Sneak Peek Excerpt
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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