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Alejandro scoffed and attempted to turn away, but in a flash, Kelly grabbed him by his shoulders. With a loud grunt, she brought her knee up and slammed it into his groin.
Alejandro crumbled to the ground with a silent scream. Kelly turned and flashed Chris a brilliant smile.
“Hey, thanks for those kickboxing videos. I feel a lot better now.”
Chris walked over to Alejandro and helped him up. As he escorted the hobbling man out of the room, he shot Kelly an exasperated look.
Once they were out of sight, Kelly turned to Veronica and Teresa. “I guess kicking his balls up into his throat was too much?”
“I’d call it just desserts,” Veronica said.
Teresa stood. “I appreciate you and your attorney discovering the truth. It would have been humiliating to find out all of this from my producers when I got back to LA.”
“I am sorry to say it was selfishly motivated,” Kelly said. “Something Borrowed is my life. I don’t know what I’d do if I lost it.”
“I am glad that it did not come to that.” Teresa hugged Kelly, then held her hand out to her cousin. “Do you mind if I steal my cousin today?”
Kelly recognized the grief in the other woman’s eyes. Her fiancée had turned out to be a dirt bag, and she was hurting. She wanted to be surrounded by people she loved.
“Of course. You can have her for as long as you need. And it will get better.”
Veronica squeezed Kelly to her. “Thank you so much for not firing me.”
Kelly laughed. “It wasn’t you and I knew it. But when you get back to work, we need to talk about your event load and what to do while I’m in Hawaii at my parents’ vow renewal.”
Veronica’s jaw dropped. “You’re going to let me stay a bridesmaid?”
“Consultant. And yes, I am.”
Veronica practically danced out of her office with Teresa, but the door didn’t even close before Chris was back, his blue eyes narrowed. He looked pissed.
“You couldn’t just let it go? You had to unman him?”
She shrugged. “Seemed a small price to pay for nearly destroying the lives of three women. Think about it; I almost lost my business and reputation. Veronica thought she was going to lose her job. And Teresa not only could have lost her show, but she would have had to share her child with that douche canoe for the rest of her life. In my opinion, he got off easy.”
Chris groaned loudly. “See, this is why I didn’t tell you it was him beforehand. You would have shown up at his hotel room and run him off before I managed to get him to agree to our terms.”
“Is he pressing charges because I gave his nards a hate tap?”
Kelly saw his lips twitch in amusement. “No.”
She came around and wrapped her arms around his neck. “Then I don’t see why we’re still talking about this.” She stood up on her tip toes and brushed his lips with hers. “Or talking at all.”
“We can’t have sex here,” he murmured, even as his hands drifted down to cover her back side.
“Then let’s go back to my house.” Laughing at his shocked expression, she added, “What? I deserve a mental health day and if you didn’t hear, most of
my clients have bailed, so my schedule’s wide open.”
Chris let her go and opened the door of her office. “Well, let’s get the hell out of here and see if we can find something to pass the time.”
Chapter 31
Two weeks later, Kelly stood on a sandy beach on Honolulu, her bare feet sinking into the soft sand. The wind caught the flowing skirt of her coral dress, dancing the fabric around her legs and whipping her hair out of the elegant updo and into her face. The lullaby of the ocean played under the soft classical music her mother had chosen for the pre-ceremony.
Next to her, her dad stood tall in a black tux, his silver hair thinning at the top, but his hazel eyes just as sharp as when she was a child. The sun beat down on him from above and she could see the sheen of sweat on his skin from the humidity.
“Are you nervous, Daddy?” she teased.
