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If this woht, it would be the most potent aphrodisiac ever made He couldn’t look at Summer and not want to make love to her

"What about Julie?" Jaet Summer’s ot my best friend" She reached for the phone and called Julie’s cell

Since there were a nus to do before the actual ceremony, James walked over to the desk and sat down to write out a list, not wanting to forget anything

He was only half listening to the conversation between Suasp and the mention of Brett, the ers tightened around the pen

"What did you tell him?" Summer asked in low tones This was followed by "Good Then you’re coht want to talk to my parents and see if you can fly in with theer to pump you for whatever you can tell them about James" After a feords of farewell, Summer replaced the receiver

Ja if she’d volunteer the information about Brett

"Julie’s flying in, too I suggested she catch the saht as my parents" She seemed self-conscious all at once

Her eyes avoided his

"So I heard" Ja to approach the subject of her ex-fiancé, hoping she’d save him the trouble

After an aard moment, she blurted out, "Julie…Julie said Brett phoned"

Jarateful she chose not to hide it fro up on hiot a chance to say"

Ja to like Summer’s rooh "I don’t think either of us is going to be nearly as happy once our families arrive"

"How bad can it be?" he asked All he cared about, all that was ioing to insist we follow tradition and not see each other all day"

James frowned He wasn’t keen on that idea

"My dad will keep you occupied with a whole bunch of questions If you’ve got the slightest blemish on your record, he’ll find it"

"I don’t Trust round’s been scrutinized by the very best Your father isn’t going to find anything"

She laughed softly "In which case, Dad will probably thank you repeatedly for taking hed, too "Never mind By this time tomorroe’ll be husband and wife"

Su with Julie in tow By chance Summer met them in the lobby on her way down for breakfast James had called her room an hour earlier, before she was dressed, to tell her he was headed for the coffee shop Summer had been too nervous to eat then, but had developed a healthy appetite since She’d need fortification in order to deal with her parents

"Mom! Dad! Julie!"

They threw their arms around her as if the separation had been ten years instead of a few days

"I called Ada married," were the first words out of herti"

"Mo another ceremony later"

"Fine," Helen Lawton said briskly, "Ada It isn’t like I held a gun to his head and told him he had to coed her father Stepping back, she placed her hands on her hips "Jaht?"

"How’d you know I had him checked out?"

"You’re my father, aren’t you?" She slipped her arm around his waist

"How’d you ever ood as gold"

"Yes, I know He’s wonderful"

Ja from the direction of the coffee shop, a newspaper under his arm

Summer made the introductions, and while Julie and her family checked in to their rooms, Summer and James reserved a table at the coffee shop They sat next to each other, holding hands

"Are you ready for all this?" he asked her

"I don’t know" She sighed "My brother’s taking the day off and driving in for the cere"

"It is small and intimate"