Going Down Again – Billionaire Bad Boys

He opened the door and put Matty down.

“Puppy!” he screamed, barreling on his two little legs over to the oversized stuffed animal on the floor right beside Kade’s desk. Where he could obviously watch over his son while he worked.

Except Matty was now trying to drag the stuffed dog across the room. “Puppy. Annie.” He huffed and pulled and finally managed to make headway by yanking on the dog’s ear.

Lexie grinned. “You want to show Annie your new toy?” she asked, giving her little boy a kiss on the cheek. “Do that and then we’ll make cookies together, okay?”

“Cookies!” He clapped his hands, and Lexie called for Annie to come get Matty.

Kade picked him up and swung him around, laughing until Annie came to get her little charge.

When they were alone again, Kade grinned at Lexie. “Cookies? Chocolate chips?”

“Of course chocolate chips. They’re both of my boys’ favorite cookie.” Mr. Healthy only cheated on his diet for her homemade cookies.

“I have your gift.” He reached into his desk drawer and pulled out a brown wooden box, handing it to her. “Now, I admit I wasn’t sure what to get for you. And the store shopping really did overwhelm me. But when I came home and gave it some thought, the answer was obvious.”

She opened the box to find a women’s gold Patek Phillipe watch that was an exact match to his favorite timepiece in a size that would fit her wrist. “Kade, I love it,” she said in awe.

She glanced into the face of the man she loved, and tears formed in her eyes. Once upon a time, she’d been a woman, living in an apartment paid for by her parents so she could play babysitter to her sick sister. Then she’d gotten a job for an overbearing, difficult tech billionaire who couldn’t keep an assistant. And her life had changed forever.

He took out the piece, opened the bracelet, hooking the watch onto her wrist. “There. A perfect fit. Every time you look at it, you’ll think of me.”

She smiled. “I always think of you, Kade. You’re my heart.”

He pulled her to him. “And you’re mine.”

His lips came down on hers, his tongue sliding into her mouth.

“Mommy! Daddy! Cookies!” Matty called from what sounded like the bottom of the stairs.

Laughing, they broke apart. And together they headed for the kitchen to bake.