very charming wedding 02 - boss and the bride by leclair laurie

Author:leclair, laurie [LeClair, Laurie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Laurie LeClair
Published: 2016-03-25T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Maybe Drake should have worn riot gear to work that day. Still, it wouldn’t have doused his jumpy nerves or his headlong launch into fictitious matrimony.

At King’s Café now, he glanced around the tables, thanking his lucky stars this private room had been available at the last minute. He never factored in her folks when he hedged his bet for Heather’s cooperation in getting D.W. to back off and Grant’s agreement. Usually, as she’d told him previously, neither parent wanted anything to do with the other.

My, how things have changed!

Resorting to charm didn’t help, either. They’d trounced his attempts to dodge or explain. He hated meeting the parents, something he seldom did, if ever. But, he’d dug this hole, now it was time to start climbing out.

He silently prayed this wouldn’t take long; he’d left his employees dazed and shell-shocked back at the office. Calming them with promises of that all-company meeting later, Skyping in the employees in the field, seemed to have worked temporarily. But he witnessed the nervous glances and whispered exchanges.

God, what had he done? Chaos! Shambles! Could he get the balance back in time?

“Plan C or D?” Heather asked under her breath, leaning toward him. “Is this the Fair Maiden slash Knight room I’ve heard so much about?” Her soft, dreamy sigh jolted him from his own troubled musings.

Drake followed her gaze to the beautiful hand-painted murals on the walls depicting a castle, knight, damsel on a horse, rolling countryside, and so much more. The detail was exquisite. Heather’s face was a study in awe and bliss. It tugged at him. “Maybe I should take you to a castle instead of an island for our honeymoon.”

Her chuckle jogged something inside him, causing him to catch his breath.

“You like?”

“Love this.”

“You’re such a closet romantic, Heather Talbert,” he whispered, knowing her choice in reading materials on their long flights and favored exhibits at museums she’d drag him to when they had some downtime while traveling on business.

She gasped and jerked to face him. Her eyes, wide and shining, captured the breath from his lungs. “You…do know me.”

A sweep of awe rushed through him. His smile tugged up the side of his mouth. He loved when she let down that rigid guard and opened up to him, revealing her softer side she rarely showed anyone, least of all her co-workers. But he’d probed deeper, teasing her on occasion. Or Heather, too tired of holding up that staunch perfectionistic air, slid into that momentary lapse and allowed excitement to take hold. It made him feel special. A party of one to her inner circle.

“Can I kiss you again? Here?” Her stare dropped to his lips.

Drake swore he felt the heat tingle there. Leaning in, he longed to drown in her kisses. The loud, male cough behind him jolted him back to the here and now. How could he forget the parents? “Mr. Talbert, you have questions.” More like an interrogation.

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