Page 38 of Wedding Bet

Burn.

It gave me a sick satisfaction seeing the surprise on Parker’s face.

I reached out and hit the button for the top floor of the hotel. A tiny part of me cheered inside when Jamie didn’t bother hitting the button for his own floor. I knew he was only going up with me to show me the sleep sounds, but I wasn’t quite ready to be alone yet, tonight.

Hell, I hadn’t really been enjoying being alone at all since I’d met Jamie.

As the elevator slowly made its way up, I loved the feeling of Jamie’s body against mine.

“You finally warming up after our cold walk?” I said quietly to him.

“Much better now,” he said.

I smiled down at him, reaching out to run my fingers through his hair.

And then, as we looked into each other’s eyes, something went electric.

I feltconnectedto him, even now, while we were putting on a fake little show for Parker.

As the elevator dinged on Parker’s floor, something flashed in Jamie’s eyes.

And he leaned up and pressed his lips to mine in a kiss.

Suddenly it was as if our whole little fake-boyfriend scheme melted into the air. I wasn’t thinking about faking it or about Parker at all, actually—all I could focus on was how damn much Ilovedhaving Jamie’s mouth on mine.

Plush. Soft. Kissing me like he meant it.

He pulled back and held my glance just for a moment, biting down on his lower lip before he stepped away, nodding at Parker before he and his fiance left.

“Have a good night,” Jamie said to them.

“Uh, right,” I said. “Bye, Parker.”

“Later,” Parker said, looking away with a snide look on his face as the two of them stepped out onto their floor.

The elevator doors whooshed shut again and Jamie and I spread out in the space.

“That was awesome,” Jamie murmured. “Hehatedthat, I could tell.”

I swallowed. “It was really good.”

And really hot.

And I’m really fucking hard, now.

By the time we got to my suite I felt like I was about to blow.

I couldn’t remember the last time I’d wanted someone so much. Jamie was still holding my hand as the elevator went up further and finally reached my floor, and I let out a sigh of relief as we stepped into my blissfully empty suite. I was so ready for some peace and sleep. And I didn’t care why Jamie was here, but I wanted to keep him here as long as I could.

“Okay. All we need is a laptop or phone for the sleep sounds, speakers optional,” Jamie said, kicking off his shoes and pulling off his coat.

“Here,” I said, leading him down the hall. “The bedroom has speakers built in.”

I showed him into the bedroom and for a moment, his eyes were wide, looking all around. “God, this is big.”

“I will refrain from making the joke I want to make right now,” I told him. “Here. Speakers. I’ve already connected them to my phone.”

As Jamie set up the sleep sounds, I went into the closet and got changed into a soft T-shirt and shorts to sleep. I washed up in the bathroom and returned to see him sitting at the edge of the bed.

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