Entering
the kitchen, I find Chris leaning on the marble countertop by the
coffeepot, shirtless and in his pajama bottoms, the long strands of
his blond hair a wild, sexy mess I’m pretty sure I created last
night.
He
glances up from the paper he’s reading, then picks up his coffee
cup. “Morning, Ms. McMillan.”
“Morning,
Mr. Merit,” I reply, grinning as I join him.
He
offers me his coffee cup and I happily accept it, taking a drink of
the perfectly flavored coffee and creamer. Sharing a cup with Chris
has this sexy, intimate feel to it that always does funny things to
my belly.
“Your
last day as a free woman,” he comments.
“Why?
Are you planning to tie me up sometime soon?”
He
covers my hands on his cup. “Is that an objection, or wishful
thinking?” He tilts the cup and drinks, his eyes never leaving
mine.
“I
plead the Fifth. It’s more fun that way.”
“That
it is,” he agrees, but a sigh follows. “I wish I could do the
same, but you’d better look at the newspaper.” He sets the cup on
the counter, then hands me the Arts section of the local paper.
Dread
fills me as I read the headline: “Acclaimed Artist and
Philanthropist Chris Merit to wed Sara McMillan on Valentine’s Day
in Star-studded Event in Sonoma.” I set it down. “We went to so
much trouble to get the press off our backs before the wedding, and
now they’ve found us! I knew when all these famous people showed up
on the guest list, it was going to turn into a zoo.”
“Walker
Security anticipated the press, and they’re staffed and ready for
it. It’ll be fine. We’ll be shielded.”
Nerves
the size of birds, not butterflies, attack my stomach.
“We
should have eloped.”
“We
still can. Let’s do it. Now. Today.”
“We
can’t elope,” I say, sounding appalled, as if he’d suggested
it, not me. “People who respect you are coming a long way to see
us. And Katie has planned this for months.”
“Baby,
we can do whatever we want. This is our day.”
“No.
We can’t. Not this far into this. Which reminds me— you can’t
stay here tonight. It’s bad luck to see the bride the night before
the wedding.”
“I
told you how I feel about that. We make our own luck.”
“Chris—”
He
kisses me. “I’m staying here tonight, and I’m fucking you like
I won’t see you ever again, just to be sure you walk down that
aisle.”
“If
you’re waiting for me at the end of that aisle, I’ll be there.
And if you’re staying here tonight, we can use separate bedrooms.”
“Does
today count as part of that eve-of-the-wedding rule?”
“Yes.”
He
scoops me up and I yelp. “What are you doing?”
“I’m
a renegade, baby. Let’s go break the rules.”
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