Chapter 37

That she did not yet realize she belonged to him now was the only reason he had not flattened David, but soon both she and he would know it. And then let the blond man touch her at his peril.

Her father obviously hadn’t told her about this, so it was better to keep it that way. The elevator stopped and Tess looked up for the first time. “Where are we?” she asked.

The doors slid open and he stood back for her exit first. “This is my headquarters,” he replied.

They stepped through one of the two doors on the landing.

She looked around them. “It looks more like a home to me, or are you trying to tell me that a tycoon does his business in the living room rather than the boardroom?”

He felt his lips quirk at her sassiness. This unexpected side to her nature was not altogether unpleasant. A wife without spirit would not suit him.

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