BOOK 1

“Much better, diank you, but you didn’t have to hang up on your call.”

“My cousin and I were just going over some numbers for a project, but we’d finished.”

Yaz—his beautiful cousin Yasmine, she translated to herself, the one she’d seen with him at their charity ball. She remembered wondering what it would be like to be the recipient of such uncensored warmth and genuine, uncomplicated love from him. She still wondered.

“Why didn’t you wake me up when we arrived here?”

He smiled. “You were out cold. You obviously needed the rest.”

There was no disputing that. She’d spent most of the last few nights wrestling over the decision of whether or not to tell him about the baby. “Still, there was no reason for you to stay.”

“There was every reason. Earlier today you told me you were having my baby. In my book that means we have a great deal to talk about.”

She stifled a sigh. “I don’t want to argue with you again.”

“We’re not going to argue. We’re going to discuss. But first, you should try t