Worst Week Ever (A Long Road to Love) (36 page)

“Hopefully,
you will be soon.” He pressed his lips to hers. She opened her lips to him and
he deepened his kiss, plundering the sweetest mouth he’d ever tasted. When she
groaned, he pulled back to get a read on whether he’d just done something
brilliant or the stupidest thing in his life. Her radiant smile put him at
ease.

He pulled her onto
his chest. His cock wanted to get to the finish line right away, but Trent
intended to ignore it. They’d been slowly edging to this point for two years,
but it took one month without her for Trent to realize just how important to
his happiness she’d become. She was his best friend, his trusted ally, his
confidant and, all too often, his partner in accidental crime.

No one
understood him better or fought for him harder. With Carrie beside him, he
would become the man he wished to be, a man with no resemblance to his father
at all, a man worthy of such an adorable and admirable human.

Carrie was too
important for him to screw this up. He needed to take his time and lay a
foundation that would hold, regardless of future storms. But he had to stake
his claim now. He couldn’t risk Carrie not fully understanding his commitment
to their relationship, in all its parts.

He met her happy
gaze and spoke words he’d never before said to anyone. “Carrie…I love you. I
have for a very long time.”

Her eyes
rounded and sparkled. “Since when?”

He laughed at
her detailed oriented mind. “I don’t know. Maybe from the day I hired you.”

Her brow
furrowed.

“I understand
if you don’t yet love me…You’re easy to love, but I’m
—
”

She pressed
her fingers to his lips. “You have become the kindest, most generous man I know
and I am hopelessly in love with you, but
—
.”

He shook his
head. “No buts. We’ll make this work. In fact, consider it one of your new
tasks to solve as Change Specialist. How can we balance both our life and work
partnerships so we can have it all?”

She bit her
lower lip.

He couldn’t
let her refuse this task. Too much was at stake. “Carrie, we can do this. With
you, I can do this. Together we are an insurmountable team. Say you agree.”

****

Carrie looked
down as she gave the matter thought. Basking in his love was a heady experience
that threatened to scramble her brains. But she had to be rational.

How would the
new employees react if they knew she and Trent were a couple? Would it be
better if they were open about it from the start? And what about his rich
friends? Should they and could they keep it a secret from them?

“Carrie, if
you aren’t ready…we can just forget what I said.”

She met his
worried eyes as she wrapped her arms around his neck. “No. I’m more than ready
for love. But you do realize this is going to be complicated?”

He chuckled.
“Good thing I’ve a change specialist that’s so good at solving complicated
problems. Until then, we’ll just take it slow. Deal?”

“Deal.”

His mouth
devoured hers like a man consuming a feast after starving his whole life. The
passion and hunger in kiss overwhelmed her. Even her toes tingled in
excitement. For the first time in her life, someone truly loved her and that
magically meant her worst week ever had ended with the finest moment of her
life.

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Carrie
Hanson is in love with a different species: Trent Lancaster, a pampered, uber-rich
socialite who’s also her boss. Everyone keeps telling her it’s a train wreck
looking to happen, but her heart wants what it wants. So despite the billion
and one reasons not to, Carrie commits to this inter-species relationship. But
while Carrie is away getting trained for her new position, Trent’s ex-fiancée
is trying her hardest to get Trent back and destroy his company.

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