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I wince.

“You took me by surprise. I didn’t expect to crave you so much.”

I don’t know what to say.

“I needed time to think because all this is new to me,” he says.

I’m still unable to speak.

He brings a hand to my face.

“Arianne, I want to go out on a date with you.”

“A date?!” I find my voice.

“Yes, a real date. We’ve been fooling around, but that’s not enough anymore.”

“It’s not?”

“No. I don’t want to sneak around to be with you.”

“You don’t?”

Well, there goes good money thrown out the door. With two college degrees under my belt, I can’t even form a cohesive sentence.

“I don’t know what it is about you, but I can’t get enough of you.”

“Dear God. I must be dreaming. This can’t be happening.”

“You’re not dreaming, baby.”

Damn inner voice.

“I can’t believe I said that out loud.” I’m so embarrassed.

“Can I assume we’re on the same page?”

I nod. “Yes.”

“Yes, what?”

“Yes, to everything you said and hell yes to going out with you on a real date!”

“Good!” He smiles wide.

I grin like a fool.

Beckett Christensen wants to go out on a real date with me? Holy amazing!

“I’ll have a meeting with Valerie to let her know about us and I’ll do the same with Rhys’s executive assistant. I’ll speak to him when he gets back.”

I blink. “Oh, you want to make it official?”

“What part of I don’t want to sneak around to be with you didn’t you understand?”

I’m taken aback. “This is a big step, Beckett.”

“That’s why I was MIA,” he says. “I needed time to understand what I wanted with you. I’m not a half-measure kind of guy. It’s all or nothing with me.”

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