A Daddy by Christmas by Teri Wilson

Author:Teri Wilson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-09-13T15:26:22+00:00

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It was over so quickly.

One moment, Chloe was walking down the aisle toward Anders with her heart beating wildly in her chest as he looked at her like she was a real bride and he was a real groom and this was a real wedding—the wedding of their dreams.

And then in a flash, there was a shiny new wedding band on her finger, right beside the diamond Anders had given her the day before, and the minister was smiling at them and saying, “Anders and Chloe have vowed, in our presence, to be loyal and loving toward each other. They have formalized the existence of the bond between them with words spoken and with the giving and receiving of rings.”

Bond...they were bonded together. She and Anders Kent, who she’d met less than a week ago.

The clergyman’s smile grew wider. “Therefore, it is my pleasure to now pronounce them husband and wife.”

A forbidden thrill coursed through Chloe. Or was it just nerves? Right, that was what it was—nerves. She was going to have to kiss Anders now, right there in front of all her friends and family. For the very first time.

How on earth had she forgotten about the kiss? They should have practiced first, at least one time. First kisses were almost always awkward. She never knew which way to tilt her head, and they usually went on far too long, as if neither party wanted to be the first to pull away, even after they’d both begun to suffocate from lack of oxygen.

The odds of pulling this off and making it look natural were slim to none, but they didn’t exactly have a choice. Regular newlyweds wouldn’t exactly take a pass on their first kiss as a married couple.

She held her breath and waited for the minister to say it.

“Anders, you may now kiss your bride.”

His bride.

His bride.

His.

Chloe’s knees went a little weak as she lifted her gaze to Anders, peeking up at him through the thick fringe of her lashes. Right before she’d said her vows, he’d given her an out. He’d stopped looking at her as if she were a bride, and for a tentative sliver of a moment, he’d regarded her as something else—not quite a stranger, but not as a loved one, either. Not even a pretend loved one. But instead, more like someone he was destined to disappoint.

The moment had passed after she said “I do,” and now he was watching her in a way that no one ever had before. Not Steven. Not the boy whose lips first touched hers all those years ago at the ballet school while they danced Romeo and Juliet. No man who’d kissed her had ever gazed at her with such hunger in his eyes. Such need, such blatant desire, like he wasn’t about to kiss her, but to devour her whole.

It was almost frightening. Or rather, it should have been, considering it was a fake kiss to seal a fake marriage to her fake husband.

But

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