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“Just a minute, Rosebud.”
He took a deep breath in my hair.
“Say it again.”
I smiled.
“I love you.”
“Again.”
Laughing, I smacked his chest.
“No, I already told you three times.”
Slightly leaning back from me, enough to look at my face, he placed his palm on my cheek.
“Please, baby.
Just once more.
I want to hear it again.
You don’t know how long I’ve waited to hear those words.
How many times I’ve dreamt of you saying those words to me.”
Something bloomed into my heart.
Blinking away my tears, I placed a kiss on his chest.
“I love you, Ace.
I love you so freaking much.
More than anything in the world.”
His eyes closed, as if feeling every word that left my lips.
“Happy now?”
Those stormy gray orbs met my turquoise again.
A content smile stretched across his heavenly features as he pulled me into his gentlest kiss.
Not a demanding, punishing one.
But to my dissatisfaction, he pulled away, leaving me craving for more.
“Come with me?”
he asked, running his hand through my locks.
“Where?”
“Somewhere I can have you all to myself.”
His heated gaze slid down to my cleavage.
“Did I tell you how beautiful you’re looking in that dress?
More than I’d imagined you’d look.”
I blushed.
Alone with him to have him all to myself?
Tingles ran down my body as unholy thoughts flashed across my mind.
The idea sounded tempting.
“Thank you.
But we can’t.
The reception.”
“I don’t care.
Now that I finally have you in my arms, I don’t want to let go of you.”
He placed a sensual kiss on my neck, arms tightening around me.
A moan threatened to leave my lips.
I had to stop him before I lost my control.
We couldn’t do anything right now.
At least not until the reception was over.
“You can have me all to yourself after the reception is over.
Everyone must be looking for us.
We need to go outside.”
I tugged at his hair gently.
He groaned, latching his mouth on my throat.
“I don’t want to.
I need you, Rosebud.
I need you right now.
I’ve waited so long.”
The last sentence came out like a breathy whisper.
I clenched my thighs at his deep voice.
No matter how much I wanted to stay locked in that room with him, I couldn’t.
As a maid of honor, I had to see if everything was going smoothly for the reception.
Tonight.
I could wait till tonight.
“Later, baby.
We’re needed outside right now.
Caleb and Tess must be looking for us.”
The sexual tension that was floating around us from the last few months threatened to burst right now.
Now that there was no barrier between us, we both wanted each other like two broken poles of magnet needed the other to be completed.
Pulling away, his eyes held mine.
They held dark promises.
“Later?”
A mischievous smile tugged at his lips.
“I will keep that in mind.”
With my cheeks burning, I looked down.
Grabbing my chin, he tucked a strand behind my ear.
“Let’s go outside and get done with everything as soon as possible.
I can’t wait any longer.”
Neither can I.
I wanted to say, but remained silent.
It wasn’t a wise idea to tease the beast now.
Nodding, I placed one lingering kiss on his lips before opening the door and stepping outside.
He followed behind, pulling me into him again.
But when his phone rang, he had to leave me.
When I was finally outside, Tess and Caleb were busy chatting with some guests and clicking photos.
She didn’t seem to be bothered by her pimple anymore.
After making sure everything was good with the reception preparation, I stepped outside again to find Warner approaching me.
Instinctively, I glanced around to see if my caveman was anywhere around.
I didn’t want his horns to come out seeing Warner near me again.
I needed to have a serious talk with him about it.
“You’re free now?
Come aside for a minute.
I have some information about Arthur.”
At the mention of him, I looked around the place.
I haven’t seen him after the wedding.
The moments he lingered around, he wasn’t focused on the ceremony either.
He was too busy on his phone with his tensed old features.
Nodding, I pulled him to a secluded place where guests weren’t roaming.
“What did you find out?
And sorry about earlier.
Ace, uh, he gets a little possessive when it comes to me.”
He snorted.
“A little?
Can’t you see, Em?
That man is obsessed with you.
He thinks of you as his property that belongs to him.
And trust me, men like him like the chase.
You were like a challenge to him, so he came after you suddenly after all these years.
And now that you finally gave in, just wait until he shows you his true colors.”
My fists clenched.
Gritting my teeth, I kept myself from saying something that might hurt him.
His hatred towards Ace was getting on my nerves now.
“Warner, can we just talk about what’s important right now?
We have an issue on our hands, and that’s Arthur.
So, let’s stick with that for now.
I already told you to not make any assumptions about me and Ace’s relationship.
I’d appreciate it if you respect my wish here.”
I could see he wanted to disagree.
But the stern look of mine had him shut up.
Slumping his shoulders, he let out a sigh.
“All right.
Let’s talk about Arthur now.”
I nodded.
“Thank you.
What did your cousin find out about him?”
“Tobias told you about the small business he had in Wales, right?”
I bobbed my head.
“Well, he used to run cheap hotels.
After some research, we found out he did illegal businesses under the cover of those hotels.
He was even suspected many times, but due to lack of evidence, the cops couldn’t take any action against him.”
My brows furrowed.
“Illegal businesses?
What kind of illegal businesses?”
“Not hundred percent sure, but from what pieces of information my cousin got, it seemed like he managed a brothel at nights behind the service of hotels.
Sources say he forced helpless girls into prostitution.”
I gasped.
A brothel?
I didn’t know he would be that low of a creature.
Did Ace know about this?
I was sure he didn’t.
He’d never allow such a man to stay around him if he had even a hint of it.
“How come he never got caught?”
His lips thinned.
“He’s a shrewd man, Em.
He made sure not to leave a single piece of evidence behind for anyone to use against him.
He was doing that until Achilles’s father passed away and he left the UK to come to LA.”
Why did he return after so many years leaving all his businesses behind like this?
I didn’t believe he was that kind of man who’d leave everything behind just so he could look after his nephews.
He must have some other agenda.
But what?
Then it hit me.
Of course!
His brother’s property.
That passed down to Ace.
And he won Ace’s trust to get a hold on the power and money Ace had.
With his help, he expanded his business more within the whole UK now.
“Can’t your cousin get any proof?
I mean, there must be something.”