“Come, it is getting late. Let Mason take you home now, and he’ll be back to pick you up at ten in the morning to bring you back to me. We’ll have brunch and get to know each other better.”
She nodded numbly, obviously dazed and confused, bewilderment bright in her eyes. She didn’t even register Malcolm summoning Mason back to his office and didn’t react when Malcolm cupped her face with both hands and kissed her lingeringly. She was too stupefied to respond.
“I’ll see you tomorrow, my goddess. Until then, dream of our time together.”
Venus sat in the back of the luxurious car, utterly still with shock. She should be shaking like a leaf and completely freaking out. Okay, so she was freaking out, but she wasn’t broadcasting that to the big silent man who’d been charged with “seeing her h
