The alarms went off in my head. My heart clenched. Shit. Was she leaving me? I thought I was doing a good job of balancing my life, but right now was hectic. I had to make her understand how big this was and how much it needed my full attention. It wasn’t forever. ”Bo-”

”No, listen Lauren…” She set the phone on the counter and sauntered back to me. Bo placed her hand on my chest and gave me a slight push, asking me to scoot my chair back. When I gave in to her demand, she lifted her leg across my lap and straddled me. Her arms looped around my neck allowing her fingers to massage the nape of my neck, soothing the lion raging inside of me as if I were a common domestic cat. She leaned in close and whispered as if it were a secret, ”I. Love. You.”

”I-”

”Shhhh,” she silenced me with a finger across my lips. ”I’m talking, okay?”

I nodded.

”I love you, workaholic Lauren Lewis,” she leaned back to look me dead in the eye and her expression turned serious. ”But, I will not be second best. I understand how you can get, I really do. I’ll let it slide from time to time when you ignore me at home and text and email all night, but I refuse to let it become a habit. Understand?”

I nodded again.

”Tell me you don’t miss me.”

I couldn’t.

She reached down, taking each of my hands in hers and bringing them to rest on her hips. ”Tell me you don’t miss this.” Bo leaned in, nipping my lips softly before claiming my mouth with a bruising, possessive kiss that made my head spin.

My fingers gripped the denim of her jeans. The sheer amount of emotion she poured into me was like electricity exciting every single cell. God I missed her. Who in their right mind would love work more than this?

Bo broke the kiss, pulling away when I attempted to continue. ”See what you’re missing when your have your nose in numbers and misguided adventures of your boys at the lot.”

She moved to get up, but I pulled her back down, digging my grip even deeper to prevent her escape. ”Point taken. I really do miss you. sometimes I just forget how much. It won’t happen again.”

”Now Lauren, don’t say things like that. Of course it will.” She smiled. Her hand moved up to caress my cheek. ”That’s who you are, but as long as I know you I can bring you back, that you want us, we will figure this out.”

I swallowed hard. There was so much love staring back at me and that was a sight I never wanted to lose. It was a sobering thought; one that stole the breath right from my lungs. I struggled to find my voice so I could make things right. ”What can I do to make it up to you?”

”Let’s see…” her gaze drifted to the ceiling as she playfully tapped her chin and lightened the mood. ”You could,” she brought her eyes back to mine, ”clean up the kitchen and snuggle on the sofa with me for a movie.”

A smile replaced my frown as all the tension fell from my body. All of a sudden I could breathe again. ”Is that all you want?”

”Well, we might not make it through the whole movie…” Her eyes darkened, sending my pulse soaring, not just the one in my chest, but the one between my legs as well. ”But right now, I want you to kiss me again.”

This was why we worked and why we could have a long term relationship. Bo was strong enough to battle for my affections and not feel threatened by my drive to manage every detail at work. She was my equal in every way and together we could maintain a perfectly balanced engine. God I loved this woman. ”Yes ma’am.”

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