that would bring them into a discussion about their business arrangement. She really hoped that it could be a permanent situation now that he admitted he loved her but she didn’t want to kill the mood. Not just yet. “ Nothing,” she said as she leaned over to kiss him on his soft lips. A tingle erupted through her again. Damn! Why did she have this sensation whenever his skin touched hers. It was highly erotic but they definitely had a strong chemical reaction and she treasured that. “Let’s get some rest.” “ Good idea. N ow shut up!” he teased her. She stuck her tongue out at him while his eyes were still closed. “ You know that’s going to cause you a serious spanking.” A salacious grin curved his lips. Elsie’s jaw dropped. She was in shock. How could he have seen that? She smiled to herself and laid her head on his firm chest where she could hear his strong and powerful heart pounding in a rhythmic beat. It lulled her to sleep.
The following week, Carlos leaned back in the leather chair behind his desk. He was in his office at Kincade’s headquarters, his eyes fixed on the Manhattan skyline outside the window. It was a breathtaking view from the forty-third floor. He would turn thirty-years- old next week. He had already made his decision on what he would do next. A lot happened during the past week after he and Elsie returned from Niagara Falls. The press had gotten wind of the unusual will conditions of his grandfather which stated that by his thirtieth birthday if he was not married and settled down he would lose his shares in the corporation. And that wasn’t all, his sworn enemy, Red, had apparently tried to sell an exclusive story to one of the tabloids for a million dollars that Carlos was paying an employee to marry him to keep his position and his shares in the Kincade corporation. Imagine the disgrace and scandal that would befall him. Anger seethed through his body. A muscle twitched in his jaw at the sickening thought. Lucky for Carlos, he had allies in the media world. The owner of the publication had contacted him beforehand and he was able to stop the story from going public. Carlos was not going to appear desperate under any circumstances. That was why he ’d spent the week in much thought about what really mattered to him. Power. Dignity. Respect. Control. Happiness. Something that could not be bought for any amount of money. As if that tabloid situation wasn’t enough, his half-brother John had been arrested for fraud. It appeared that the paternity test that was taken in the 1980s was a fake. But it didn’t matter now. None of that mattered now. He had called an emergency meeting with his staff and Elsie was going to be present. He would soon set the record straight. Elsie had changed him. Never in his life had a woman dominated his every thought around the clock and stirred his soul to soaring heights. It was crazy. He seriously was in love with her. The only cure was to marry Elsie and never let her out of his sight. A surge of heat rushed through him just thinking about her. He was captivated by Elsie and decided he couldn’t…wouldn’t live without her. He had to have her completely in every way and the incident in Niagara Falls was not going to repeat itself ever again. She was everything to him. What sort of magic spell had she cast over him? No woman had ever had that effect on him. Ever. He was mesmerized by her. His mouth watered at the thought of tasting her sweet juices again. The thought made his cock hard. Her voluptuous sway drove him crazy out of his senses. She had a fine waistline and shapely thighs. The way a woman should be. A grin of amusement touched his lips as he thought of her adorable habits and her unpredictable ways, especially what she’d done in the women’s change room and the look of morbidity on her face when he confronted her about masturbating while calling out his name to the chagrin of the workmen within earshot who