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Hunter had yet to arrive, but he was already there

Flowers, yellow roses, adorned the table in the center of the dining area in the suite A card to the side had her naainst a chair as she opened the note froht the state flower of Texas was the yellow rose I guess I didn’t pay enough attention in raphy class Bluebonnets are a little harder to cut and place in a vase I hope these will do"

She leaned down to take in the fragrant bloo a little deeper with every passing bud

"They’re just flowers, Gabi Don’t forget that"

Still, it was more than that

She knew it

He knew it

She went ahead and took the upstairs bedrooe clai a couple of days worth of clothingroom and opened the massive blinds

A vibrant city sat below, cars traversed the highwayspeople scrambled to make their deadlines

She watched in silence

How had she gotten here? The penthouse suite in a Dallas hotel waiting on her billionaire husbanda man in name only

Well, maybe not only

He’d flirted with her on the phone, albeit under the cloak of necessity

Still, she wasn’t so far outside thenot to sound interested

The constant barrage of flowers and phone calls were the most unexpected part of Hunter’s pursuit The fact he pursued her at all was shocking Why bother? They were married and stuck for a little while at least

Yes, it would be easier for both of them if they could find a coerly waiting his arrival and wondering hoould greet her when he did show up teeks ago, she’d have argued As it was, she wanted to see him Wanted to sit back and witness his interaction with his business partners She’d been too caught up the night they’d announced their ues

Would he be arrogant? Confident? De?

Yes, she decided All of the above How else could a e be as successful as he was?

Perhaps his need of a as there to soften soive the appearance to others that he had a smoother side to his personality

If his need for a ere that simple, she’d know about it already No, Hunter needed her in his life for soht about the what for the better part of the week

It killed her not to hire her own private investigator to find out

He’d trusted her to tell him her secrets, and she would hold off and wait for hiing with a beep caught her attention

He wore a suit, the cut perfect on his broad shoulders

Their gazes caught

The bellhop moved around him "Would you like this upstairs, Mr Blackwell?"

His eyes still hadn’t left her "No Here is fine" On autopilot, Hunter removed his wallet, fished out a bill, and handed it over

"Anything I can do for you, Mr Blackwellanything at all"

Hunter waved hi them alone

Gabi noticed Hunter flex his hands a couple of tiave that man?"