More Than Promises: A Small Town Billionaire Romance (Magnolia Creek Book 1) by Loren Beeson

Author:Loren Beeson [Beeson, Loren]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-03-24T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Molly

Rowan and I spend a grueling morning making wedding plans under the watchful eye of Thomas’s estate manager and will executor, Patricia.

She stands in the corner of the dining room, observing us with a cross between a sneer and outright suspicion. I can’t tell if she likes me or not, but as long as Rowan and I follow the terms of our engagement exactly as it’s written, our agreement stays intact and that’s all that matters.

After allowing my emotions to get away from me last night, I decided to refocus my energy strictly on the wedding and off any thoughts involving my fiancé. A feat that would be a hell of a lot easier if the broody billionaire next to me wasn’t suddenly being so thoughtful.

Waking up to breakfast in bed was a nice surprise, but when two men came to install a flatscreen in my room shortly after, I stormed across the house to find the man responsible.

I took one look at him with his laptop on the lounger in the library nook—barefoot, wearing blue-light glasses, and unaware that his shirt had risen enough to show a patch of his lower abdomen—and nearly pounced on him.

“Remove it,” I said sharply. “And while we’re at it, I’m adding ‘no romantic gestures’ to the rules.”

By his obvious amusement, he knew exactly which ‘it’ I was referring to.

He simply raised a brow, not bothering to look up from his work. “It’s a TV, kitten, not roses.”

The problem is, it may as well be twelve dozen roses, and I don’t need any more reasons to let my guard down around him.

I scoot my chair closer to Rowan as Kenzie, our wedding planner, splays several thick binders out on the dining room table before us.

She’s going on about various details I’m not paying attention to because Rowan’s knee keeps bumping mine under the table. I cut him a glance, annoyed when he pretends he doesn’t know exactly what he’s doing.

“Stop it,” I murmur when she turns to grab a box of ribbon samples.

“Stop what?” he asks innocently.

“Touching me.”

Now his fingers are brushing mine, and a wisp of heat licks up my middle.

My fingernails scrape the tablecloth, and I wince when Rowan practically purrs, “Something bothering you, wife?”

“Nothing at all, my love.” My hand finds his thigh, and I give him a punishing squeeze to knock it off.

A muscle jumps along his jaw, defying his arrogance for a solitary second.

“Maybe we should take a break?” He leans in and burrows his nose in my hair, inhaling deeply. I gasp when he moves my hand directly over his zipper, pressing it against the hard bulge behind it. “My bride seems to have more engaging activities on her mind.”

My eyes widen, and I swear Patricia smirks, but I can’t hold her gaze long enough to be sure.

“No, no.” Jerking my hand free, I smile politely, even though my thoughts about what he’s packing are anything but. My chest and neck are as red as Kenzie’s face when I say, “We can continue.

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