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while she introduced him to one of her cousins—one of the many in attendance—and then waited while Cam said his goodbyes and kissed her on both cheeks.
    But the entire time, his mind was racing as he processed his conversation with Cam. Was he coming across as someone who was less than enthused about his upcoming marriage? The very last thing he needed to do was drop the ball when everything was so close to being in his grasp. Finally.
    He’d worked too damn hard and long to allow any slips now. If he had to wed Satan himself to seal this deal, he’d don the fire retardant suit and pucker up.

    Five
    No matter how many nights she’d already spent in Devon’s apartment, she still got butterflies when she entered his bedroom to get ready for bed. Granted she’d only been here a week and it was still a little uncomfortable and awkward because she still didn’t feel any sense of ownership when it came to his home.
    She was pulling on her satin nightgown when Devon’s chuckle broke the silence in the room. She turned quickly, her brow furrowed as he regarded her in amusement.
    “What’s so funny?”
    “You. Every night you spend so much time putting on that lovely nightgown only for me to promptly take it off you when you come to bed. By now one would think you wouldn’t bother.”
    She flushed. “It seems…presumptuous…to think you want…I mean to assume you’d want…”
    “Sex?” he finished for her.
    She nodded, her cheeks flaming.
    He grinned and pulled her toward the bed. “I think it’s a safe presumption that I’ll always want sex with you.
    Feel free to assume all you want. I assure you…” He bent and kissed her lingeringly. “That I’ll never ever…” He slid his mouth down her jaw to her neck and nibbled at her ear. “ Not want…” He licked the pulse point at her neck, and her knees buckled. “To have sex with you. Unless I’m in a body cast and even then I’ll be thinking about it.”
    Her nose crinkled and she shook with silent laughter.
    “It’s true then. That sex is all a man ever thinks about?”
    “We occasionally think about food.”
    She laughed aloud this time. “My mother is scandalized that I’ve practically moved in with you.”
    “Not practically,” he said as he slid one strap over her shoulder. “You have moved in with me.” She shrugged. “Well she was aghast. My father told her to stop being such a worrywart, that you and I were getting married and it was only natural that we’d want time together before the big day to see if we were compatible. Eric, on the other hand, seemed pretty ticked. He thinks Daddy’s nuts to allow me to move in with a man who’s boned half the city—his words, not mine.”
    Devon straightened his stance and stared at her with an open mouth. “Do you always do that?” She sent him a perplexed frown. “Do what?” He shook his head. “Blurt out whatever comes to mind.”
    Her frown grew deeper. “Well, I guess. I mean I haven’t really thought about it. It is what he said. I mean I didn’t really pay any attention to him. He’s just really protective of me and he always gets snarly when a guy starts paying attention to me.”
    “I hardly think me asking you to marry me can be compared to some random guy paying attention to you,” he drawled.
    “Well, but I’m living with you now so he obviously knows we’re having sex and he doesn’t like to imagine his little sister having sex. With anyone.” Devon shuddered. “Who would?”
    She grinned. “My point is, he’s just being Eric and he had to get his two cents in.”
    “For the record, I have not boned half the city.” She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him down to kiss her. “As long as I’m the only one you’ll …well, you know, in the future? I don’t really care about the past.”
    “The future? Oh, yeah. And the present. Like right now.”
    She shivered as he lowered her to the bed. For having been a virgin a mere week ago, her