Found at the Jazz Club by Christi Snow

Author:Christi Snow [Snow, Christi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: musician, holiday, annulment, drunk wedding, one night stand, Vegas wedding, temporary romance
ISBN: 9781979829724
Publisher: Christi Snow
Published: 2017-11-30T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

The next morning at five a.m., they drove west out of Denver headed for the compound. Brady’s nieces and nephews would only wait so long to dig into the presents, so Brady had promised they’d be there by eight.

This was not a time of day that Emily normally would be awake. She sipped her coffee, trying to get the caffeine to infuse her bloodstream faster. An hour into the drive, she didn’t feel anymore awake than she had when they left the house.

But the late night probably had something to do with it. They’d gotten home from Mac’s around midnight. Brady had been strangely intent and focused as he very slowly made love to her. They didn’t fall asleep until after one a.m.

That quiet intensity had followed through this morning. She couldn’t get a read off him and wondered if he now regretted inviting her to join his family for the holidays. Considering they’d only known one another for a few weeks, doing all these holiday traditions together felt intimate...more so than anything else they’d done together, including sex.

Outside the windshield, the snow flurries began to fall more intensely. “Do you have much experience driving on the snow?” she asked.

He chuckled low. “Don’t worry. I have tons of experience. Luke never comes with me to the compound, and I come out every chance I get during the winter. Besides, our rental SUV has studded tires and four-wheel drive. This baby won’t be sliding. We’ll be fine.”

She hummed her acknowledgement and went back to sipping her coffee.

“I had fun with your friends last night,” Brady said. “They seem like nice guys.”

“Thanks. I think they liked you, too. It was a bit weird just because they all know that we got married. It made it seem more real, you know?”

And she kind of liked that. More than kind of liked it.

“Yeah.” His deep voice rumbled, but she couldn’t read his expression in the low light from the dash.

“What are you going to tell your family about us?” They hadn’t discussed this. Was she his girlfriend? Just a friend he invited along? Would they think it was weird that she was so much older than him? Why hadn’t she thought this through more?

He stared at the road and didn’t answer for a long moment.

Her stomach sank. “I shouldn’t have come, should I? It’s not too late. You can take me back to Denver. It will be fine. Just tell them you overslept or got caught up in the snow. I don’t wan—”

Brady set his warm hand high on her thigh. “Emily, relax. It’s okay. I wasn’t hesitating because I don’t want you there. Hell, that’s part of my dilemma. I do want you there, and I don’t want to lie to them. They love me. They’d understand, especially after they get to know you.” He was silent for a moment, his throat clicking as he swallowed. “I want to introduce you as my wife.”

She hissed in a gasp of surprise. His wife. She wanted this to be real.

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