“Felix.”
“You put your private detective on this?”
Tim smiled as he walked out of the kitchen, throwing his remarks over his shoulder, “Unlike you…my game isn’t weak. I have all the information I need regarding Ms. Sabrina Links.”
Chapter 6
It wasn’t even twenty four hours after Tim received Sabrina’s information that he’d contacted her and set up a dinner date.
He’d flown into Chicago to meet her at the Signature Room. However, before they’d scheduled dinner, they’d had a couple of phone conversations. He discovered she was witty, smart and funny. Sabrina also seemed full of life and very career driven.
It had been a long time since he’d actually been excited about a date. And, he couldn’t wait to see her again.
He’d been sitting at the bar waiting for about five minutes when he heard her sultry voice.
“Yes, I’m the guest of Timothy Horne.”
Tim turned around and it seemed as if time stopped. Standing across the room, Sabrina literally knocked the wind out of him. She was drop dead gorgeous.
He wasn’t the only one who noticed those incredibly sexy legs and smooth mocha skin. She turned the heads of almost every man she walked past. Sabrina had a level of confidence he hadn’t seen in maybe…never.
The closer she walked towards him the more anxious he became. Sabrina came up to him, leaned in and kissed him on the cheek, “Hey. How was your flight?”
The moment her body made contact with his, he was instantly aroused. Hell, he was a man. He’d have to be dead not to be.
Trying to keep his cool, he cleared his throat before he spoke. “Good. It was good flight. However, I think you did this on purpose?”
Sabrina looked perplexed, “Did what?”
“You know you look…incredible. You’re purposely trying to paralyze me with your beauty.”
“Mr. Horne, you are too shrewd of a man for me to even attempt something as silly as that.” Sabrina gave him a sexy smile and then smoothed her hands down over her svelte body, “But, do you really think I look incredible?” She then looked up at him with faux innocent doe eyes.
Tim had to pull it together. He’d never let a woman’s beauty take over his brain and he was doing his damnedest not to let it happen tonight but failing miserably.
He was saved by the hostess informing them that their table was ready. As they walked towards it, he saw the hunger of other men looking at Sabrina, a sense of possessiveness took over that he’d never experienced before. He touched the lower part of her back to let everyone know that she was with him.
A hint of a smile touched the corners of Sabrina’s lips. Especially, after she felt his hand on her lower back. He was trying to stake his claim. She knew that she had him right where she wanted him.
Three months later, Sabrina had become Mrs. Sabrina Links-Horne.
Chapter 7
Tim Horne wasted no time moving to Chicago. He was a man in love. Sabrina’s firm was based in there and she had no plans to relocate, so he really didn’t have a choice. Her drive was one of the things that attracted her to him. Since he had the most flexibility, it just made sense that he’d be the one who relocated.
However, it had been almost a year of living in her condo and he hated it. It felt like it did when they first started dating when he was flying in and out of town.
Tim sat in Sabrina’s home office responding to e-mails from his business team. She had things set up exactly the way she wanted them. He needed his own office space. It was more than past time for them to move into a home that belonged to both of them because the condo definitely belonged to Sabrina.
If he waited until she was able to carve out some time to go house hunting, they would never move. If Tim were honest, he was becoming more than a little frustrated with the slow pace of trying to find a place. He was going to talk to her about making finding a home a little higher on her priority list.
He knew it was going to require a little push that’s why Tim decided to take control of the situation. He got on the phone with one of the city’s top realtors to schedule some viewings. If he had to choose a house on his own…he was prepared to do it.
However, he hoped it wouldn’t come down to that. He and Sabrina had had the exact same conversation the night before, when he told her he’d set up some viewings with a realtor. She made a fuss but decided she would figure out a way to go with him.
Just as he was about to leave to pick her up from her office, she called him.
“Hey.”
“Hey. I was just leaving to come and get you. We’re supposed to me the realtor at six-thirty tonight.”
“I know. That’s why I’m calling. I have to attend a meeting that was just added to the schedule. There’s no way it’ll be over in time for me to search for our dream house tonight.”
Tim was barely able to contain his anger, “Sabrina, I understand your career is important to you but finding a place to live needs to be a priority as well.”
“I know…I know.”
“No, I’m not sure you do.”
“I really do Tim. That’s why I asked Tasha if she could take my place.”
“That’s nice of her, but this is not Tasha’s home, it’s our home. I don’t need her to come with me.”
“What do you want me to do? Tell my boss that I can’t make a
