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The strings of the department bag still lay against my fingertips, and I look down and watch the bag sway back and forth.
Fake marriage or not, sleeping alone on my wedding night just feels strange. Does he feel the same?
There’s only one way to find out.
I take a deep breath, mustering up all the courage I can before tossing the bag onto the bed and turn back to head out of my room.
“Ryker?” I call out, walking down the hall to his room.
I walk up to his door that he left open.
“Yeah,” he says, walking out from his ensuite in only a pair of slacks that are unbuttoned and unzipped. His pants hang low on his hips, his bare torso displaying the ripples of every muscle out on display.
My eye follow the dark hair of his happy trail to where it disappears beneath the elastic band of his boxers.
“Can you help me with this zipper? It’s a little hard for me to reach on my own. Shawnie had to zip me into it,” I tell him.
It’s true that she did zip me in but I’m skilled enough at this point in my life that I can unzip myself pretty much out of anything.
But I need an excuse for walking in here and it’s the first thing I could think of.
“Yeah, come here,” he says, stepping further out of his bathroom and heading straight for me.
I turn my back to him, pulling my long hair out of his way so he can access the zipper better.
His fingers connect with the top of the zipper and I inhale sharply at the warmth of his skin against my back.
He starts to unzip me slowly. The only sound I can hear is our mixed breathing and the sound of the teeth of my zipper slowly releasing me from the dress.
He’s close.
So close that I can feel his body heat radiate behind me.
The top of his open slacks brush against the top of my ass creating a tingling sensation across my skin.
I know we’re less than an inch away from connecting and it has me fighting the urge to push back against his solid body to feel him behind me.
He bends over my shoulder just slightly. “You should know that you’re the most beautiful bride I’ve ever seen,” he says, the deep timber of his voice tickling against my ear and creating a flutter of excitement low in my belly.
The warmth of his breath spreads against my side of my neck creating goosebumps everywhere it touches.
“Thank you,” I say softly, over my shoulder.
When the zipper finally nears the end, I know what Ryker will find.
He stops the moment the zipper reaches the bottom of my ass, the dress opening for him.
“What are these?” he asks.
His hands rest on either side of my hips as his thumbs glide over the writing on the white cotton panties that Shawnie got me. A shiver shoots down my spine at his touch.
“Mrs. Haynes,” he says, his voice low, reading the words on my panties.
“Do you like them?” I ask.
“I think I found my new favorite place to see my name on your body.”
My heart thumps against my rib cage at his admiration.
