Aloha My Love: Christmas in July by Marisa Masterson

Author:Marisa Masterson [Masterson, Marisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-07-31T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Bonnie gripped the orchid. JT was sure she would damage it, and that would be a shame. After all, he was certain she’d want to preserve it as a memento of the ceremony.

Ceremony! The people in this town were crazy. Who tricked people into marrying? Things like that happened in silly romance novels. Never in real life.

He let his breath out in a whoosh. “My hands are warm,” he muttered quietly. Bonnie echoed his words. Obviously, she was as upset as him.

That bothered JT. Why should being married to him upset her? Didn’t she feel the same connection zing through her like he had?

JT badly wanted her to want him. His mind was a jumble of thoughts and emotions, but that one was the most insistent. His hula girl had to want to be married to him.

At that thought, he reached into his front pants pocket and drew out the ornament. “This was sent to me a few days ago.”

Loosening her grip on the orchid, Bonnie reached one hand over to him and took the ornament. Holding it by the thin string at the top, she watched the white lights of the trellis reflect off an almost perfect cartoonish likeness of her face. “But how—”

He looked at her, confusion and hope warring inside him. “I don’t know. There was a note that said the girl was real and waiting for me.” JT met her gaze with intensity. “Have you been waiting for me, Bonnie?”

She pulled her gaze away from his and looked down at the hula dancer. Her head bobbed as she mumbled, “I think so.”

Lifting her left hand, he kissed the gold band that fit so well. “I’ve been so lonely without you.”

The moment was too intense. Her face wore a trapped look, like she felt overwhelmed by the sensations. Passion, joy, fear. Did they race through her like they did him? Maybe that was the reason she made a joke.

“I bet you say that to all the girls.”

Hurt flashed across his face. Solemnly, he denied that. “Never. I’ve never said it to anyone but you. Never wanted anyone but you.”

Holding up her hand, Bonnie moved it and played with the lights. They reflected off the band, lending a twinkle to her bright eyes. “Looks like you have me, now.”

“Is that such a bad thing?” He worked to keep any hurt out of his voice.

Still holding the orchid, Bonnie gripped her hands together. JT gently pried it from her grasp. “Let my mother guard that for you. We can have it preserved. I’ve seen that done before.”

His wife—his wife!—nodded and released the flower. Mildred had followed the conversation and stepped closer to take it from JT.

The fact that he didn’t need to ask his mother to take the orchid reinforced the lack of privacy. “This isn’t the right place for us to talk. Do you have a house we can go to?”

A giggle burbled out of Bonnie. It rang of both humor and fear. “Shouldn’t my husband already know that?”

Unable to resist, he waggled his eyebrows suggestively.

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