Page 65 of Wedding Bet

Landry’s expression softened. “I do know.”

“Good,” Chase said.

“Hey, this is your wedding, not mine,” I said, my cheeks heating at the compliment. “But thank you, Chase. Jeez.”

He laughed. “Fine. Then in a few years at your guys’ wedding, I’ll let loose way more compliments in a speech. How’s that?”

If I was blushing before, now my cheeks felt like they were on fire. “You are too much.”

Chase tilted his head back, laughing. “I’m sorry. It’s my wedding night. I’m walking on air. And on many, many cocktails.”

Another peppy song started up and an elderly couple came up, stealing away Chase and Adam’s attention.

By the time the final song played and the wedding came to an end, Landry and I were beat.

“I have never danced this much at a wedding before,” he told me as he held me close, swaying to the last slow song. “Actually, I think I’ve never danced to more than a few songs at any wedding.”

“You’re kidding,” I said. “You were a machine, tonight.”

“You bring out the best in me,” he said. “I’m not kidding when I say that.”

“This night has been incredible,” I murmured against his chest, tucking in close.

He hummed low near my ear. “It’s not even close to over yet.”

“Is that right?”

I felt his hand slide from my hip to the small of my back. He squeezed me tight there, drawing my body in even closer to his. “I told you what I want.”

A shiver rippled through me, every nerve of my body perking up in response to him. “And what’s that?”

“You. In my bed.”

I turned my head upward, looking him in the eyes. I closed the short distance between us and paused a moment near his lips, pulling in a breath. I leaned forward, catching his lower lip between my teeth and giving him a gentle bite. I could feel him groan against my body, the gentle vibration covering my whole body.

He captured my lips in a kiss and I was gone, just as quickly as I had been out on the balcony.

We were practically glued to each other as we made our way upstairs. The elevator bay was blissfully empty and we walked inside one, politely waiting until the door slid shut.

And then Landry’s body covered mine. In the same elevator we’d met, now he was claiming me, like he never wanted to let me go.

He was showing me in every touch, every word, every breath, that he meant what he said.

The elevator dinged and let us out on the top floor. Landry kept his hand tucked into my back pocket as we walked up to his door. The moment we were inside with the door latched shut behind us, Landry locked his arms around my waist, hoisting me up into the air.

I gasped, giving him a look of playful shock. “No one’s picked me up in years.”

“Fastest way to get you in bed,” he said, looking up at me as he carried me to the room.

16

LANDRY

“Come get in the shower with me,” I said. I’d already gotten Jamie naked, and my face was buried at the crook of his neck.

“Mmm. Boss me around like that more?” He hummed, moving his head to the side to kiss along my neck, too.

“Get. In. The shower,” I told him, using my best commanding tone as I looked back at him. His eyelids dropped lower, and he gave me the hungriest look I’d ever seen on him.

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