Chapter 120

I love you, too, baby.

He kissed her forehead. That was as close as he dared let his mouth near hers. Besides, she didn’t need sex right now. She needed to rest in safety, in comfort, so she could escape and heal and rejuvenate.

“It’s almost midnight. Why don’t you try to get some sleep?”

“Because if I close my eyes, when I open them again, it will be morning. It will be time for me to go. And I don’t want to…”

Jesus, she was killing him. Honestly, he didn’t want her to go, either. They still had over a thousand days before they wouldn’t be fired for giving in to their feelings. Yes, he was counting. “You can stay as long as you want.”

“Thanks, but I don’t want to be a—”

“Don’t say burden.”

Her lips curled into a crooked grin. “Or you’ll spank me? Now that you clued me in, I can picture all of our bosses being that kind of guy.”

It was probably a good thing that the tequila had her thoughts hopping from one subject to the next. If not,