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I somet imes worr y about ho w ha rd he pushes hi msel f with work,

but I don’t say any thi ng . I’ve been sitting in my offic e going on twel ve
ho urs now, so I don’t ha ve much room to talk when it comes to bei ng
too ambitious.
I spend the ne xt fif teen or so minu tes fina lizing orders . When I’m
fini shed , I close my laptop and look over at R yle.
I tho ught he’d be asleep , but ins tea d he’s on hi s side with hi s hea d

propped up on hi s ha nd . He’s been watchi ng me thi s who le time, and
seei ng the smile on hi s face makes me blush. I push my cha ir back
and stand up.
“Lily, I thi nk I like you too much, ” he says as I make my way over to
hi m.
I scrunc h up my no se as he sits up on the couch and pulls me ont o
hi s lap. “Too much? Tha t does n’t sound like a compliment .”

“Tha t’s bec ause I don’t kno w if it is,” he says. He adjusts my leg s on
ei ther side of him and then wraps hi s arms around my waist. “Thi s is
my firs t rea l rel ations hi p. I don’t kno w if I’m supposed to like you thi s
much yet . I don’t want to scare you away.”
I laugh. “Like tha t could ev er ha ppen. You work way too much to
smother me. ”

He rubs hi s ha nd s up my back. “Does it bother you tha t I work too
much?”
I sha ke my head . “No. I worr y about you somet imes bec ause I don’t
want you to burn yoursel f out. But I don’t mind tha t I ha ve to sha re
you with your passion. I actually rea lly like ho w ambitious you are. It’s
kind of sex y. It might ev en be my favorite thi ng about you.”
“You kno w wha t I like the most about you?”

“I alrea dy kno w thi s ans wer,” I say, smiling . “My mouth. ”
He lea ns hi s hea d back agains t the couch. “Oh yea h. Tha t does
come firs t. But do you kno w wha t my sec ond favorite thi ng about you
is?”
I sha ke my hea d.
“You don’t put pres sure on me to be somet hi ng I’m inc apable of

bei ng . You accep t me ex actly ho w I am.”
I smile. “Wel l, in all fairnes s, you’re a little different from when I
firs t met you. You aren’ t so ant i-girlfriend any more. ”