Page 43 of Hollywood Fairytale

“It’s not a surprise, but that sucks for him. He really did try everything he could to keep them together. She checked out long ago.”

“I know, but I still feel sorry for him. I told him we’d try to go see him on our way to Hawaii since we’ll be in LA.”

“We can do that. How are you feeling?”

“Rested.” I answered blandly.

Throwing his head back, he laughed full out in a deep rumble. “Any day this week we can have a full on sexathon if you want, but first I want you better.”

Sticking my lower lip out, I pouted half-jokingly. “I understand, but I missed you and like snuggling with you in bed, amongst other things.”

“I would happily stay snuggled up in bed with you, but we both know it wouldn’t stay that way. What time will Mason be home tonight?”

My half pout turned into a full-on frown. “Eight o’clock was the deal I made with Decker.”

Luke’s lips followed the same path mine had. “I wish I would have been here when you talked to him.”

“I don’t know if that would have helped. He may have requested that I pay him child support instead of demanding that he no longer pay his. In some ways I understand why he doesn’t want to see me with you. I wouldn’t want to see him with a woman that was better than me in any way.”

Scooting his lounger closer to mine, he wrapped an arm around my shoulders. “First of all, we both know that he’s never going to find anyone anywhere near as good as you. He might be able to hide who he is for a short while, but I doubt he’d be able to hide his ways for long even if he did find someone.”

“And second?” I asked, curious.

“Him not paying child support will work in our favor. You asked for permission from him to take Mason out of the state for two months, but it’s the state that decides if and how much he should pay for child support. Before we leave I want to talk to my attorney about filing a request for full custody in August, after our wedding and honeymoon.”

“Where are we going on our honeymoon?”

He smiled slyly at me and bopped me on the nose with the tip of his finger. “It’s a surprise.”

Resting my cheek on his shoulder, I looked up at him. “I’m not a big fan of surprises. How will I know what to pack?”

His sly smile grew wicked. “The least amount of clothing possible. A dress, a few bikinis, and maybe a coverup.” He screwed his face up for a moment. “That should cover it. I don’t plan for either one of us to be clothed for much of the time, but I might take you out to dinner, hence the dress.”

“I like the way you think. I trust you to pick someplace that we’ll both like. Have you been there before?”

Hand running up my arm, he answered. “It will be new to us both.”

“Nice, I doubt that’ll happen very often.”

“There are plenty of places I haven’t been, but for work I normally end up in the same places.”

“I do approve of the location for Riptide.” Pulling me closer, he smiled down at me. He knew I loved the location. “I do feel bad though, for changing your shooting schedule on Night Shadows. If you want to do any movies…”

“Don’t feel bad. You never know the circumstances or timing, and if we get full custody of Mason life will be a lot easier. Don’t worry about it now. We’ll take each offer as they come and look at it then.”

“Smart.” I wanted to say more, but his mouth was on mine in the next instant. The moment he turned into me our loungers split and he fell to the floor in a hard drop. Peering over the edge of my chair, I tried my hardest not to laugh. “Shit. Are you okay?”

“I’m fine,” he answered with a laugh as he got up.

“We need to get one of those big lounger bed things like what we used in Malibu. That way we can both be comfortable and have plenty of room.”

Rubbing his hip where he landed, he grimaced as he stretched out on top of me. “I’ll order one later tonight.”

“Perfect. Now, where were we?”

Before Luke could answer my phone rang, breaking us out of our haze.

To answer or not to answer.

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