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She nodded and solint of what ht be excite her softly, and then he pushed her down on the seat, thankful for the bench seats that his classic car provided "You’re mine, Nellie And now that we’ve confirht?" He needed to be clear on this He wasn’t leaving anything to beon her lower lip with a s with unshed tears It was all his tortured heart needed He didn’t care how busy his life was Coh water, he’d roan, he dove in, kissing her passionately "But it’s not official until" He started pulling her shorts down
"Abel!" she nudged at his chest, pulling herself up and looking out at the deserted exit in the ht off the exit"
"Good point," he said, sitting up and starting the engine again
He pulled off the side and started further down the deserted road "If we drive out further, I can take you outside against the car, under the desert sky"
Her jaw dropped, but he saw the excitement mixed with fear in her eyes "You can’t be serious"
With a wicked smirk, he turned his attention back to the desolate road "I’ve alanted to do this Who better to have irl I’ve ever been in love with"
Staring straight ahead, he dared not look her way It hadn’t exactly slipped, and telling her he was in love with her wasn’t on a whim The whole time that he’d been tor up at her house and just spilling it If there was ever anything he’d been certain of, it was this
He finally glanced at Nellie, her silence scaring the hell out of hi at hiain and her brows pinched "It’s true," he smiled, "not just in love, Nell, but hopeless, there’s-no-helping-this-guy kind of in love with you"
The second he stopped the car, she opened the door and ju him He watched her rush around the front of the car as relief and exciteht her as she jumped in his arms "I am so in love with you too, Abel Ayala," she said, kissed him madly, then stopped and pulled away to look at hi down again "I’ve been so afraid to admit it even to myself, but I am completely and utterly in love with you"
A part of hi such an incredibly ro part of hied at her shorts as he let her feet touch the ground "Pull these down" He spun her around, pinning her against his car, and dove into the side of her neck fro hard "Mine," he whispered forcefully into her ear as he pulled his zipper down Her sudden gasp but zero resistance only ency "Now let’s make this official"
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Winston Reynolds was obviously a big fan of his own voice The man could talk non-stop; often ti in a different way But Nellie had to hand it to hireed that any publicity was good publicity
"You don’t want to lose the respect of your public," he insisted "Sure, getting caught up in any kind of scandal will get your na to your career? Sometimes--and this isShe couldn’t agree more He wouldn’t even have to try to convince Abel of that After he’d officially made her his earlier that day, Abel had explained inthat she’d noticed about Abel even early on was his inability to fake or hide what he was feeling So often she’d chalked up what she thought she’d felt fro more than lust: the way he kissed her with so much passion even from the very start The way he looked deep into her eyes and held her so possessively every single ti of what he’d wholly admitted to her now--that just as she’d been, he’d been drawn to her for months before they ever kissed on the cruise and that ever since then he hadn’t been able to get her off his mind
So his annoyed expression when he spoke of the stories about hienuine He’d also called hi to coreat with their agree so Of course, Nellie felt like an idiot now for having done so and so often, but she also explained why she had They both agreed to be cos from here on and that the tabloid stories would have zero effect on their relationship Their relationship Even thinking about it nowfinally over and her ears still ringing fro Reynolds had done, she was finally on her way back to her room--their room or suite rather The MGM had, of course, put Abel in a penthouse suite with a much needed and much appreciated private elevator There was a private entrance and exit that, judging by the ae already at the hotel, Nellie had to admit was more of a necessity than a luxury for someone as private as Abel