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Sure, they were employees, and he was their employer, and it might be odd, but they were more like family to him than his own family sometimes. Running a security firm did that. The lines got a little blurry. Janet hadn’t liked the idea of a bunch of ‘rough’ single men running around. She’d pointed out they would probably feel obligated to buy Rebecca a present, which was a very blurry line for the employer-employee relationship.

Truthfully, none of them had seemed all that sad about not being invited, though Lance had made a crack about missing out on sad bridesmaids. He’d been less interested once he’d heard all the bridesmaids were related to Lincoln.

Maybe it was a good thing they hadn’t been invited. They were all much closer to Ashley’s age than he was, and he was sure more than one of them would have had their protective instincts roused by her. The thought made jealousy streak through him, so strong, it nearly took his breath away. He could feel it like a physical thing.

He didn’t want to think about anyone else touching her.

Flexing his hand, he headed for the bar.

He didn’t care that his wife was ignoring him to dance with her lover, but the thought of Ashley with someone else… Fuck. He was so screwed. He definitely needed a drink.

Taking a spot at the bar, Lincoln spent the rest of the night staring blankly at the wedding guests. He wasn’t seeing them,though. Not really. Instead, he was seeing Ashley’s face. Her lips wrapped around his cock. Hearing her moans as he plowed into her from behind.

Wondering what she was doing now.

Wondering if she was thinking about him, too.

Wondering what the fuck he was supposed to do about it.

It’s just the allure of the forbidden. And possibly the alcohol.

Was it, though?

Lincoln took another drink.

At the end of the night, Wiley and Rebecca had their big send off. Even though they were staying on location, they still wanted to ride around in a limo as if they were going somewhere else, so everyone trooped outside to see them off. That was the first time that Wiley actually looked around, as if realizing that some of the people he expected to see weren’t there. Then he shrugged, and got into the car with Rebecca, who was laughing as she pulled him in.

As much as Lincoln wanted to see his daughter happy, he really didn’t want to think about what they were going to be doing during the limo ride. Probably some of the same things he’d done to Wiley’s daughter earlier that evening. Which did make him feel a little better, and then a little worse because he knew it shouldn’t have made him feel better.

He was officially losing it.

“Our baby girl, all grown up.” Janet leaned against his arm.

Lincoln clenched his jaw as his skin crawled. Fuck, he didn’t want her touching him. And he didn’t want to touch her. Thankfully, she seemed to be doing it for appearances, not out of any genuine desire.

“I can’t believe it.” She sniffed, bringing a handkerchief to her completely dry eyes.

“Me, either.” They watched the limo go off together. It was truly the end of an era. Rebecca was grown up and married, and their marriage was over.

And his new son-in-law’s daughter was haunting his mind.

10

Ashley

“So, how was the wedding?”

Her mom had lasted all of thirty minutes before asking, but she wasn’t looking at Ashley when she did it. Nope, she was carefully chopping the strawberries for their brunch.

“I told you I’m not going to talk about it.” That was the one stipulation, the one boundary, Ashley had managed to hold firm on when she’d let her mom pressure her into going. It was a no-win situation because no matter what she said, it would hurt her mom.

“I know. I just had to ask. I don’t know why.” Ashley’s mom shook her head, and her shoulders slumped.

Unhappiness burned in Ashley’s gut.

She wondered what her mom would say if Ashley told her that she’d fucked Rebecca’s dad in the bridal dressing room during the reception. Would she be mad? Disappointed? Would she have the same thoughts Ashley did about revenge and vindication?

She didn’t have the guts to find out.

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