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A sick, twisted part of hi this, but Garrett kneithout a doubt this whole charade was going to cut hie his friendship with Parker He could even lose her forever once this was over
No oing to have to perfect would ruin hiular life without her It would tease hie to take It would be dangled in front of hiot coht out of his hands
They took their seats on the plane and prepared for take-off Parker was surprised that Garrett sat down next to her She figured he must have felt the need to torture her with the silent treatht Well, she’d show him Parker was a woman after all She had perfected the art of the silent treatment
Everyone buckled their seat-belts while the crew h her monotonous list of safety instructions Parker pulled the dossier out of her bag and began to flip through it to fa to do once she got there
Obviously "pretending" to be a photographer wasn’t going to take any brains She could do that in her sleep She almost did do it in her sleep Parker hoped Garrett practiced his interviewing skills for this There was no way in hell she was going to do it for hi her
She had nunments in the Dominican over the years and knew the safety precautions she needed to take when traveling over there, so she was already fah that portion of the dossier until soe to the country’s law since her last visit there four years ago
"Wo to the Dominican for work-related purposes always need to be accompanied by a male chaperone In order to avoid complications or difficulty, it’s best for a woman to travel with her husband Do to their country with any hed a little at their old-fashioned ways and thanked God that she was an A on US soil and didn’t nor for work
Then all of a sudden it hit her Parker was going to have to be sonment How had she missed that tidbit before? Obviously, her brain wasn’t functioning atthat went on since yesterday She glanced quickly around the plane at Austin, Cole, and Brady and wondered which one she was going to be playing house hile Garrett was busy doing his tech stuff Her gaze came back around and landed on Garrett Parker didn’t like the devious smirk that was on his face
"What?" Parker asked hi how your reading is co"
The plane started to taxi down the runway, and Parker let the dossier drop into her lap so she could clutch onto the armrests Parker was a white-knuckled flier She was fine once they were up in the air but this whole taxi business and the anticipation of wondering if the plane would explode as soon as they got up to full speed ht as often as she had to fly for her job, the fear would have lessened now, but unfortunately it hadn’t
Garrett kne ht as well do so is co fine I just find their backwards custo"
Parker squeezed her eyes shut and held her breath as the plane went full throttle and the nose began tipping up towards the sky She felt the slight buround and her ears popped as they rose higher and higher
"I feel bad for whichever one of the guys has to pretend to bethe covers and talk in my sleep," Parker joked
They were finally airborne so Parker opened her eyes while Garrett remained silent
The look on his face said it all, and if they weren’t twenty-seven thousand feet above the ground right then, Parkerout
"So sorry you have to work on our honeymoon, Mrs McCarthy"
Chapter Five
Parker’s views on e were sketchy at best She knew she wanted to settle down, have a family, and live the A herself so deeply in sole to breathe, to function, and to remember who she was
Most people would assume that Parker loved with her whole heart and soul, just like her parents did They poured their entire beings into each other Where one ended, the other began They cohts…lives They slow danced in the kitchen when they thought no one was looking, they cuddled on the couch to watch the evening news, and they never went anywhere without the other
She greatching the that someday she would love and be loved like that Just like any young girl, Parker daydrea happily ever after with her one true love She drea so deeply in love that books and poetry on the subject would never cos she held