Page 13 of Stolen Kisses

"That's right," she said. "Okay, so I sent Chase the list I got from the wedding planner. Let’s divide and conquer. With so many of us, it should be easy if we each take one or two tasks. Want to divide it now?" she asked.

"Sure," I said.

My brothers looked over my shoulder at the list displayed on my phone.

"Oh, for fuck's sake," Griffin exclaimed. "How can there be so many things to still be done for a wedding?"

"I know, right?" Hannah murmured. "Which is why I want us to deal with things so Josh and Blair aren't worried about any of this.”

Griffin glanced at her. "You're a great sister."

"I just want everything to work out," she said. It was obvious family was important to her, as it was to me. In my book, that meant a lot.

For the next ten minutes, we debated how to split up the tasks.

"Thank you so much, guys," Hannah said once we'd decided who would do what. She seemed far more relaxed than when I'd run into her this morning.

"It's all Chase," Finn said. This seemed to amuse him for some reason. "He had the idea of roping us all in."

"Or he just wanted to make life easier for himself," Knox added, "so he didn't have to work as much. You know, I wouldn't put it past him."

Griffin cleared his throat. "Yeah, Hannah, don't be fooled into thinking he's a good guy."

"Oh, I wouldn't dream of it," Hannah replied, winking at me. She and I had the least number of tasks to do, but that was on purpose. We had best-man and maid-of-honor duties to take care of as well.

"Let's hit the ground running," Duncan said, pointing at Finn and Knox. My brothers quickly dispersed throughout the property.

"Damn, it's hot," Hannah said. "I’ll have to reapply sunscreen.”

"You need a hat," I told her.

"So you only pretend to talk in a normal voice when your brothers are around, and as soon as we're alone, you try to boss me into whatever you want me to do?"

What I wanted to do was kiss her sassy mouth until she begged for more. But she didn't need to know that. "I mean it, Hannah. Go inside and find a hat."

She pointed at me. "I was going to do that anyway, okay? I'm not doing it just because you say so. Did you tell your brothers to be careful in the sun?"

It was on the tip of my tongue to say, "No, because they're grown-ups who can take care of themselves," but that applied to her too.

“No.”

"So what gives, Chase?"

I had no answer. "Hannah." I weighed my words carefully. "We have a truce, remember?"

She grinned. "True, we do. But I'm not sure we'll be able to honor it," she said over her shoulder as she went back into the hotel.

I was 100 percent sure she was right.

Chapter Four

Hannah

I was in a frenzy the whole day. It felt like I was in a race against time. My last to-do before going to help my sister put her dress on, as well as changing myself, was to place the guests' name tags on the tables. I was partnering up with Chase for this. Oddly enough, I ended up partnering a lot with him during the day. For some reason, the more time we spent together, the more susceptible I became to him. Every time I caught a whiff of his cologne, I had to steel myself because my mind raced all the way down Inappropriate Road.

Currently, I was holding the guest list, instructing him where to put the name tags. I tried to do it alone in the beginning, but working together was much faster. When I reached the table where he was sitting with his brothers at the wedding, I realized there was one free spot.

“Did someone cancel at the last minute?”

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