The Wedding Wager by Regina Duke

Author:Regina Duke [Duke, Regina]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Contemporary Romance
Amazon: B0094KFI7W
Published: 2012-08-29T21:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

SAFELY BACK IN THE rental car, Megan felt her buzz fading fast. She glanced over at Kevin. He looked completely sober and super focused.

“You win,” she said.

“Excuse me?” He kept his eyes on traffic.

“You win the father competition. Your dad sent that spy, didn’t he?

“I think so, yes. He has employees all over the country.” He snapped his fingers as a sudden realization hit him. “He must have traced activity on my credit card! Mother said she was worried about his ability to track her financial activity, too.”

Megan sighed. “My dad would never do that.” Then she shrugged and added lightly, “Probably because he’d consider it too much trouble. But you still win.”

Kevin snorted. “That’s a win? Great. Lucky me.”

“How did this father/son rift start, anyway?”

“He was trying to run my life all the way through high school. Telling me who I could be friends with. Forcing me into private schools. I wanted to see the real world, not the sheltered universe for the children of the mega rich. So I decided to go away to college. Far away. University of Washington.”

Megan waved her fingers in the air. “Ooooo, big rebel. Went to an out-of-state university. Skipped Harvard and Yale.”

Kevin snapped, “I thought you wanted to hear this story?”

“Sorry. For people in my bracket, a rebel joins a motorcycle gang or becomes a Buddhist monk in Nepal. Going to a school your father doesn’t approve of hardly counts.”

“It counted in my father’s circles. I was turning my back on all the contacts I should be meeting and elbow-rubbing I should be doing at Harvard.”

“I get it. Different standard for different classes.” She frowned. “Hey, Kevin, do you think your father’s spy saw us get married in Reno?”

“No.” His reply was immediate.

“That was fast. How can you be so sure?”

“Because we’re still in one piece and we actually came out of the building man and wife.”

“Yikes. How did his man know we were in Tahoe?”

“Who knows? He probably bribed someone. But we didn’t tell anyone we were going to the Lake. That was spur of the moment. And I haven’t used my phone.” He slapped the steering wheel. “I bet there’s a GPS locator on this rental car. If you’re not afraid to bend the rules, there are ways to track people.”

“No offense, but I don’t think I like your father very much.”

“It’s a big club. Lots of room for new members.”

Megan laughed. “That’s funny. At least you have a sense of humor about it. Are you club president?”

“Nope. That would be my mother.”

Megan didn’t know what to say about that, so they rode on silence.

Kevin found them a room at the Sparks Nugget.

Once they reached the room, Megan began to wonder what Kevin would expect of her on their so-called wedding night. She could feel the butterflies starting deep inside, but didn’t know if they were caused by nervousness or excitement. After all, he was very handsome. Much more handsome than any of the boys she’d met in college. She didn’t run with the popular crowd.

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