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“Me, too”
Had Sharon’s bouquet toss been rigged? When Vale’s cousin had turned, winked at Faith, she’d suspected, had tried to step back, not wanting to catch the flowers But the throng of wo her escape The bouquet practically ju her wonder if Steve had been teaching Sharon passing secrets Instinctively Faith had closed her fingers around the flowers
If for the right reasons, none of which involved h, she could be very happy with Vale At least tucked away in this ical world of Cape May where he only had eyes for her, she believed she could In the real world, he’d eventuallytheir fantasy weekend she could forget the real world existed and pretend she could have a happily-ever-after of her own
“What are you thinking?” he asked, leaning in to where she sat at one of the decorated tables, sipping a glass of water She’d had all the chane she could handle earlier—aVale beneath a table
“That I didn’t want to catch this” She gestured to the flowers on the table “Sharon purposely tossed me the bouquet”
“You think?” He was grinning still, which eased the tension ebbing through her He didn’t believe she was trying to push hi Good, because she wasn’t
“Okay, so the wink gave her away,” Faith admitted
He took her hand in his and studied their clasped fingers “My family likes you”
“What’s not to like?” She mimicked words she’d heard him say on numerous occasions
His gaze lifting to hers, Vale laughed “Have phenooes to her head each and every time”
“Really?” she asked, searching his eyes for a hint at how he felt How he really felt about what had happened beyond the phenomenal sex “You’ve had this happen before?”
His expression grew serious “Nothing like you has ever happened to me”
“Because you’d never been with a virgin before?” Why was she pushing? Did she really even want to know the answer?
“I don’t know”
What else would there be different about her compared to every other woeous, successful, and as rich as sin He had his pick of women and, despite whatever had happened in his past, he was never in short supply