Alana, you could never disappoint me," he shifts while still on top of me. "I may have had more lovers than you, and I may take my clothes off for countless women, but you are the only one who can strip me bare.

Look, this isn't who I am , it's just what I do.

I want to be the father I never had and the husband my mother was cheated out of. So if I have to take off my fucking clothes to make the money I need, I'll do it. And I pray you want me enough to suffer through it. Because I promise I'll make it up to you for the rest of my life.

You have power, you have force, and you irreversibly own my heart.

I never thought I would touch you again," he says smoothly, his tone laced with emotion.