Page 100 of Nothing to the Wedding

“Mimi would love great grandchildren.”

“Yeah, though I’m not so sure Thena wants to be a grandmother just yet.”

“Did Caspian bring a date to the wedding?”she asked.“I didn’t get a chance to catch up with him.”

Or about a million other people.

She and Caspian had met in the past, sure, been in the same room more than once.They didn’t have time together though.She didn’t quite have a read on him where romance was concerned.

“No one serious,” Z said.“Just a plus one.”

Presentation and appearances.

Life could look like one thing and be something completely different.People might expect one behavior and get another.Lifestyle progressed.Someone who knew Zairn ten or fifteen years ago, and hadn’t seen him since then, would probably be surprised to see what he was today.

“Do you think about it?”

“Caspian’s sex life?”he asked, silently mocking her.“I think more about yours.”

Tracing her hand down his ribs, she pressed her fingers deep into his hip, then relaxed them to drum her fingertips across his groin.

“About other women.”

“Do I think about other women?”And he wasn’t teasing anymore.“No.Never.Why would you—”

“I don’t mean as prospective partners.”On a laugh, she boosted up to land her forehead on his for a second before rearing back.“You will never, ever get better than me, baby.”

“So why would I think about other women?”

“It’s not the women, I guess, it’s the lifestyle.Women were a huge part of your life.Different ones, every night for ten, fifteen years.”

“I gave that life up a long time before you.”

“I know, but before me, you still had the prospect of enjoying different women.Now there’s nothing but me in your nights.”

“Do you think about other men?”

Her grin did little to hide her amusement.God, she was giddy, this relationship gave more happiness than she ever could have imagined.

“That’s different.”

“Always different, Ms.Kyst.”He squeezed her waist when she sat up on him.“Enlighten me.Why is it different?”

“I’ve had one-night stands.A handful of them, maybe.You’ve had literally thousands of women.”

“You want the world’s highest scorer, you’re looking for a Dunridge.”

She shook her head, leaning forward until her hair cascaded around them.“You must’ve thought about it.Did you ever think you’d be here?One pussy for the rest of your life?You will never pick up another woman, never learn about her for the first time, never kiss her for the first time.”

Catching her hair between his fingers, it gathered as he grasped her cheeks.“But I will have all my lasts… with you.That is something to cherish.Something far more valuable than any hollow hook-up.”The warmth in the deep blue of his eyes drew her in, mesmerizing her.Not one ounce of doubt.Only gratitude.Appreciation.“That part of my life was over a long time ago.Since then, I’ve been looking for you.”

“For me?”

“Didn’t know your name back then, but you were the woman I was waiting for.”

Her eyes closed slowly as she blew out a slow breath.“Man, you’re smooth.”

“Reserved for you, baby.”