“Slow is off the table.” He sighed and nibbled sweet kisses up my neck. I tipped my head back so he could have better access. He groaned, gripped my waist and nipped his way to my mouth.

As good as this felt, we couldn’t stay here forever. I was supposed to be at Violet’s. Plus, did he have a secretary? Coworkers? “Do you have a secretary, anyone else coming in today? Is the door locked?” I whispered against his lips.

He pulled back. “Liam has the other office, he’s not here. I need to hire another secretary. I fired the one I had. She wouldn’t stop coming on to me even after I told her to knock it off.”

My eyes got big as jealousy shot through me. The thought of Luke with another woman upset me, and I felt guilty because I had been married and had a baby with someone else. I didn’t like to think of what Luke had done when we were apart. I sighed and started to climb off his lap, but he held my hips and stopped me.

“What’s wrong? What happened to put that look on your face?” he asked.

“What look?” I tried to evade the question, but he just raised his eyebrows and squeezed my hips. “Oh, all right. I just felt a touch of jealousy when you said your secretary flirted with you, then I thought of you with other women, dating or whatever…” I looked away. “I have no right to feel that way. I’m sorry, Luke.”

“You have every right to feel whatever you want. But I haven’t been with anyone else. I didn’t date, or anything.”

“What do you mean? You haven’t been with anyone? You haven’t even slept with anyone?” He nodded at me. My jaw dropped. “Have you seen you?”

He laughed, then his expression turned serious. “Lily, I love you. I never stopped, didn’t even try. In my heart, I always belonged to you, with you.”

My heart was about to burst at his words, but he continued to give me more. “How could I be with someone else when all I could think about was you? I didn’t want to taint the memories of us together by being with another woman. I couldn’t have my hands on someone else when all I wanted was you. You own my heart. You own every part of me, Lily. I’m yours.”

The tears were back, but these felt different. My heart had lightened and filled with hope. I cradled his face in my hands. “I love you so much, Luke.”