He asked, knowing the answer.

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“We should run away together.” Erik pressed his lips into a thin line as she laughed at the idea. “I mean it. You and me.”

“Nikita?”

“She can come, too.” Erik pushed himself closer to her. “Don’t you want to get the hell out of here?”

“Where would we go? What would we do?” Jalisa was already shaking her head.

“I’ve been trying to get out of the mafia business for a while. When I told you my money was tied up in business stuff, I wasn’t just making excuses. I’ve been starting legitimate online companies. It’s been hard to turn a profit since it’s so new, but we’re breaking even. Only a little longer and we’ll be good. I have enough money put back to support a move to England. It’s where I was planning to go before I met you,” Erik said.

“England?” Jalisa exclaimed. “My goodness, that’s so far away. Almost too far away.”

“England.” Erik nodded. “As for what we’ll do there, I’ll do business. Nikita will go to school and you can, too. If that’s not what you want, you can pursue any career you could possibly think of. If you don’t want that, I am fine with you being a housewife.”

“Housewife?” Jalisa hung on the ‘wife’ part. Visions of her and Erik’s kids danced in her mind.

“If that’s what you want,” Erik repeated. “England will be a world of possibilities for us.”

“I tell you what.” Jalisa snuggled against him. “I’ll think about it.”