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Trailing after her, Madison glanced over her shoulder Mitch had his hand on Chase’s shoulder and they both were laughing A heartbeat passed, and Chase looked up, his eyeshers

Madison looked away and nearly ran straight into Chandler Bigger and brawnier than all the Ga All three brothers shared the sa features and extraordinary blue eyes, but Chandler was larger than the other two by a good three inches

"Careful, squirt," he said, easing past her "Don’t want to run over one of the bridesmaids"

Squirt? "Thanks, Godzilla"

Then he had the gall to ruffle her hair like she elve

She swung on hi how bulky he was

Chandler laughed as he joined Mitch and his brother So far, she hadn’t spied the middle brother Chad was a notorious prankster and no one was safe when he was around

Megan Daniels sat beside Madison’s father in the large, domed roo her fifty-sixth birthday There wasn’t a single gray hair in the mass of her auburn waves

"Sit, honey" She patted the seat next to her "I saved you so told twice, Madison took her place and dug in, listening to the flow of conversation around her as everyone else settled back around the long tables Every once in a while, a cousin twice removed would appear and then so with Madison’s

Mr Grant, Lissa’s father, even senerators that could keep a 1,200-square-foot bunker running

Her mother rolled her eyes "You know your father likes to talk shop"

Yeah, but most people’s shoptalk didn’t revolve around an apocalypse

With everyone occupied, she swiped the last two cookies off a platter and practically sed theht she ht just have a new favourite meal

"It was really nice of Chase to volunteer to pick you up, honey" Her mom’s eyes twinkled "He wasn’t even here for ten et you"

Madison almost choked on the cookie "Yeah, really nice of him"

Her mole"

Clearing her throat, she was thankful Chase was nowhere near the table "Good for hiest crush on him It was so cute"

Madison’s mouth dropped open to deny it, but Mrs Grant responded before she could say a word "A crush on who?"

"Chase" Her ely toward the front of the room "She followed Mitch and hi to hide under the table "I did not follow them around like a puppy"

Her mother just saze traveling up to where Chase and the rest of thehtclubs in the city"

Mom launched into a detailed account of Chase’s successes, which were quite impressive Within the last seven years, he’d started several profitable upscale bars, easily placing hiible bachelors in the District

But her lossed over Chase’s well-known playboy social life Madison hadn’t been to any of his clubs since she enty-one, since that disastrous night when alcohol and several years of crushing on a guy ca a sip of water, she excused herself to check on her room reservation and strolled between the tables and out into the wide foyer on her way to the reservation desk Once outside the breakfast area though, she realized she had company

Chase fell into step beside her, hands shoved into the pockets of his jeans He was a good head and then so next to hi to play it cool even though her heart was pounding walking this close to hie up the pattern"

"Ha Ha"

He flashed a grin "Actually, I was going to pick up my cabin key"

"So am I" Belle Vineyards had several cabins nestled across their estate, and they had reservedscheduled for Saturday She bit her lip, realizing she hadn’t thanked hi ed but said nothing They wound their way through the elegantly designed hallith exposed log walls and eventually arrived at the front desk

An olderBob smiled at theainst the desk "We’re here to pick up our roo?" His hands paused over the keyboard, ready to fly "Congratulations"

Madison choked back a laugh "We aren’t I ratulations He and I aren’t like that We aren’t--"

"What she’s trying to say is that we’re not the bride and grooht that Geez "We’re with the bridal party"

Chase gave their na like an inept teenager, but standing this close to hi His presence, his spicy scent that was part cologne and part ht

He always had to stand close Like right now, there was barely an inch between their bodies She could feel the natural heat that rolled off him and if she closed her eyes, she was pretty sure she could re her to his hard chest as his hand skated under the he up…

Madison pulled herself fro there

"I’ her attention back to as important "There’s been an unfortunate mix-up"