“Then come upstairs with me.”

“Nicholas! It’s the middle of the afternoon,” she hissed, shocked.

“I can’t wait any longer, love,” he whispered against her ear.

James caught sight of the couple racing out of the room, hand in hand, Reggie holding her other hand against her mouth to stifle her laughter. “Will you look at that?” he cut into Anthony’s speech. “Did I tell you he was the man for her?”

“You did not,” Anthony retorted hotly. “But of course I knew it all along.”