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and knew the gap between her and Gui was literal. He fit here in their social world the way she never had. And now that she knew more of his past, she wondered what exactly he thought pretending to be engaged to her was going to accomplish. Because Kara knew one thing with absolute certainty—she wasn’t the type of woman who’d make Elvira jealous.

Four
    “A wedding night…I never thought I’d have one again,” Tristan said as he paced around the living room of the hotel suite. Sheri was in the other suite with her bridesmaids, getting changed into a fashionable outfit for leaving the reception.
    “Wedding nights are the only reason I’d consider marriage,” Gui said.
    “With Kara deMontaine?” Christos asked.
    “With any woman,” he said, not ready to discuss anything involving Kara with his friends.
    “Rumor has it you’re engaged,” Tristan said.
    “How the hell did you hear a rumor? You were supposed to be completely enthralled with your beautiful bride.”
    “I was. Blame my sister. Blanche is good friends with Rina deMontaine…”
    “Those women are faster than CNN at spreading news,” Gui muttered. He crossed the room to the wet bar and poured himself two fingers of Scotch. He swallowed the drink quickly.
    “So is it true?” Christos asked, coming up next to him.
    “Yes,” Gui said. He would have to convince Kara that engagement was next for them, and God knew how he’d do it. But there was no way he was going to tell his friends that in a moment of weakness he’d claimed her as his own.
    “What about Elvira?” Tristan asked.
    “Last time I checked, Tris, she was married.”
    “You know what I mean.”
    Gui scrubbed a hand over his face. “It’s past time for me to move on.”
    “I agree. Kara’s a good choice for you.”
    “She is?” Gui asked. He knew nothing about the woman except that she had the softest lips he’d ever tasted and when he kissed her he forgot that all other women existed.
    Not a bad start to an affair, but marriage…Damn, was he really considering marrying her? With Tristan’s words echoing in his mind, he knew that he was indeed considering it. It made sense to him.
    His friends were all married now, and he wanted the dynamic between the three of them to stay the same. If he were the only bachelor, there would be things he couldn’t participate in with them. Couple things. The very things Gui had spent his entire adult life avoiding.
    But now…now those things seemed appealing for some reason, and Kara deMontaine…well, she was someone he could easily see by his side.
    “What do you know of her?”
    “She’s active with several women and children’s groups. All of her charitable work is focused on family,” Tristan said, pouring a glass of Scotch for himself and taking a sip.
    “She’d make a good addition to the Cuaron Foundation,” Gui said. He’d started the Cuaron Foundation nearly ten years ago to help keep kids off drugs through getting them outside and active in extreme sports. The foundation was based in Madrid, and most of the work he did was in Europe, but he had started a second location in Australia last year. And he’d always planned to bring the foundation to the United States.
    “She would,” Christos said. “I remember when I talked to her at Rina’s birthday party last year that she was intelligent and very well-spoken if a bit shy.”
    Gui knew the root of that shyness. And wasn’t surprised that she’d overcome it to talk to Christos. She was too bold a spirit to let anything hold her back when she was passionate about something. And she must be about her work.
    “When is the wedding to take place?” Tristan asked.
    Gui poured himself more Scotch. He wasn’t even sure he could convince Kara to marry him. And he knew that she wouldn’t just agree because of who he was, as a number of other women would. That knowledge only made her more appealing. He realized that, for the first time since he had met Elvira, another