to play the gentlemen and have this small country town woman snag in him some Godforsaken trap. No sirry, he was too smart for that, besides he intended taking Cooper home and finishing what she denied him this morning. It still burned him that she thought he might be contaminated with some disease.
Once he spent the night making love to her, and in the morning they found out if her sister was pregnant or not, he would be leaving and hopefully he wouldn't set eyes on the infernal woman again. He tried not to grimace when Kate placed her hand on his thigh. Reluctantly, he turned to face her. “Is something wrong?”
Even though she was dissatisfied that Nate never returned last night, Kate was glad she didn't stay angry with him. She was going to enjoy seeing everyone's face when she walked into the church with this man on her arm. Talk about arm candy , wow, every woman there was going to be just green with envy. She also wanted show her ex-boyfriend that she could find something better than him. “I just wanted to say how happy I am that you agreed to be my escort.”
After giving her a tight smile, Nate turned away and drove out of the parking lot. “Which way?'
“Oh, go left and turn down the first street on your left again and it's not far.”
His jaw clenched, he managed to ignore the hand still on his thigh, hopefully when they were in the church the woman would keep her hands to herself. At the reception, he planned to ditch her at the first opportunity that presented itself. It wasn't how he usually treated a woman, but this one was sending out all the wrong signals like a neon sign . Well, whatever she had planned she was doomed for disappointment, because he had no intentions of hanging around.
He noticed the church and the crowded parking lot, he turned in and found a spot to park. Turning off the ignition, he pulled the keys free and undid his seat belt before he opened the door and stepped out. He stood waiting beside the car and hid a smile when a few moments later Kate let herself out and threw him an irritated glare. “Come on we better hurry. Everyone else is already inside.” He started walking and it wasn't long before Kate caught up, and together they stepped inside the church, accepted the hymn book and took a seat on the last pew.
“I wanted to sit up front.” Kate griped in a whisper.
Nate shrugged his wide shoulders and was prevented from answering when the music started, and everyone stood up to watch the bride walk down the aisle. He only gave her a passing glance, he was too busy searching for Cooper. Finally, he spotted her standing up front amongst the other bridesmaids and nearly burst out laughing. Good God, she looked like a child playing dress up in her mother's clothing.
He could tell by the look on her face that she was annoyed as hell, and he really couldn't blame her. Hell, the ruffled collar of her dressed reached halfway up her throat. The long mutton sleeves were way too big and way too wide for her small frame. Ruffles covered the bodice of the horrendous dress, but thank God they stopped at the waist. A long skirt reaching the floor covered the rest of her. It was the color though that kept the smile on his face. The brightest shade of lime green, it was enough to dazzle the eyes.
When the bride finally reached the poor sucker she was about to torture for the remainder of his life, everyone sat down again. He paid scant attention to the ceremony, all his attention was on Cooper, he was going to enjoy teasing her about her hideous gown. When everyone started clapping, he realized the ceremony was over, and sitting up straight, waited impatiently for Cooper to walk down the aisle.
As she followed the bride and groom, Cooper tried not to grimace. How she let herself be talked into this she'll never know, and worse to be forced to wear this atrocious ugly dress. Her gaze swam over the faces filling the church, and she stumbled slightly when she met a pair of dark eyes
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