Chapter 283

I may have eeped.

Standing up, he swung me into his arms.

I draped my arms around his neck. "You abducting me? Because I'm fine with that."

He strode down the darkened hallway. "I want to make love to you in my bed. I never wanted anyone in there. Not until tonight. Not until you."

I cradled my cheek in the crook of his neck. "I'm glad you waited," I said softly.

We were pressed heart-to-heart, a single racing beat.

He set me down on the throw rug in the middle of his bedroom, raising his arm so slowly, I could barely tell he was moving until his fingers grazed the side of my neck. He untied the ribbon holding my halter together. My gown puddled to the floor in a silken wave. I was naked, outlined by night and distant lights through the floor-to-ceiling window.

He trailed a finger down my side. "I was wrong about the Spanx."

"I forgive you. See how magnanimous I am?"

Rohan snorted.

I went to pull the sapphire necklace off, but he stopped me.