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“But first—” I slipped the useless cover over her head and tossed it to Bash.
He caught it and threw it in the corner of the room. “My thoughts, exactly, Savage.”
“Harriet just sent me a message—” Bash, and I tensed, but Em laughed. “No. It’s good news this time.”
Bash threw his head back and raised his arms up to the cloudless sky as we walked along the beach. “Finally.”
“She said everyone’s been notified about the cancellation and we don’t have to worry about a thing.” Em sighed wistfully. “Her last official job as our wedding planner.”
“What a fucking relief.” I sighed and watched the waves tumble over each other.
We had one more day left in Florida and so far, all we had done was eat, make love to each other, and walk along the beach. So, basically the perfect un-honeymoon.
Em sighed and wrapped her arms around herself. It wasn’t even close to cold, so I paused. “What’s wrong?”
“I’m relieved—”
“But?”
“Isn’t that horrible? I was so excited about our wedding and then it became this hassle and I was dreading it.” Her face fell, and Bash and I instantly circled her, pulling her against us.
“There’s nothing horrible about that. We got wrapped up in it and lost sight of things.”
Bash nodded, his chin rubbing against her hair. “Exactly. We each wanted it to be perfect for the other two, not realizing we were just making it worse.”
“Saying yes to things we didn’t actually want. I mean, canopies? I’m sure they would’ve looked great, but I can’t picture myself happily sipping on rosé in a white tent.”
Em snorted. “I can’t picture that either. Bash, I can picture.”
“Hey!” His eyes widened, and he lifted her up. “What does that mean?”
“Nothing bad. I promise,” she insisted, wrapping her legs around him. “You’re fancier than Mac and me.”
He threw his head back, laughing as his dark hair fell away from his face. My heart caught in my throat. He was beautiful. His stormy, deep blue eyes, his deep laugh, his arms—and the beard that had grown on me. It suited him.
He lowered Em back onto the sand, and she frowned. “We already have our outfits and so many decorations. What do we do with those?”
“It’s not like we’re never getting married. We can either use them or donate them if we go a different direction.” Bash said all this like it was obvious to him.
“And that’s why we need you.” I poked his chest and tried to contain how aroused touching him made me.
“Why?” He quirked his brow.
“You’re like an adult. A real one. I would’ve just burned everything—”
“Why would we do that?”
I shrugged, changing my stance so I could run as soon as he realized what I was saying. “You always know better. All that old man wisdom and stuff—”
I laughed and took off, my heart racing as his foot falls stamped the sand right behind me. I was all talk. Sebastian Bardot was only three years older and almost in as good of shape as me.
It was risky business pissing him off, but oh so worth it when he tackled me into the sand.
Claiming he wanted to watch a movie alone, Bash went back to the hotel room, leaving Em and me to watch the sunset on our own.
“He’s going to watch like five minutes and fall asleep,” I mused as his retreating figure disappeared down the beach.
“He was exhausted after chasing you.” Em laughed and laced her fingers through mine.
