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He didn’t even glance up at her as he answered this ti his eyes focused on my face instead His frustration with the situation was clear in his eyes, and it was the only thing that was keeping ht where I aie and I were in the middle of a conversation when you interrupted us”
The wo sure her aie will be fine on her own Your brother couldn’t have possibly expected a hter tonight”
Harrison’s hand dropped ontome in place when I would have shoved aveto face Cynthia “I was trying to be polite since this isreception, and I don’t want to cause a scene But apparently subtle doesn’t ith you, so it looks like I’o with the direct approach instead I’ with you tonight Or any night for that matter It wasn’t the first tiehow much of a bitch you can be when confronted with a er woman than you”
“I—” she gasped, straightening up and putting one hand to her chest as her cheeks filled with an embarrassed flush
“I don’t know if you’ve been drinking or if you’re just incredibly stupid, but behavior like this at your boss’s wedding isn’t set yourself into the kind of trouble which will have long-lasting consequences”
The fresh color in her cheeks quickly drained out, leaving her pale and tre before us I probably should have felt bad for her, but I didn’t I was too busy trying to stopkiss for how he’d handled her As she walked away from us—finally—I leaned over to whisper in his ear, “Please tell et out of here and head home now”
“No”—ain as he continued—“but we can head to my hotel room”
“Your hotel room, huh?”
“Yeah,” he breathed out “The first ti to be in your room, in the ho to be in a bed I’ve provided for you, as I make you a woman My woman”
“Now, please,” I whimpered
“Let , and that we’ll meet them for brunch tomorrow before they head to the airport That way, if we bu, they won’t wonder e’re doing at the hotel”
“But I don’t have a change of clothes with ”
“No worries, baby doll,” he reassured s when I snuck out of your house this ”
We gathered up my purse and wrap, and headed over to oodbyes
“Are you sure you’ll be okay tonight?”worried “Maybe we should just stay at the house with you one ht”
She turned to look at Stanley, and he nodded in agreement “Whatever you want, Bunny”
“No, really,” I disagreed “You’re not going to change your wedding night plans forto be alone”
“Exactly She’ll be with ood care of her,” Harrison added
Neitherbehind his words, but I did It sounded like a pro to be with hi about the tione on their honeymoon, but more than that It almost sounded like heinity tonight I couldn’t picture hiwith hi to wait the threeat nore it
We were both quiet as we left the ballrooot in the elevator We weren’t alone, and I was nervous so up to his roo about what our cover story would be—that he needed to grab his things before taking ot off and walked to his rooh of relief knoere finally alone Just the two of us In a hotel roo-sized bed
“Oh, ht of the rose petals strewn on the floor and across the cohts were turned do Off to the side of the bed, there was a tray of chocolate covered strawberries on the table with a bucket of ice that had an open bottle of cha out of it “You did all of this? For me?”
“Only for you, baby doll” There was no doubting the honesty blazing from his eyes “It’s your first time, and I wanted it to be special”
“Wow,” I sighed