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“On the contrary.I’d say you’re two for two.”
I cocked my head.
“Not only did you make my Christmas wish come true, but it appears you did the same for my father.How did you know?”
“The polo community is quite small.”
“He looked into you.”
I held Unbridled’s reins with my right hand and took hers with my left.“And I, him.”
“Did you know his team lost their attacker?”
I shook my head.“Purely coincidental, in fact.At least on my part.”I stopped walking, and so did she.We turned to face each other.“I’m here for you, Katherine.Only you.Say the word, and I will tell your father I’m unable to stay on.”
“And break his heart?Not on your life.”
“It’s your heart that matters most, Katherine.”
Rather than sleep,we sat by the light of the Christmas tree and talked.At the stroke of midnight, I took Katherine’s hands in mine and asked her to be my wife.
While I missed the polo match, it had been with both her father’s and mother’s blessings.Instead, they wished usbon voyageon New Year’s Day, when we departed on our honeymoon after marrying the night before.
6
GEORGE
They say when you meet “the one,” the attraction is instantaneous.It was true for Z and me.From the first time our hands had touched in the most innocent of handshakes, desire coursed through my body.His heated eyes and the way he’d held on longer than necessary, then squeezed before letting go, told me he felt the connection as much as I did.
Every touch after that had yielded the same response.A brush of his arm or his fingertips on the small of my back when we’d exit the lift and no one was close enough to see.My nipples hardened, and I ached between my legs just by being in the same room as him.
I’d wanted Z every second of the day, waking or sleeping, for years.While I’d had an occasional dinner date, it never went beyond a quick peck on the cheek, thanking the man for a lovely time, but knowing I wouldn’t see him again.I couldn’t.Z was the only one I found remotely attractive, and if that meant being alone, I would.
“George?Is everything all right?”Wren whispered, then shook her head and added, “Stupid question.Of course it isn’t.”
What could I say?That I’d spent the last four years pining after her father?That even though we hadn’t kissed a single time, I still fancied myself in love with him?“Excuse me,” I muttered, getting up and racing off to the ladies’ room when my eyes filled with tears.
As hard as I tried not to think the worst, my mind went there anyway.If something had happened to Z, there’d be no marriage for me, no long-term relationships of any kind.Regardless of who I met, there simply wasn’t anyone on earth who could measure up to Archer “Z” Alexander.
I put my head in my hands and silently sobbed.
“George?”I heard the restroom door open and Wren say my name.
“One moment.”I attempted to blow my nose as silently as I’d cried.“Apologies,” I said, coming out of the stall.“He’s your father, and I?—”
“Stop right there.I am not entitled to be more upset than you are.No one is.”
“But, we?—”
“Are in love with each other,” she said, interrupting me a second time.
I shook my head and half laughed.“Not in love, I’m afraid.”
“Bullshit.”
I raised a brow, not just at her word choice, but also the tone in which she’d said it.“Wren, Z and I aren’t in a relationship.We may have flirted, but it hasn’t gone beyond that.”
“The two of you have been dancin’ around each other for years.”
