The blaring alarm made Melanie groan. She rolled over and buried her face in Darius’ chest as he shut it off. He chuckled as he kissed her head. “We can cancel the club if you want,” Darius teased, knowing she would rather die than cancel their private room for the day. “Don’t even talk like that!” Melanie scolded. “Nothing would make me want to cancel this morning at the club.” “Only this morning? I thought we would be going until well into the afternoon. Your father said that dinner would be around six and that we should take our time preparing for it,” Darius said as he ran his fingers through her hair, grasping it in his fist. He turned her head to look into her eyes and said, “And I plan on taking every second I am given with you.” “Good,” Melanie mumbled as Darius kissed her. “I

