ELOISE The black luxury sedan glided to a stop right at the curb of our high-rise at eight o'clock sharp. When the rear door opened and Jax stepped out into the evening air, my breath caught in my throat. He wore a tailored charcoal suit over a open-collar black silk shirt, looking every bit like the superstar athlete he was. His baby-blue eyes locked onto mine, taking in my fitted emerald-green satin dress and gold heels, and a slow, completely wrecked smile spread across his face. "Vance," he murmured, his voice low and raspy as he reached me, taking my hand and pulling me flush against his chest. "You look... unbelievable." "You don't look too bad yourself, Cole," I whispered, holding his lapels as he leaned down to press a deep, warm kiss against my lips that made my knees give way. "Happy anniversary, baby," he breathed against my mouth. He held the car door open for me, and twenty minutes later, we weren't pulling up to a Michelin-star restaurant—we were pulling onto
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