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“I haven’t given her bag back to her. It’s in the car.”
“Good, let’s go stop off at the chapel quickly to see how our lovely father Elvis is doing.” I turn around.
“Wait, are you being serious?” Monty asks.
“She’ll thank me when she sees the note. It’s from the Armenians. I can smell their cheap aftershave all over it. If she hasn’t got my name, she’s not protected.” I lead the way out of the building and across the road to the little chapel we have set up there.
“Boss, she’ll be pissed if you just marry her to you without speaking to her.”
“She should be honored,” I say. “I mean, I expect her to be mildly annoyed, but in the long run, I’m doing what’s best for her. Surely, she’s reasonable enough to see that.”
Monty doesn’t respond, and I think it’s because he knows better than to argue with me when I’m determined to do something. At least, I would hope he would be.
Do I think she’ll be upset? Yeah, at first. But she’ll get used to the idea soon enough.
I walk in and go to the registrar. Monty hands me Hannah’s ID, and I take mine out. “I need a license, please.”
I hand her the IDs, and she looks at me. “I’ll pay for it later.”
She nods. “Yes, Mr. Milov. It’s just that we need the bride to sign.”
“Monty will sign on her behalf. She’s indisposed.”
“Yes, sir.” She quickly fills in the documentation and presents it to us to fill out before she hands me our marriage license. I take the two IDs back and hand Hannah’s ID to Monty to put back in her bag.
“Remember to give that back to her when we get home.” I lead him out of the chapel.
We get into the sedan, and I text Kervyn that I’ll come to see him first thing in the morning. Once he acknowledges, I look at Monty. “Let’s go home. There’s nothing more I can do here.”
While we drive toward the estate, I start to get a bit nervous, which is a new emotion for me. I’m not normally the nervous one. Monty notices. I know he does, but he doesn’t say anything, which is how I prefer it. We reach the house, and I get out of the car.
“Wish me luck,” I say.
We’ve only been gone two hours, and I don’t know how much exploring Hannah has done. I walk inside and find Jonah standing at the bottom of the stairs. “Where is she?” I ask.
“Unpacking in her room. I did as you asked and gave her the room closest to your bedroom.” He nods.
I nod back and head upstairs. I knock on the guest room door. “Hannah? Can I come in?”
“Yeah,” she calls. She sounds calm.
Good.
I walk in, holding the marriage license in my hand. “Hannah, we need to talk about something.”
“If it’s safe to go home, I might kill you because I just finished unpacking,” she jokes, looking out of breath.
God, she is gorgeous. That mix of spices and berries lingers in her room, and I inhale deeply.
“Uh, actually, I’ve made it safer for you, but to do that, I had to have us married.” I hold up the marriage license.
She stares at me for the longest time, and I get slightly fidgety. “Say something.”
“You just married us? Like that? How did you even do that without my details?”
“Right, uh, Monty has your bag from when he rescued you, so I used your ID card. It really isn’t a big deal.”
“Isn’t a big deal?” Her voice is high-pitched now, and suddenly, I’m not so confident in my decision.
