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Laurel was still on speaker.
Their gazes met. She dipped her head to hide her smile.
His momma went on, “This is her first impression of me! I’m your momma. I can’t believe you didn’t tell me anything about this.”
“Don’t worry—Avalynn likes you just fine, Momma.”
“Oh lordy. I better go help your father before they snap more pictures of him. I just realized he’s wearing his shabbiest shirt!”
“All right, Momma. I’ll call you later.”
Julius ended the call and grimaced. “I’m sorry about that.”
“I like your mom. She’s like mine. I should be getting a call anytime.”
As if on cue, her phone rang in a tinkle of soft bells.
“And there she is.” She centered her stare on Julius’s dark eyes they melted her each time she looked into them.
He pointed at the bathroom door, indicating he was going to sit this one out.
She couldn’t blame him really. Avalynn nodded and then took the call to find out that her mother experienced a similar incident with the paparazzi. She woke up to men standing on her front lawn, snapping photos of the front of her house.
Avalynn listened intently, half a smile on her face at knowing her bodyguard was in the shower. She climbed off the bed and padded to the coffeemaker. Usually it was Julius fixing drinks for her, but this time, she wanted to do something nice for him. After what he’d put into planning and executing theperfectengagement, the least she could do was fix him coffee while chatting with her mom.
ChapterSeven
Julius’s mind kept returning to the way the early morning light of dawn crept over his sleeping lover’s body while she slumbered in his arms.
No, not his lover. His fiancée.
It hit him hard. What had he done?
I did what was needed to save her from ruin.
This wasn’t some medieval land where a knight in shining armor rode in on his steed with colors flying. He was just a bodyguard. Any man could have stood in his place.
He didn’t like the thought of her feeling desperate, of being forced to make a decision everybody else pushed her into.
He pushed out a sigh and exited the bathroom to the sight of Avalynn rummaging through her handbag. She located a bottle and shook two pills into her hand. Then she set them on the small table next to a paper cup.
The fragrance of coffee had his veins surging to feed his caffeine addiction. She always had tea.
Her neck was tilted to the side, her device wedged between her ear and shoulder as she talked to her mother. She swung toward him.
His heart stopped when he saw her in that sexy T-shirt.
With a wave at the items she left for him, she slanted a look over his body. Clad in only boxers, he was sure he leftnothingto her imagination. His hard cock hadn’t begun to go down. One look at her made him painfully aware that he was also out of condoms. If they were going to play around more—and make this engagement night into a morning to remember—then he’d need to get creative between the sheets.
She pointed to the coffee and pills, indicating they were for him.
He paused. How did she know that he’d woken with a headache from that wine? In his early years he’d learned that anything but whiskey left him with a nagging headache and avoided it. But that wine had gone down too smooth with Avalynn drinking too.
In measured steps, he crossed the room and picked up the cup of coffee. Light cream. Just the way he liked it. How did Avalynn know?
She gave him a questioning look and he brought the cup to his lips. After a sip, he gave her a nod.Perfect,he mouthed.
Her wide smile lit up the whole damn room—and flooded his day with spotlights too.
