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can I have him again?”
With her heart thumping wildly, she smiled as he pulled her back against his chest. They lay in silence as their bodies cooled.
“I doona know what brought you into the hotel bar last night, but I’m verra glad you were there.”
She snuggled back against him. “So am I. I don’t want this night to ever end.”
“It doesna have to.”
But it did. Her eyes opened as reality crashed upon her.
She couldn’t give herself up to him. She had a job to do, and no amount of amazing sex could interfere. Whatever she might’ve felt a few minutes ago would have to be pushed aside.
She had to remember that with him, she was Rae. And Rae would soon disappear after she had all the information she needed.
Chapter Eight
The morning came much too soon for Asher. Like Rae, he didn’t want their night together to end. As powerful as he was as an immortal, he couldn’t stop time.
He was just reaching for her when there was a knock on his door. He jumped up, glancing at the clock to see it was the time he’d told Ms. Engel to meet him for breakfast. He grabbed the robe and hurried to belt it on as he walked to the door. When he opened it, there was Ms. Engel with a hotel employee behind her with a cart full of food.
“Did I wake you, sir?” she asked.
“Nay.” He moved aside so they could enter.
While Ms. Engel watched over the employee laying out the food on the breakfast table, Asher returned to his bedroom. The door was half-closed. He peeked around it and saw Rae already dressed and putting on her shoes.
“I forgot I had a breakfast meeting,” he told her.
She looked up and smiled. “I hadn’t intended to stay the night.”
“I’m glad you did.”
Her deep brown eyes watched him for a moment before she ran a hand through her black hair and stood. “I’m sure you have a busy day ahead. I should leave.”
“Stay. Ms. Engel orders enough food for an army. There will be plenty.”
“Perhaps another time.”
He wasn’t ready to let her go––in any fashion. The thought of not being with her the rest of the day didn’t sit well. He wanted to look over and see her smile, to hear her opinion on all matters, and to just know that she was near.
He walked her from the bedroom to the door, ignoring the look Ms. Engel shot them. He almost asked Rae to join him for the day, then he thought about all the boring meetings he had to attend and didn’t want to put her through that.
“How about dinner tonight?” He opened the door, standing with his back against it.
Ms. Engel quickly said, “You have a prior engagement.”
“Cancel it,” he told her while throwing her a quick look.
Rae put a hand on his chest and smiled. “Keep your schedule. We’ll meet in the bar again.”
“Make sure and eat today.”
“Yes, sir,” she said with a laugh.
Asher pulled her close for a kiss before reluctantly letting her walk away. She looked over her shoulder, shooting him a smile and a wave before turning the corner.
He grudgingly stepped back and let the door close. Then he faced his assistant. “The dinner can be canceled.”
“It won’t fit anywhere else in your schedule,” she said while pouring coffee into two mugs.
The hotel employee quickly left, leaving them alone. Asher could tell something was wrong. He walked into the dining area and put two heaping spoonfuls of sugar into his coffee. He glanced at Blossom, who wore a black pantsuit just as concealing as her others. “What’s bothering you?”
Ms. Engel was quiet so long he began to wonder if she would reply. Then she sighed and held her coffee mug between her hands as she looked out the window. “It’s not uncommon for whoever is here from Dreagan to find…comfort…with the fairer sex.”
“But?” he prompted when she grew quiet.
“There’s something about her.”
Intrigued, he pulled out a chair and sat, motioning for her to do the same. “What do you mean?”
“I don’t know.” She uncovered his
With her heart thumping wildly, she smiled as he pulled her back against his chest. They lay in silence as their bodies cooled.
“I doona know what brought you into the hotel bar last night, but I’m verra glad you were there.”
She snuggled back against him. “So am I. I don’t want this night to ever end.”
“It doesna have to.”
But it did. Her eyes opened as reality crashed upon her.
She couldn’t give herself up to him. She had a job to do, and no amount of amazing sex could interfere. Whatever she might’ve felt a few minutes ago would have to be pushed aside.
She had to remember that with him, she was Rae. And Rae would soon disappear after she had all the information she needed.
Chapter Eight
The morning came much too soon for Asher. Like Rae, he didn’t want their night together to end. As powerful as he was as an immortal, he couldn’t stop time.
He was just reaching for her when there was a knock on his door. He jumped up, glancing at the clock to see it was the time he’d told Ms. Engel to meet him for breakfast. He grabbed the robe and hurried to belt it on as he walked to the door. When he opened it, there was Ms. Engel with a hotel employee behind her with a cart full of food.
“Did I wake you, sir?” she asked.
“Nay.” He moved aside so they could enter.
While Ms. Engel watched over the employee laying out the food on the breakfast table, Asher returned to his bedroom. The door was half-closed. He peeked around it and saw Rae already dressed and putting on her shoes.
“I forgot I had a breakfast meeting,” he told her.
She looked up and smiled. “I hadn’t intended to stay the night.”
“I’m glad you did.”
Her deep brown eyes watched him for a moment before she ran a hand through her black hair and stood. “I’m sure you have a busy day ahead. I should leave.”
“Stay. Ms. Engel orders enough food for an army. There will be plenty.”
“Perhaps another time.”
He wasn’t ready to let her go––in any fashion. The thought of not being with her the rest of the day didn’t sit well. He wanted to look over and see her smile, to hear her opinion on all matters, and to just know that she was near.
He walked her from the bedroom to the door, ignoring the look Ms. Engel shot them. He almost asked Rae to join him for the day, then he thought about all the boring meetings he had to attend and didn’t want to put her through that.
“How about dinner tonight?” He opened the door, standing with his back against it.
Ms. Engel quickly said, “You have a prior engagement.”
“Cancel it,” he told her while throwing her a quick look.
Rae put a hand on his chest and smiled. “Keep your schedule. We’ll meet in the bar again.”
“Make sure and eat today.”
“Yes, sir,” she said with a laugh.
Asher pulled her close for a kiss before reluctantly letting her walk away. She looked over her shoulder, shooting him a smile and a wave before turning the corner.
He grudgingly stepped back and let the door close. Then he faced his assistant. “The dinner can be canceled.”
“It won’t fit anywhere else in your schedule,” she said while pouring coffee into two mugs.
The hotel employee quickly left, leaving them alone. Asher could tell something was wrong. He walked into the dining area and put two heaping spoonfuls of sugar into his coffee. He glanced at Blossom, who wore a black pantsuit just as concealing as her others. “What’s bothering you?”
Ms. Engel was quiet so long he began to wonder if she would reply. Then she sighed and held her coffee mug between her hands as she looked out the window. “It’s not uncommon for whoever is here from Dreagan to find…comfort…with the fairer sex.”
“But?” he prompted when she grew quiet.
“There’s something about her.”
Intrigued, he pulled out a chair and sat, motioning for her to do the same. “What do you mean?”
“I don’t know.” She uncovered his
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