feel for her. She wanted desperately to throw herself into his arms and beg him to love her, but he was too strong and women probably threw themselves at him all the time. He was so wonderful, so handsome and amazingly intelligent. That all combined with the most amazing lovemaking skills and she wasn’t embarrassed to have fallen in love with the man in such a short period of time. Who wouldn’t, under those circumstances?
She called her sister and checked in with her, hearing Sierra’s voice turning happy once again because her stranger was recovering quickly. Even the nurses were impressed with the man’s ability to heal. They chatted for several minutes, Sierra telling her about the man’s recovery progress and Marissa talking about their trip to Puerto Rico. She wished she could talk to her sister about the turmoil of her relationship with Zeke, but Sierra had enough on her mind at the moment. She didn’t need to hear about her older, and supposedly wiser, sister’s romantic problems.
Zeke’s driver pulled up outside Zeke’s home building and Marissa wearily stepped out onto the pavement. She wasn’t sure what she was doing here, feeling like a fraud because she didn’t feel married to Zeke. She didn’t even feel like a significant girlfriend. Should she really be here? Shouldn’t she be trying to figure out where to live?
She walked inside, not sure if she had an alternative at the moment. When she stepped into his penthouse, the first thing she noticed was her laptop and monitor, plus all of her other hardware, was set up by the window of his massive great room. She looked around, not sure how her equipment had come to be here, but she was thrilled to sit down at the very comfortable desk and chair that he’d arranged for her to use and sift through her e-mail. By late afternoon, she’d gone through all of her messages, responded to anything urgent, put the finishing touches on several of her current projects and even printed out apartment listings that she wanted to visit the next day. She’d worked up a budget, estimating some of her expenses and her business income history to show to the rental agents. She didn’t want anything standing in her way of moving on with her life.
As she worked, thoughts filtered through her mind. She wasn’t sure what the future would hold, but she knew that she couldn’t go back to her old life.
Should she stay here with Zeke until he grew tired of her? Or should she move on, coming back to him when they both had the time? Isn’t that was lovers did? Would he be satisfied with that kind of a relationship? Would she?
It was so complicated since she wasn’t sure where he stood on the issue of their relationship. He might claim that they were married, but she didn’t feel married. And this wedding ceremony just really boggled her mind with the implications. Surely it had just been a means to an end and he didn’t meant to have a real marriage with her. That was crazy since they’d known each other for such a short period of time.
By the time Zeke walked into his penthouse later that evening, she still wasn’t sure what she was going to do. The expression on his face when he saw her warmed her heart though. Sliding the rental properties under some other files, she stood up, eager to greet him and finish the discussion they’d started earlier this morning.
Zeke walked through the doors, eager to check on Marissa, wanting to know that she was still safe. Or at least that’s what he told himself until he spotted her by the window, her beautiful features lighting up when she saw him walking towards her. At that moment, he tossed out all the other excuses he’d been building up in his mind. He just wanted to see her, he accepted. He’d acknowledged that he’d fallen head over heels for her that very first afternoon he’d seen her in the lingerie shop, as outlandish as it seems. No one falls in love with someone at first sight, but here he was. Every time he saw her, there was something more about her that fascinated him, something more he wanted to learn. He couldn’t get enough of her and the more he was around her, the more intense his feelings grew. And even not being around her, he found himself thinking about her all day, wondering if