His heart.
He whispered in her ear, "This whole day was about love, not sex."
Oh, damn, that was romantic. Her knees gave out, she loosened her grip on the sheet, and her Capri pants puddled to her ankles.
He kissed her jaw, his hands cupping the sides of her face. "Marry me."
Who was she to say no? "Yes. Yes, yes, and yes."
Leaping into his arms, she almost fell down as the sheet trapped her legs. Evan caught her and smiled down at her.
"I'm so glad you said yes. Because I was going to have to hurt you if you said no."
She laughed, feeling a little punch drunk on happiness. She tried to force herself to back up, but her body wasn't having it. Neither was Evan. He still held her tight.
"Now let me go, I've got to leave!"
He kissed her full on the mouth, a deep, possessive kiss that had her sighing with pleasure. Oh, yeah. Waking up to this every day would be a dream come true.
"So let's just clarify. That's a yes, you'll marry me?"
"Yes." Every day with her favorite person. She couldn't ask for anything better.
Evan squeezed her hard enough to collapse a lung. "Now tell me that you love me and I'll let you go."
"I do." Halley sniffed a happy sniff and let go of her sheet altogether.
"Keep saying those words, sweet stuff, because you'll be needing them soon." He grinned at her.
A shiver went through her. When she had spotted that angel between her legs, she could never have imagined this would be the result.
"Hey, I forgot to tell you, the Three Commandos sent me an e-mail apologizing."
"You're kidding." Evan moved to the computer.
Wearing nothing but a smile suited him. She said, "No, I'm definitely not kidding."
Evan started clicking on the computer. "Well, we'll have to e-mail them back."
"I don't want to hack their site anymore, Evan. And I don't want to send them a nasty e-mail. Let's just forget about it." Her conscience wouldn't let her torment them in return and she had no desire to start an online feud with the Three Cs. Besides, she didn't want anyone but Evan to see those pictures they had taken with his camera.
He glanced back at her, tossing his light hair out of his eyes. "I wasn't going to send them a nasty e-mail. I was going to thank them. After all, they're semiresponsible for us getting together."
She stepped out of the clinging bits of the sheet and went to stand behind him, wrapping her arms around his waist. Her thighs rubbed against his and she dropped a kiss onto his back. "I have to leave now."
"Promise you'll be back tonight?" Evan abandoned the computer and stood up.
"Yes." As soon as the last slice of raspberry cheesecake was served, she was out of there.
Evan turned around and Halley found herself pulled into his arms. Before she could blink, her tank top was gone, tossed over his shoulder and lying crumpled on the keyboard.
"How long until you have to leave?"
"I needed to leave a half an hour ago."
Halley moaned as his hand moved between her thighs.
"I'll be quick."
Halley tried to dredge up the strength to say no. "How quick?" she asked, breathless.
"Just long enough to do a quick Cupid imitation."
All kinds of perverted analogies involving Cupid and arrows ran through Halley's mind.
"As long as it doesn't involve any hacking."
What Evan whispered to her made her laugh, before the sound was swallowed by a very friendly kiss.
Erin McCarthy
Erin McCarthy sold her first book to Kensington Brava through author Lori Foster's website contest in 2002, and has since sold an additional nineteen contemporary romances and novellas to Brava and Berkley Publishing. Her debut, BAD BOYS ONLINE, was a Romantic Times Top Pick, and BAD BOYS IN BLACK TIE was a USA Today bestseller. Erin lives in Northeast Ohio with her husband, two kids, and two cats.
