Page 81 of Black Mark's Heart

"I've been a bit scared about it, but I'm on my way to take care of that now," I laughed.

"There's my girl," Cassandra praised. "Give him a big sloppy kiss from me."

I laughed again, hanging up. We arrived at the newly refurbished building that was now the Lynwood main office. It was a three-storey building which Darius remodeled with open staircases and two glass elevators. I still took the stairs to his top floor office.

"Thank God," Wendall sighed. "Warren was running out of excuses to keep him here." He handed me an envelope. "Your room key. You're all checked in. I've ordered your breakfast for the morning and canceled his appointments so that he doesn't need to be in the office until eleven."

I smiled and kissed his cheek. "Thank you, Wendall. Is he in his office?"

"Yes. Go on in. Warren is just talking crap by now," Wendall snickered. "I'm logging off and going home."

I stepped forward and pushed open the office door. Darius looked up, confused. Warren smiled. "Hello, Mora." Warren looked at his watch. "Shit. I promised Sophie I'd be home on time tonight. I better get going." Warren grabbed up the file he was showing Darius and walked out.

Darius stood up. "Is everything alright, baby?" He came around and pulled me into his arms.

"Of course. I just decided that we hadn't been out to dinner since you moved in. I thought it might be nice to do that. Just the two of us," I explained.

Darius grinned. "You decided to surprise me with dinner out?" Darius lifted a suspicious brow. "Any special occasion?"

"Does it need to be one?"

"No." Darius dropped a deep, languid kiss on me. I pressed my body against his and moaned when he held me tight to his solid body. "We could stay here a little longer," Darius whispered in my ear suggestively. He was being patient and waiting for me to be ready again, but he'd been hinting towards sex more the last few weeks.

"No. Clark is waiting downstairs for us," I refused, stepping back from the temptation. "Grab your stuff and let’s go."

Darius smiled and grabbed his bag and laptop. He took my hand and walked with me down to the car. Clark drove us to The Balmoral. Darius quirked a brow at me. "Hadrian's?"

"Number One," I countered.

Darius whistled. "Someone's trying to impress."

I blushed as he slipped out of the car. The valet opened my door and helped me out. Darius took my arm and led me inside. When he turned for the restaurant, I redirected him to the elevators. Darius frowned but followed. I took us to our level and then to our suite.

Darius was grinning largely at this point. "The Scone and Crombie suite. Nice choice. Are you trying to seduce me, Mora?"

"Is it working?" I lifted a brow, my smile all cheek.

Darius took the key and opened the door. "Oh, baby, you had me the moment you walked in the door." He held the door for me and I stepped inside. "What time will Clark be back to get us?"

"Nine, tomorrow morning," I informed him, walking through to the bedroom.

Darius hesitated. "What about Willow?"

"She'll feed on the bottle tonight. She's not doing the two a.m. morning feeds now, so it's only the two bottle feeds," I explained. "I'll express tonight and in the morning, and be home in time for the ten o'clock feed."

Darius considered me. "I didn't bring any clothes, Mora."

"Oh, I packed for you. Clark brought our bags to work with him this morning and Wendall dropped them off when he checked us in at lunchtime," I informed him. "Look in the wardrobe. I'm just going to use the bathroom." I smiled and went in, shutting the door.

"You've planned this in advance, haven't you?" Darius asked through the closed door.

I smiled, changing out of my simple black dress and into a long silky nightdress. It was meant for our wedding night two years ago. I let my hair down, looked in the mirror, took a deep breath, and walked back out.

Darius's mouth dropped open. "Jesus, Mora, you look...I thought we were doing dinner?"

I smiled. That was an even better reaction than I'd hoped for. "Dinner will be delivered in two hours," I told him, walking towards him. "We never got our honeymoon, Dare, so tonight is going to be our wedding night."

Darius encircled me in his arms. "Once you are ready, I'll take you on a proper honeymoon too," Darius murmured.

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