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“It did, for a moment. Then there were all the thoughts of what if you changed your mind? What if you walked away? What if things got worse than I thought? So I left. I cut you out and kept you safe.”

That was more than he ever intended to tell her, even if they got married. The trouble with him was that when it came to April, he didn’t know how to shut up. She made him want to keep talking and tell her everything.

April was quiet as he sat there waiting for her to say anything. Just when he thought she was going to say anything, she stood instead.

Cade scrambled up from his own seat. This wasn’t going how he expected. April didn’t look at him as she went to his office door and opened it. Just before she could cross the threshold and leave him there alone, she turned to face him.

“I’ll draw up a contract. Let me know when the wedding will be. After this, you better not ask me for anything else in your whole life. I will have custody of any children from this marriage. To me and see that it is not negotiable.” April met his eyes. “Do not call my work again.”

Cade hurried a nod. “Deal. We will have the wedding this weekend and then we will take a honeymoon.”

“A honeymoon isn’t necessary. This is a contract,” April reminded him.

“No one else knows that, so it is.”

“Fine. I don’t know if I can take that long off, but I’ll let you know.”

“You already have that time,” Cade told her. His confidence returning now that she had agreed to help him.

She shook her head. “Of course I do.”

April turned to leave and Cade followed her out. “I’ll walk you down,” he told her.

She opened her mouth to argue, and he watched the emotions that played out on her face. She wanted to rail at him at first, changing to a quiet acceptance. Deciding not to argue, she simply continued to walk to the elevator, leaving Cade to follow behind her.

Chapter Thirteen

April

April sat on her first private jet and couldn’t help but look around in wonder. She was hardly raised broke, but she wasn’t private jet rich. Her parents had worked hard to give her what they had, and that had left no time for things like vacations.

She wondered if Cade would remember that she had never been on a plane before. Then, he wouldn’t know that she still hadn’t gotten on a plan in the time between them seeing each other and now, but she hadn’t. The entire experience was outside of anything she had ever dreamed of.

Her dreams were ordinary things. Being debt free, marrying someone you get along with, a few kids, a nice house, just the typical thing that most people wanted. Cade made her want other things, passion being the main one.

Without him, her dreams were boring. With him, she questioned her own mind because she wasn’t wild and crazy, but that was what she wanted. She wanted to lean over and kiss him. She wanted him to take her to the back of the plane and make her a member of the mile high club.

“I swear on everything I hold dear that I am trying to behave myself around you, but if you look at me like that one more time, then I am not going to be responsible for my own actions.” Cade shifted in his seat and adjusted his pants.

April bit her lip as Cade groaned. She turned her head to look out the window instead. This whole trip was an involuntary lust trap. Every time he said something like that, she only got more turned on than she already was.

“Did you ever get a chance to travel?” Cade asked.

She shook her head. “Haven’t had the time.”

“So, this is your first plane ride?” Cade asked her.

“Yep.” April held her breath to see how he reacted to that news.

“Well, you’re doing it in style. This is way better than an economy flight to anywhere.” He leaned over in his seat so they were both looking out of the window.

Cade sat across from her and they were now almost face to face as they both looked out of the same window.

“Are you nervous?” Cade asked.

“About you or the plane?” she squeaked.

He arched one eyebrow at her. “Both?”

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