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“No, you three go enjoy.I’ll check on my cats and maybe see what Jez is doing and put some laundry on.See you later,” she said to Nash, squeezing his fingers as he leaned in to give her a parting kiss.

“Midnight.”He winked.

“Quarter to eleven.”She sighed.

“I’ll be there.”

CHAPTER 9

Jodi Castle

He wasn’t there.

Now, admittedly she’d turned up an hour early, but she liked to be punctual.Arriving late for things, especially important things brought on her anxieties.Although so too did standing around in the dark on her own looking like a moron.

Maybe she could walk back towards the band enclosure and meet Nash en route, suggest to him that they invite some witnesses after all.She’d like for Lee and Balin to be there.Jez too, if they could winkle him out of his hole.She’d have liked it if Rune had been present too.Deeply romantic, he’d love this.Beautiful too, both inside and out.What on earth had gone wrong between him and Jez?She couldn’t figure it.

Jodi turned the carnation in her hand.Now where had that come from?

Maybe she’d get changed.The other couples had been dressed up.Some in their Sunday best, others in a carnival style, one pair were kitted out like mediaeval nobles.None of them had rocked up in the old clothes they’d spent the day in.What if Nash put on a shirt, and she still had her ancient rags on?Maybe she could find more flowers and make herself a crown, so it seemed as if she’d tried.

Not that it was about appearances, it was about the vows they’d exchanged.

Damn, she still needed to think about those, too.

Maybe rushing into this wasn’t the best of plans.All the other couples seemed to know exactly what they were doing.

There were people roaming the pasture downhill of the standing stones.Well at least she wouldn’t look out of place while she hunted out some flowers.Daisies… there were bound to be daisies.She could weave them into a chain, maybe add in a few buttercups and this lovely carnation.Not that she was seeing much other than clover and some pointy-hatted mushrooms.No doubt Rock Giant would have been able to tell her what they were.

Duh, people were picking them, and not, she suspected, to throw into a pan with some bacon in the morning.

A shadow appeared before her.She’d barely had time to lift her head before someone had scooped her off her feet and she was being kissed.

The moment her lips were free of the onslaught, she squealed.

“Found you,” he said.

Nash!Fuck, her heart was pounding.Fuck, wait.Nash couldn’t lift her.Nash did not smell like this or taste like this or have beautiful hazel eyes that were peering at her as if she were a long-lost treasure.

Rock Giant!

He kissed her again igniting memories and sparking fireworks in her veins.Damn that man could kiss.Still, yes, Rock Giant.This wasn’t appropriate.She wriggled free of his grasp, or at least enough that he set her on her feet again.

“You,” she said.

“Yes, me.”

“How are you here?I knew your band were playing but…” But Black Halo were a big deal, she figured they’d be staying off site somewhere posh.Also, quelle surprise, evidently, he did remember her.

“Jodi Castle.”The way he said her name sent a pleasurable shiver through her limbs.He kept on staring at her, like he couldn’t quite believe she was real, and if he let go of her, she might vanish.Seeing the way he was eyeing her lips, she planted her hand in the middle of his chest.

“I got engaged.”She waved her ring at him, so he’d understand.

“Why the fuck would you do that?”

Okay, that was a non-standard response.Most people opted for congratulations.Then again, most people weren’t Paul “Rock Giant” Reed, or ought that to be Paul “Rock Giant” Reed wasn’t most people.

“The usual reason – love.”