Tempting Taste by Sara Whitney

Author:Sara Whitney [Whitney, Sara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sara Whitney

Eighteen

“What’s so interesting?”

Josie jumped and almost dropped her phone. “Nothing!”

Richard pursed his lips in amusement. “Oh sure. That’s convincing.” Then he struck like a snake and plucked the device from her hand. “Today’s supposed to be all about me, remember?”

She looked pointedly down at herself, kitted out in the best-maid dress, and then at their surroundings. They were tucked away in one of the dressing rooms at the swank Parker House, where Richard and Byron were set to exchange their vows in less than an hour.

“This hubbub is all for you,” she pointed out, but he only had eyes for the images filling her phone screen.

“Aha!”

Good Lord. “Aha what?”

“You’re thinking about the delicious baker.” He smirked when she snatched her phone back and put her screen to sleep.

“I’m just making sure the website loaded properly! I put the final images up this morning.” She tucked the phone into her pocket—oh yes, her best-maid dress had pockets—and turned to the mirror, trying to approximate nonchalance as she studied her appearance. But she felt Richard’s eyes scorching the back of her neck.

“Sure.” He moved to stand next to her and adjusted the cuffs of his sleeves under his wedding suit. “You’re worried about the website. That’s why you had the page open to a close-up of Erik’s hot Nordic face.”

The only words of defense her scarlet-painted lips were able to conjure were “I like looking at him. Sue me.” She lifted her chin and poked at the pile of curls pinned to the top of her head.

Next to her, Richard said nothing, not even a quip or a jokey insult. She didn’t trust that silence at all.

“What did you do?” She spun to face him, turning so quickly that her chiffon skirt swished through the air before settling back against her thighs.

“Me? Nothing! It’s my wedding day. Why would you accuse me of scheming?” His face was all innocence, and she studied it with narrowed eyes.

“I didn’t accuse you of scheming, which tells me that’s exactly what you’ve been doing. Guilty conscious much?”

“I’m wounded.” He pressed a hand to his heart, taking care not to wrinkle his jacket. He’d chosen all white to go with his black tuxedo pants, while in the other dressing room, Byron was in all black and hanging out with his brother until go-time.

Richard’s phone vibrated in his pocket, and he fished it out. “Hey, could you run to the entrance and see if they have enough programs? I’m worried we didn’t make enough.”

“Okaaaay.” One didn’t argue with the groom on his wedding day, although what did he expect her to do if they didn’t have enough? She slid into her strappy gold heels and exited the dressing room, crossing the rustic wide-plank flooring of the open room where the ceremony would take place. A smattering of guests had already claimed seats in the rows of white folding chairs, and she waved at a cluster of people she recognized from Byron’s office as she breezed past.

Thirty seconds later,

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