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The only thing I knew about wedding dresses was that they were all white, tight and probably impossible to kill someone in

Unless that someone was Kimberly, in which case I’d find a way

"I don’t know," I adht want sohed as if this were the funniest idea in the world "And you’ll want to have your mother there, I assume"

My ears felt hot, and I hadto "My lea at a laser pointer "My mother is dead" This was a lie, but since she’d pretended to like ured ly for Kily for s-on of the entire va sooodness" Kimberly’s hand flew to her ers fuht to not wince "I’m so sorry"

I started to say, I’h the office door in his perfect Aries behind hiive for anything the instant you laid eyes on him Six foot two and well muscled, he had the blond hair and blue eyes of a corn-fed, all-American, football type His sliht off my diamond

My breath hitched

This was theto marry

He stooped low and planted a kiss on the crown ofoff a chain reaction of tremors that ended low in my pelvis Kimberly practically fell over me to offer hiave her a puckish, panty-rin

"So sorry I’ed one shoulder then sat next to er than life His personality overwhelmed everyone around him--myself included--and suddenly the seat felt too small

This hat it was like to be dwarfed by the olf king of the East Even hu about our world respected the authority he threw off in waves She probably assumed it was the power of wealth that made him so indomitable It wasn’t He was royalty

And soon I would be too

My mouth felt dry, like I’d sed a shot of sand

Lucas sensed ently Once upon a ti this close to him would have filled my mouth with a burst of cinnamon Noith our mate bond sealed, the connection was deeper, but the coone The only cinna froht Lucas up on what he’dto an unnatural-sounding forled "Oh goodness, I guess pretty soon you won’t be hearing that anyh she were a duck who had learned to knit "Why the hell not?"

Her attention darted back and forth between me and Lucas, and I knew she wasn’t sure where she’dmarried…well, your na to erase the 1950s logic she was trying to weave into sensible reasoning Sure, I’d wear a white dress I’d force owns and fawn over rooht I’d be changing my last name

"Kimberly," I cut her off "I appreciate that Lucas’s name has a lot of heft in the financial world and in…other arenas However, ed it to Secret Rain, people would assuured Lucas would chideout how I always chose the most inopportune tiht off his laughter, and it ended up bubbling out as a loud snort

Kimberly looked appalled, but her veneer restored quickly, and she was back in ass-kissinga New York City wedding planner--do everything your client wants, and never ask them why they want it Never ask Never correct Especially if your client is worth over a billion dollars and has insisted you "spare no expense" in planning his big day in less than aher wedding

Well, let’s be honest, the average wo the day she learns what one is The actual bridal planning, however, cannot begin until the ring is fir coe bride

Lucas’s proposal, though it had been a grand and roesture, hadn’t been made because he was crazy in love with me He could profess his love all he wanted, but we both knew the truth The olf king had proposed because having a queen would solidify his throne Bonus points if his new queen happened to be froe