He’d told himself it was too much trouble. That they started expecting what he couldn’t give them. Now he realized it was because he wanted to give all of himself to Sophie. Celibacy had been ridiculously easy, because he’d already been falling for Sophie.
She was his match, his mate in every way.
Love had grown in his heart, had filled him up while he’d been distracted by his need to keep his distance because of work. He’d seen the way Sam looked at him when he’d proposed they be each other’s escorts for the weddings. He knew why she’d looked at him that way. He’d told her he’d fire her if she got personal. It was also possible she believed he’d been hopping from bed to bed the last two years. He’d had the pharmacy send the box of condoms to the office to tweak her, to get a reaction.
