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"She said it’s her wedding gift to you"

"I’ll thank her later"

"Wait until you see what Julie got us," she whispered

"I have the feeling it isn’t a toaster," he said wryly

Su You do like tassels, don’t you?"

"Tassels?"

"Shh" Su "I’ll save the husband, they cover--" She stopped abruptly

"Yes?" he coaxed

"Husband," she said the word as if saying a prayer "James, you’re my husband"

"I know And you’reto each other, of the word itself

Their families all seemed to return at once

"I don’t know about anyone else," Helen Laas saying, "but I’reeant restaurant and ordered dinner and chah Su the conversation

"We’ll say good-night, then," Ja rude "Thank you all forthis the most incredible day of my life"

"It’s still early," Helen protested

"Helen," Hank snapped "Think about it"

"Oh, yes, sorry" Helen’s face brightened, and she setically at Ja?"

"Helen!" her husband growled

"I’?"

"I don’t know, Moht?"

Jah he supposed he should have As it was, he had a hard ti his impatience He and his wife--his wife--would only have two hts Their flights were leaving within a half hour of each other, and then it would be a whole ," Helen said, hugging Sue left, and Ja toup at him

"Neither I rented the honeymoon suite here for the rest of our stay Your mother packed your suitcase and had it sent over"

"You think of everything" She reached up and re her curls "I can’t tell you how anxious I aet out of this dress"

James chuckled as he led the way to the elevator "Not nearly as anxious as I auests?" she asked hiht they were friends of your family"

"I’ve never seen theed "Me, neither"

"You knohat? I’ll bet my mother invited them She couldn’t bear to have us ered his rooo work up an appetite"

Suue "I have a feeling you aren’t talking about racquetball"

James cleared his throat He wanted her so th of his need "You’re right about that"

Six

James astonished Summer She didn’t knohat to expect from him as a lover, but it wasn’t this They’d ht, and Su at the foot of their bed, fresh fro light Droplets of water dripped from his hair and onto the dark curls that covered his chest

"Good , Mrs Wilkens"

Suh above her head, arching her back The sheet slipped away, exposing her breasts

"Good , James" She saw that he was fully aroused and slowly lifted her gaze to his Already her body was responding to hi with readiness and need James’s eyes narrowed as they focused on her

Wordlessly she knelt on the bed and held out her ar someone should’ve warned her about this man before they were married At this rate, they’d both be dead within a week

He walked over to the side of the bed, kissed her once, twice, and then knelt beside it

All her life Summer had never experienced such power Or such love Her breathing gre and shallow She half closed her eyes in pleasure at the sinized his er Neither could she She threw her aring hian to make love All of a sudden her eyes flew open "Jaht," he assured her breathlessly "Just this one time"

She didn’t want him to stop Not now "Okay"

James reached his cliroan tore from his throat, and his powerful body shuddered