and grinned. “Why not? I’m in.”
All eyes turned to Sandy. There was no way she’d agree, but to my surprise, a small smile played across her lips. “Okay,” she said. “I’m in.”
We all laughed and collapsed into a group hug on the bed.
Who said your forties were too late to take a risk and have a little fun? We might be late to the party, but finally we were all going to have some of the fun we’d always deserved.
Three hours later, the few possessions I had were boxed up and ready for the movers to bring to Phillip’s mansion. I’d officially quit my job at the Aspen Valley Country Club, not that anyone was surprised after Phillip and I had very publicly introduced our relationship to the world—and ourselves—at the party the night before.
And I was cuddled up, quite happy in Phillip’s arms on the couch in the living room, with two wine glasses on the table in front of us.
“Things have a funny way of working out, don’t they?” I nestled in closer and his arm squeezed me tight. “I mean, if I hadn’t have taken that money, we wouldn’t be here right now.”
He chuckled. “You mean, if I hadn’t have stopped into the pro shop that day.”
“Maybe.” I shrugged. “But I took the money…”
“Right.” He pulled away and shifted on the couch so we faced each other. “And if I hadn’t have made you a deal you couldn’t have refused…”
“What if I had?” The question had just occurred to me. “I mean, would you really have turned me in?”
He didn’t hesitate with his answer. “Never.”
“So why make me a deal? And…kind of a ballsy one at that.” I crossed my arms and gave him a playful smile. It had been a risky offer, almost offensive, really. Not that I would have seen it that way. Not coming from Phillip.
He wiggled his eyebrow and smirked in that oh so cocky way he had that made my body pulse with desire. “Because I knew you’d say yes.”
Oh yes. He was cocky.
“What if I didn’t?”
“But you did.” He moved up the couch almost like a cat, so he was moving on top of me, pressing me back into the cushions. “And I knew you would,” he said when he was directly overtop of me. “Because you, my love, are stubborn, smart, feisty, and sexy as hell.”
I laughed a little and he caught my bottom lip gently between his teeth and tugged. Heat flared through me as he kissed me hard.
“That doesn’t make sense,” I said when he released my mouth.
“It doesn’t have to.” He wrapped his arms around me and turned so I was laying with my chest against his back, his arms holding me tight. “So,” he said. “Do you agree? Does it have to make sense?”
I shook my head and closed my eyes, in complete bliss.
He kissed the top of my head tenderly, and my heart filled with love and I knew with certainty that I was exactly where I was meant to be. “The only thing that makes sense,” I said softly, feeling every word deep in my soul, “is that I’m finally yours.”
I hope you enjoyed your introduction to Phillip and Abby! But we’re not done with these two yet. Find out what happens when Phillip plans a special surprise for Abby’s birthday in an exclusive epilogue.
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