Chap 23
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say they want to attend your wedding the you want to let the
kad somewhat sealously, “Well, Nessa? Do you want to let them attend a wedding?
be saw Maya’stent, but be prinreded to trail it
the store attendant to take over her job and adjust the skirt of Vanessa’s gown himself. Then, he enveloped her with ensuous about the way bus clearly detused ingers duitted over her powe
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Lace, she blusted and stammered, “C–Charles, let’s not let them come.”
one arm around her waist and pulled her into a hug, using his free hand to toy with a lock of her hair.
Tome, Ness. Have faith
ut husband sabilities. Even it they attend our wedding, they won’t be able to cause a scene,” Charles said, his husky voice sted his chin on her shoulder.
at het election in the minor with glazed eyes, she didn’t notice when she’d tumed scarlet. Even the words Charles said didn’t fully register in her
nodded along absentmindedly and said, “Yeah…sure.
locked like a tomato. Hetheart kept pounding.
ented to have noticed her embarrassment and his handsome smile deepened.
Look, New
reflection is gorgeous,” he purposely teased.
med an even brighter shade of red. It didn’t occur to her that she’d never reacted this way with Kean or Seamus before. She kept averting her eves, everything and inverwhere else except tot Charles
notice when her phone was slid into her hands
I was charles who grabbed her fingers and, like a puppet master, ty
a that Charles‘ warmth lingered on her hands
typed out the response for her “They can come.”
(the time she finally back to her senses, she belatedly tralized that Charles had gotten jealous earlier. An unlikely thought occurred to her.
Had he developed feelings tot het
stipped her reddened cheeks, to incles to believe that could be true. She tried to remind herself that they’d only known each other for a few days. uld be farer drerloped feelings for her so quickly?
they were legally married now. It was perfectly normal for him to be jealous
- focused on her wedding gown. After deciding what needed to be amendest, she threw herself into her work
as Vanessa focused on ber task. He simply adjusted the light for her once the lighting was right, be quietly left.
