Tempting the New Boss(76)

“A what?”

“Masters of Fine Arts, in writing. At a small college fifty minutes out of Manhattan. I start there in the fall, and you know the best thing?”

“You’re only fifty minutes out of Manhattan?”

“Well, that and not only is the program fully funded—because they know anybody who wants to be a writer is a dreamer anyway and has no money.” She wrapped her arms around his neck. “But also my law school student loans will be deferred for the time I’m in school. A grace period!”

“That’s great.” He kissed her and every plan she ever had went out of her head…again! But this time she could stick to her plans and give them the time they needed to explore, each other and life…together.

“And when I get out,” she said. “Who knows? Maybe I’ll spend hours writing the great American novel with you beside me spending hours refining that thing-a-ma-jiggy your company produces. But I’m not planning that far ahead. Not this time. I’m, ah, enjoying the ride.”

“With me?” he whispered.

“Absolutely with you. Now let’s go check out that townhouse. I’ll flag the cab.”

“Hang on.” He reached into his pocket. “Turn around.”

When he clasped her pearls around her neck, his thumb slipped under the strand to caress her collarbone and she melted. He said, low, “I’ve been carrying these around all this time we’ve been apart, like somehow they’d magically bring you back to me.”

She smiled. “You brought me back to you. You are special. And I’m not going anywhere this time.”

Hand in hand, they caught a cab.

The End