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And I worried that might freak her out.
“Yeah. It’ll be good,” I said.
Hopefully, she wouldn’t run for the hills after a weekend with the Lancasters.
* * *
We’d taken the helicopter to the city after work, and we’d been at the hotel for an hour. We were getting changed for the reception now, and I poured myself a generous glass of whiskey as I sat on the bed. Georgia had gone with her sister to find a dress a few days earlier, back in Cottonwood Cove, and she hadn’t shown it to me yet. She’d shooed me out of the bathroom so she could change, and she wanted to surprise me.
The event was black tie, and I was wearing a tailored black tux.
My phone vibrated, and I glanced down to see a message from my brother.
Wyle
My date is already annoying me.
Shocker. Who is she?
Wyle
Remember Brandy, that girl I went to prep school with? She still lives in the city, and she reached out and offered to be my plus one.
The girl who stalked you right before you left for college?
Wyle
Stalked is a bit strong.
I thought you filed a restraining order.
Wyle
I was in high school. I was being dramatic. I’ve come to learn that she’s just passionate.
Why is she annoying you now if she’s so spectacular?
Wyle
Because she won’t stop taking selfies of us and posting them. And you know how I feel about being photographed. She’s some sort of influencer.
Good luck with that, brother. See you downstairs in twenty minutes.
The bathroom door swung open and out walked the most beautiful woman I’d ever laid eyes on. That had already been established, but this—this was next level.
She wore a black velvet strapless gown that hugged her curves in all the right places. There was a slit running up her leg, exposing her thigh and making it so she could still walk in the gown. Nude, sexy-as-hell heels were strapped around her delicate ankles, and she stopped in front of me. Her hair was slicked back in an elegant twist at the nape of her neck, and it took everything I had not to press her up against the wall and push into her right here, right now.
I moved to stand, my hands finding hers as our fingers intertwined. “You’re so fucking beautiful.”
“You look pretty good yourself, Bossman,” she whispered.
“You sure you’re okay with all of this tonight? You know the press is getting a photo, and your face is going to be all over the internet tomorrow.”
She smiled and lifted one shoulder as she tipped her head to the side. “I want to be with you. So, if this is part of your life, then it will be part of mine.”
So loyal.
So honest.
