Fisher (Prince of Tigers, #3) - Kathi S. Barton Page 0,24

know the difference between wanting sex or just wanting to be with a person.”

Fisher couldn’t help it, he burst out laughing. When she laughed as well, he smiled at her. Taking her hand into his, he kissed the back of it and held it while he drove one handed for a few minutes. He needed to think of the right words to say to her before speaking.

“I’m in love with you. I have been since I first understood you were my mate. You make me feel good about myself. I don’t have a very high self-esteem. Not really.” He glanced at her again. “I understand about you not being sure of the feelings I have for you. I can only hope you have the same for me someday soon. I will do my best to show you in so many ways that I love you. Daily. Hourly, if need be. Also, along with that, I want you to know that my parents and the rest of my family will love you as much as I do if they don’t already. They’re so excited to meet you I wouldn’t be surprised if they were planning a big dinner for when we get home tonight to welcome you.”

“I hope so. I mean, as I said, I’ve come to this with a great deal of baggage. You’ve taken care of one of the issues I had. I’m ever so grateful for you to have done that. I thought I was going to have to write off Mr. Alexander’s money as a loss.” He told her it was his profound pleasure. “Wow, that is a great deal of pleasure. I wish we could have sex soon. I know that we’ve tried to several times, but people keep coming around. It was wonderful that Peter was able to tell us that my brother and sister were coming around. I can’t believe we got packed up that quickly and were on the road in less than ten minutes.”

“I want to have sex with you too. But I really want to make love with you. I find that much better than just having sex.” She told him she wouldn’t know. Laughing again, he pulled off the highway to get gas and asked her if she wanted anything while he was out. “I mean, it’s going to be a very long ride from here to home. Perhaps you can pick us up some snacks or something to munch on.”

Handing her his credit card, he wasn’t sure she was going to take it. When she did, putting it in her purse, he made sure she didn’t see his sigh of relief.

While pumping the gas, he heard from Harper. She had a lot of information for him that she’d been looking for since the last time he spoke to her.

First of all, the house you guys are going to be living in is amazing. I was by there yesterday, and I’m in love with it. Even Bryant thinks it’s a perfect match for you. Okay. I’ve been doing some research on the family. The sister, Mary, isn’t so much in the hole with money, but she’s been stealing it from her husband’s company for some time now. Not millions, as I thought, but hundreds of thousands. She has a serious gambling habit that is going to get her into deeper trouble than just with her husband. Mary owes some seriously pissed off people a lot of dough. He asked if her husband had found out yet. Yes, just a couple of days ago. I didn’t have anything to do with it, but he figured it out when his partner called and told him they might not be able to meet their payroll without dipping into their own savings accounts. I guess after talking to their daughter, he’s been trying to reach Mary for the last couple of days. He is not a happy camper.

No, I doubt he is. What about her brother? I’m assuming he’s in a bit of trouble himself. She said he was being hunted by the Feds. The scam he was running. Yes, you told me about it. What’s changed? I’m assuming something has.

Yes. And you’re not going to like this any more than you did a couple of months ago when you figured out others were doing the same. Both of them have borrowed against their children’s college funds. I told you that. What I didn’t tell you was that they’ve also taken out credit cards