I watched her for a while, then slipped from the bed and out of the room.

In the living area, I made a call to her supervisor to let them know she’d be at home recuperating today. She’d been through a lot in the past two weeks, and she needed some downtime.

Plus, I wanted her to myself for a few hours.

I made another call to Fiona and asked her to reschedule my meetings for the day. Then I went to the kitchen to prepare blueberry pancakes for breakfast. While they were cooking, I replayed yesterday’s events in my mind. Everything had gone according to plan, but something niggled at me. I brewed coffee and poured it into mugs, then arranged the meal on a platter and carried it to the bedroom. I didn’t know what exactly it was that bothered me, but I put it to the back of my mind because I had a gorgeous woman to spoil.

“Willow,” I murmured as I placed the platter on the nightstand. “Wake up, sweetheart.”

She made a soft sound, and her eyes fluttered open. They traveled sleepily around the room before settling on me.

“Hi.” She smiled. “What time is it?”

“It’s past eight,” I said. “But I’ve called the office and told them neither of us will be in today.”

“You did?” She looked disgruntled, and I wondered for a moment whether I’d overstepped, but then she noticed the platter and sniffed. “Mmm smells good.”

“Coffee, and blueberry pancakes,” I told her. “I wasn’t sure what you liked. Hope that’s okay.”

“It’s perfect.” She patted the bed beside her. “Come join me.”

I slid under the covers and accepted a mug of coffee when she passed it to me. I kissed her forehead, wondering what it meant that I’d finally obtained Lennox Securities but wasn’t eager to stroll into their office first thing and let everyone know about it. I’d been planning to take the company from the day Tom had fired me, but now that the time had come, I’d have rather stayed cocooned with Willow.

“What’s the plan?” she asked as she handed me a plate stacked with pancakes.

I set my coffee on the other nightstand to take it from her. I couldn’t even remember the last time I’d stayed in bed after I’d woken up, let alone eaten breakfast here.

“Today, I’m all yours.” Her smile was worth the hours I wouldn’t be putting in at the office. “Tomorrow, I’ll speak with the senior staff at Lennox Securities.”

“You don’t plan to restructure the company, do you?”

My heart constricted. I wanted her to trust me without having to wonder, but maybe that was asking a lot of someone who’d recently been let down by someone close to her. “Nobody will lose their job unless they absolutely deserve to, but they’re going to have to pick up their game because Tom isn’t the only reason things have been going downhill.”

“They’ll do that,” she said. “They’re good people.”