailed behind us.

Fray lifted his hand to forestall whatever his brother was going to say. “No business talk.”

“You’ve been gone for a week.”

“Aplannedtwo weeks. Whatever it is, it can wait five more days until we’re all back in the office after the holiday break.”

Luke scowled.

I looked up at Fray. “If you need to talk, it’s okay. I should check in with Laura. I haven’t called to wish anyone Merry Christmas.”

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