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I want to free her bottom lip when she’s chewing on it and erase every worry in her mind.
I want that.
Need that.
Even if it scares the hell out of me.
Nineteen
Asia
Hansley locks the bedroom door and turns to me, his eyes darkening by the second. The air around us changes, but it’s not with the passion that lit up my body when he pressed me into the door and kissed me back at the boutique.
I fold my arms over my chest and hold my ground. “What?”
“Nice job, Asia.” Exasperation seeps into his expression. “You sang like a bird.”
“What did you want me to do?”
“Stick to the plan.”
“I couldn’t.”
“I noticed. You were having so much fun sharing secrets. Why’d you stop at our wedding? Why didn’t you tell my parents about the first time you smoked a cig or ran a red light.”
“First of all, I have never done either of those things.”
He snorts. “I bet.”
“I did what I thought was best.”
"We had a plan.”
“Screw the plan. It wouldn’t have worked.”
“Well, it won’t work now.”
“We married a total stranger.” I slap my chest. “We did that. We screwed up. How could I make it worse by pretending it was intentional. Everyone who knows me will know that’s not true. I’m betting it’s the same for you. Unless I’m the second wife you sprung on your parents after a weekend drinking way too much?”
His jaw clenches. “You know that’s not the case.”
“Your parents aren’t dumb. There’s no way they’d buy the story we agreed on. I had to think fast.”
He blinks. “Wait, that was planned?”
“Don’t insult me, Hansley.”
He grabs my wrist to keep me from pacing. “Seriously? You weren’t just caving? You made that decision on the fly?”
“Your mom is intimidating, but I know how to handle myself. A lie needs to have some truth in it to be convincing.”
He gives me a lopsided smile. “I’m impressed.”
I toss my hair over my shoulder. “As you should be.”
He laughs.
“They’ll believe us now that we have a firmer foundation to stand on. We just have to hammer in the nails.”
