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“So, you’re not going to be one of the groomsmen?” I ask, hanging my dress over the window.
“No… There are already going to be journalists and photographers over there because of me. I don’t want to draw even more unwanted attention.”
“Gotcha,” I say, turning to him again.
“You’re doing great, you know? They love you!” Harvey says, and I puff up my chest with pride.
“Good,” I smile at him, but look longingly at the bed. “You’re not going to sleep with me, right?”
He widens his eyes. “Do you want me to?” he asks, looking hopeful.
I frown, “What do you mean?”
Harvey pauses, takes his sweet time scratching his chin, sighs, and then finally gives me the most anti-climactic of answers. “Never mind. I’ll sleep on the floor; you can have the bed for yourself.”
He agrees with my terms but seems unhappy about it. He wraps himself in a blanket and disappears from my sight.
Now all that’s left is setting the alarm on my phone, turning off the light and getting to sleep, but listening to Harvey tossing and turning on the floor makes me feel bad.
After a while, I turn on the bedside lamp and look down over the bed at him. I can’t help but laugh when I see him, laying on his back, one leg bent out towards the side. He looks extremely uncomfortable as he turns a sleepy blue-eyed gaze toward me.
I just sigh and tap on the bed, and he grins, sliding in next to me.
I turn my back to him, and I act like it’s no big deal, but I feel goosebumps cover my body as he curls up behind me, his chest close enough to my back for me to feel him breathing.
Trying not to be too obvious, I lean back a bit more against him and fall asleep like that, my body pressed against his warm muscular chest.
Chapter Twelve
HARVEY
Iwakeupearlywith an arm around Elsa and to the scent of her strawberry shampoo.
And to something else. Eyes wide, I slowly move away from her, so I don’t inadvertently poke her with my morning wood.
As I get out of bed, I wake her up. Keeping my back towards her, I look back as she stretches, her eyes still closed.
She looks so adorable I just want to scoop her up, but I control myself and go inside to use the restroom.
I look in the mirror and see red-rimmed eyes. I feel exhausted and have a headache, and I didn’t even drink last night. I can only imagine how Michael, who drank like a fish, is feeling.
I hear Elsa’s phone alarm go off and she groans. I step out of the bathroom to see her grabbing her dress and looking for her shoes.
“Good morning, sunshine,” I say as I get back in bed and watch her.
Rubbing the sleep from her eyes, she just grabs the rest of her things and heads to the bathroom to change. I think I fall back asleep because a little while later, she is shaking me awake.
“What?” I mumble and when I open my eyes and see her in her pink dress, I immediately am dazzled.
I start to sit up to get a better view. “You look great,” I say more clearly.
She just shoos me away and says, “I’m meeting the other women downstairs to go to the hair salon. I’ll meet you later at the church, okay?”
“Alright,sweetheart,” I say with a crooked grin.
She turns as pink as her dress before rushing out.
I set my phone alarm for another hour then lay back down. That will give me enough time to get ready and go check on the rest of the guys. I’m sure they will be nursing their hangovers.
