He reads the nasty comment about his family once. She holds the phone where she can watch his face.
Then she slides it under a coaster. "Status?"
"Raw. Okay. Kiss."
She kisses him slow, until want turns into holding on.
Night Handoff, free to read on Kindle Unlimited.
Night Handoff by Ava Thorne. Free to read on Kindle Unlimited: https://t.co/3WeGiQc51w
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His assistant walks in while he's kissing her against the fridge.
He doesn't hide her. Just says, "Knock next time, please. We're unavailable for the next hour unless the house is on fire."
She has never been prouder of a man.
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Save the plain "I love you" for late, and make it cost something. By then it lands because the reader has been hearing it in every argument for the whole book.
Romance writing tip: the most romantic dialogue in a book is almost never about love. Two people bickering over who left the window open can carry more want than any confession.
Let them talk about the thing next to the thing. The coffee he keeps making her without asking. The shift she swapped so she'd be on with him. The reader hears what they're not saying, and that's the pull.