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“Oh…Brea honey. NO!” Cole hugged her tight and patted her back. “It’s just nerves, okay? We had a hard bump in the road. That’s all. It will be fine. You will see.”

Brea tried to stop crying. He’s right. It’s just a dream. It’s fear. That old friend-monster she’d lived with her whole life. Until, she knocked him down and went with her gut when she decided to go after the man of her dreams. She needed to fight it off again. “She—stood up and—oohhh.” She started weeping again. “I can’t marry youuu!”

Cole set her away from him. “What?”

“I c-can’t. What if it re-all-y happens?”

Cole kept shaking his head. “I don’t know what you’re talking about. If what happens?”

“I—I dreamt about our wedding. It was so-so beautiful!”

“Well, that sounds awesome Brea. Why is that bad? You have to tell me what all this is about.” “Vi-victoriaaaa!” she sobbed.

Cole grabbed her arms and shushed her. “You need to calm down and slowly…tell me what is wrong. What do you mean you can’t marry me?”

Brea sniffled and tried to slow her tears. “I dreamt that she objected at our wedding—she had

YOUR baby!”

Cole’s eyes widened. “WHAT?” he shouted.

Brea jumped at his shout. He never yelled.

“That’s impossible, Brea.”

“Is it? You spent the whole time drunk and drugged in Vegas. How do YOU know? You could have slept with her and not remembered it!”

He shook his head. “I really don’t think so.”

“I-I can’t help it if I had a nightmare Cole. After I was going along so oblivious, so happy. Then those women showed up with their Vegas marriage pact. What if there’s something—something else?” His eyes narrowed. “Something else?”

“Yes, that—well, might come up?”

Cole stood up. “I told you everything about my life, from boyhood to now. I am NOT hiding anything else.”

Brea stared at his trouble expression and the glow of truth in his eyes. “I know and I believe you.

I just…” Her voice faded away.

He sat back down and patted her hand. “You ARE going to marry me. We deserve to be happy.

Don’t you want to be with me anymore?”

Brea sucked her breath in. NOT be with this man anymore? The thought made her heart stop. “Of course, I do. I just think we should…”

“What? Go ask Victoria if she has my baby?” His brow arched with the ridiculous question. “Like maybe she has hidden it away and plans to spring fatherhood on me while I’m walking down the aisle with another woman?”

Sniffling, Brea stared him in the eyes. “Yes.”

“You’re serious?”

“Serious as a Bride To Be who needs closure on the first Bride That Was.” She crossed her arms over her ample chest.

Cole stood up and crossed his arms over his chest too, as though he was ready to stand his ground. “Well, I won’t go talk to her alone. That would be wrong on all accounts. So, you…Miss

Bride To Be better get up and get dressed.”

Brea batted her eyes. “You mean you will do it?”

Cole let out a huge sigh and gazed down at her. “I would walk through hell’s acre of coals, barefoot and buck naked, carrying the weight of the world on my shoulders to keep you with me.”

“That is so—sooo oddly sweet!” Brea put her hands up to her mouth and then started to sob again.

Cole shook his head and scooped her up. “Never mind. I will dress you. I love taking care of you anyways.”

With the sweet admittance, her sobbing grew even louder.

A sex on a stick, illegal contraband of sexiness…

KANDA

When she opened her eyes, the sun glanced across the room to spin its rays upon the most wonderful sight. Her eyes focused closer on the sunlight spanning across the most magnificent chest in all the world.

Wade lay sleeping….his bare chest looking smooth, hard and so very lickable.

Oh, lord in heaven can this be real?

Kanda wondered if she was still dreaming in her sleep as she licked her lips with a yearning to taste all that glorious skin. To wake up next to this? She rolled her eyes to the heavens. Did I do some terrifically awesome act of mercy to be gifted with this? Maybe I gave an extra dollar at church services?

LOVE! She just remembered what he said last night. He up and causally said he loved her! She still couldn’t wrap her mind around it.

This showed her one thing. She stayed true to her nature, stayed true to what she felt. From the moment the Sextied Idea—as Wade jokingly called it—came to her. Tie this yummy man down and lose her virginity to someone worth it! Only, she didn’t know it would lead to this. Having him by her side. Being an ACTUAL couple! No, she never EVER dreamed that. She’d supposed being a man, he would like it and then move on. Just like the girls at that silly hair salon in town would say, ‘A good Tuq n’ Fuq. Then smile and walk away.’

Her gut didn’t steer her wrong though and here she was, lying in his embrace as the sun danced along his yummy skin.

His eyes opened slowly and his warm gaze instantly focused on her face.

Her heart gave a lurch. From out of nowhere, fear overcame her, right on the heels of a euphoric happiness. What if he gets tired of her, what if he gets bored or suddenly sees her fat rolls as disgusting?

A smile broke out on his lips. “How is my babealicious hellion this bright sunny morning?” His sleep filled voice nearly purred the words.

Her stomach now joined in with the heart lurching. Was I just thinking about him dumping me? This man is REAL and true. I refuse to let my fears destroy this magnificent gift that fell into my lap out on the Kincade range. “I’m on top of the world, sexy Aussie man,” she quipped with as much of steady voice as she could muster.

Chuckling, he grabbed her face and kissed her soundly.

The man still tasted good, no morning breath, as far as she could taste. Unless, he was so yummy, it just didn’t matter? How perfect…IS perfect? The kiss deepened and her thighs clenched. Her body was in instant heat again. On fire. She could feel herself getting wetter by the second.

Wade pulled away to gaze into her eyes. “I don’t want to spoil your top O’ the world Ma feeling, but we have work to do today.” He let go of her face and laid back, then gave a long, full body stretch. Easing his torso out and stretching those powerful legs. Letting out an easy sigh as he did so.

Cole couldn’t help but to chuckle as he carried her to the bathroom.