Sneak
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We
say a quick goodbye, and to my shock, the instant I push the “end”
button, Chris pulls the 911 to the shoulder of the road, puts it in
park and turns to me. “Talk to me. What just happened?”
You
stopped to ask me what happened?”
“Yes.
I stopped to ask what happened. Now, tell me.”
My
lashes lower a moment as I savor just how good this man is to me. I
curl my fingers on my cheek. “Thank you for stopping, but really,
there was nothing worthy of concern. Let’s go to the chateau.”
“After
you tell me what happened,” he orders, but the tenderness lacing
the stubborn determination of his tone wins me over, as does his
sincerity. He really cares and I am truly not alone anymore.
“When
Katie wanted to know if there was anyone on my side of the family to
coordinate with, it hit a nerve. I started worrying about Ella, and
thinking about my father, who I don’t want to come to our wedding.
I truly don’t, yet somehow, the very fact that I don’t gives him
the power to twist me in knots.”
Chris
nods. “As did my father to me, no matter how much of a bastard he
became. Sometimes I think the worse he treated me, the more I wanted
to win back his affection.”
I’d
seen glimpses of these feelings before now, but this is the first
time he’s spoken them aloud. “Maybe it’s some inborn need to
feel close to a parent?”
“That’s
the only conclusion I could come to when I couldn’t let him go. I
still can’t. He’s always with me, making sure I stay just a
little more fucked up.”
“If
you’re fucked up, it’s all kinds of right, Chris Merit. That
charity work Tristan talked about? You don’t just throw money at
it. You give pieces of your soul to those kids and their families.
You make a difference and I’ll be honored to help you do it.”
He
pulls my hand to his mouth and kisses my fingers. “Let’s elope.
Anyplace you want to go. Say the word and as far as I’m concerned
we’ll go tomorrow.”
“What?
No. We decided on Katie and Mike’s place together. And my ring
isn’t even done.”
“This
isn’t about a ring. Or Katie and Mike, or anyone else. It’s about
us and I don’t want you worried about your father or the guest
list. You know I’m not big on attention anyway.”
I
lace my fingers with his. “You’re trying to protect me and I
appreciate that, but I want to get married under those hanging rose
your mother inspired Katie to plant.”
“Don’t
do this for me, baby. I just want to spend the rest of my life with
you. That’s all I need.”
“It’s
for us. You know my father is just a hot button for me. I’ll get by
it. And truth be told, I’m a little raw over Amber, too. That night
here in Paris when I went to the club I had this sense I needed to
save her. I shouldn’t have listened to that feeling.”
“Don’t
do that to yourself. You barely knew her.”
“Yet,
on some level I felt her screaming for help. But I second-guessed
myself and thought it was Rebecca and Ella influencing my feelings.”
“You
were a lot of the reason I pushed to get Amber help, Sara. It was
just too little too late. That’s on me, not you.”
“No-”
“Yes,”
he says, stroking the hair out of my eyes, his hand staying at the
back of my head. “Now here’s what’s going to happen. We’re
going to leave this all right here and I’m going to drive us the
fifteen minutes we have left to get to the chateau, where we’re
going to fuck like rabbits. Then, we’re going to eat and fuck some
more. After we sleep, we’ll set some rules with Katie about the
wedding so you won’t worry about it and then we’ll fuck some
more. And since I had the caretaker that lives in the house behind
the chateau stock enough food to last us a week, we can stay in bed
for days on end. Any objections so far?”
I
smile and not just at his words, but at his rapid shift from dark
Chris, to playful, sexy Chris. “And if I do?”
He,
leans closer to me, his breath on my ear. “I’ll just tie you to
the bed.”
Yes.
Please. My list of objections begins to form.
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