Under Pressure [IAD Agency] (Siren Publishing Classic)

Bella…” Jason struggled to find the right words. Damn it, he would do this right. He knew she needed the words and he was determined to give them to her.
    “I know that this is fast, but I do love you. I love you so much I can barely breathe sometimes. I’m a hard man, but you make me feel alive again. You make me want to be a better man. I know I’m not good with telling you how I feel, but do I love you. And I won’t hesitate to tell you every day. You’ve become my world, and I don’t want to live another day without you knowing I want you for my wife. Say yes, Bella, just say yes, and I will love you for the rest of our lives.”
    Bella smiled, and the tears overflowed. “Yes,” she whispered.
    “Oh God, yes! Yes!” she yelled as she flung herself up at him.
    Jason fell forward into her tight embrace. Like a dream, he shifted his large body, spreading her thighs wide, and slipped inside her again.
    Bella’s breath caught as she felt him push deep. Her body was slick from their earlier love play, and he slid in easily, her body accepting him as if she were made just for him.
    “I love you, Bella. I love you,” he repeated as he buried his face into her hair. Jason closed his eyes and enjoyed how right it felt to be with her, inside her.
    She ran her hands up and down his back as he loved her so tenderly it brought tears to her eyes.
    He couldn’t stop touching her, hands sliding possessively over her beautiful, lush body. He trailed kisses over her neck and settled back over her mouth, claiming hers in a heated kiss, pouring all the love and desire he felt into the connection.
    He forced himself to love her slowly, with deep sensual strokes, wanting to show her just how much he loved her. He pushed deeper and deeper, wanting to fill her completely, wanted her to take all of him inside her body.
    Lips met, tongues danced, breaths sighed.
    He wanted it to last forever, wanted to feel her body trembling with pleasure beneath his.
    He felt her muscles contract on him, squeezing his cock with exquisite pressure. “Tell me, tell me again,” he demanded. Letting out a low moan, she called his name, whispering her love, and came on a cry. Only then did he let himself go, and he emptied himself deep inside her.

Chapter Seventeen
     
    Bella woke a few hours later and knew that Jason was gone. After they had made love, they had drifted back to sleep until Jason got a call. He had kissed her lightly and told her that he had to go. Bella murmured for him to be careful and that she loved him before succumbing to sleep once more.
    Feeling refreshed, she rolled to his side of the bed and breathed in his scent. Running her hand along his pillow, a sparkle caught her eye. On her ring finger was the most beautiful diamond ring she had ever seen. It was a brilliant princess cut diamond set in platinum with little diamonds running along the length of the band. With a startled cry, she sat up so she could see it clearly.
    Of course.
    She laughed lightly. He had just asked her to marry him hours ago, but of course he already had his ring on her finger.
    Holding her hand close to her chest, she felt love surging through her. Jason must have put the ring on while she slept.
    That man, her man still had problems with emotional situations. She imagined that he had given her the ring while she slept to avoid getting mushy again. Oh, he has a lot to learn, and she would be the one to teach him, she thought with a smile.
     
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    Jason had a large study on the other side of his apartment, and he preferred to do most of his business from the dominion of that room. It was actually two spacious rooms that he had modified to create a meeting area and a private office in the back with access from only one entrance. High-tech equipment mixed with plush comfortable chairs and settees in an informal meeting area that looked as though it belonged in an elegant gentlemen’s club and a huge conference table and leather chairs at the far end room for more formal meetings. Thick carpeting and soundproof walls ensured privacy of conversations within this inner sanctum.
    Set on the interior side of the apartment, there were no windows to the outside world. Even though all the windows of the building had thick, bullet-resistant glass, nothing was bulletproof, and in his profession it was always better to be safer than sorry.
    In addition, all of the doors in the apartment were thick steel frames with dark wood overlay that could