At First Sight by Linda Cajio

Author:Linda Cajio [Cajio, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-79893-0
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2011-08-23T16:00:00+00:00

“Next Saturday.”

Angelica swallowed hard as she heard Dan inform the hotel manager of the wedding date. They had stopped at the front desk for the suite keys and the manager had inquired about their trip to the island.

It was official now, she thought. She automatically tightened her grip on Patrick.

“Can the hotel help you in any way with your wedding plans?” the manager asked eagerly. “We can arrange any kind of wedding reception that would suit you.”

Dan turned and gave her a lopsided grin. “Our families will probably want to come.”

“Sure,” she muttered. “They were so thrilled about the engagement, they wouldn’t dare miss the wedding.”

He gave her a warning look.

She cleared her throat and said to the manager, “We haven’t really thought of planning anything.…”

“But it’s your wedding!” the manager exclaimed. “Surely, you’d like a special dinner at least?”

“Oh … ah … well.” She looked helplessly at Dan.

“We’ll let you know exactly what we want tomorrow,” Dan said, and ushered her toward the elevators.

“Dammit,” she said in disgust, when they were finally alone in the suite. “Why didn’t we think to call the families?”

“We’re just getting used to the notion ourselves.” He patted her back. “You’re doing fine, Angelica.”

“I wish I had your confidence.”

“Hey, Martha and her boss have confidence in us, so why shouldn’t I?”

It was quite true that Martha, when they had informed her the day before of the impending nuptials, had issued hearty congratulations. She’d also confided that she’d hoped for it. Martha was making it very clear that she thought Patrick’s temporary guardians should be his permanent ones.

Patrick, Angelica thought dryly, had done it again. She kissed his forehead and admitted he was worth it. He’d better be, because she and Dan were committed now. She began to strip off his clothes to get him ready for bed.

“We better call our parents tonight,” she said, then groaned. “Your mother will be jumping for joy.”

Dan laughed. “Leave my mother to me.”

She started to laugh too. “We spent all that time on the island working out all the details of the marriage, and we forgot about telling anybody.”

“Probably we both figured telling Martha was enough,” he said, as he began putting away all their paraphernalia. “We’ll have a small dinner after the ceremony. Just our families, maybe a few of my executives—”

“No!” she exclaimed, turning around while keeping one hand on the baby. “Dan, this isn’t a normal marriage.”

“Angelica, everyone will expect it, and it would certainly put an end to any speculation about us. Besides, how many times does a person—barring Elizabeth Taylor—get married?”

She turned back around without answering. She couldn’t do a wedding reception, she thought furiously. She had a business to move up here and she had to get ready for new negotiations with Mark IV. Possibly, even some house hunting, too. The marriage would be more than enough. No way, nohow, nowhere would she deal with a wedding, too.

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