Billionaire Unmasked(22)

“T-Two days?” she stammered. Impossible. “Oh, God. I have to get back to Colorado.” She set Daisy on the floor shakily.

“You are back.” Jason moved across the room to stand in front of her.

“In Aspen?”

“Rocky Springs,” he answered abruptly.

Rocky Springs? Hope knew of the decadent, lush resort town, but she’d never been there. “Why am I here? Why is Daisy here?”

Jason shrugged. “My business was finished in Las Vegas. And the cat was brought here because I wasn’t sure if anyone was taking care of her because you were delayed. The Colters, the family who owns this property, are friends. I had some business to discuss with Tate Colter, so I brought you with me.”

She’d heard about the Colters. Everyone in Colorado knew about the obscenely rich family who owned just about everything in this area. “Okay.” Hope blew out a pensive breath. “That will make it easier, I guess. At least I’m back. I take it I have you to thank for bringing me back to Colorado.” He’d obviously hoisted her onto his private jet. She’d put him to enough trouble. It would be easy for her to get back to Aspen. “If you don’t mind, I’ll grab a shower and get out of your hair. I’m sure I can rent a car in town, but I might need a ride there.” She turned on her heel to retreat, mortified that she’d lost so much control that she didn’t remember two whole days out of her life.

She didn’t make it very far. Jason grabbed her by her upper arm and swung her back around. “You’re staying for a while,” he informed her, his face impassive.

“I can’t stay. I have obligations,” she said irritably, not happy with his bossy tone.

“You’re staying,” Jason repeated. “And we’re going to have a little talk. Then I’m taking you to bed and fucking you until you can’t think of anything else but me. I think we’ve ignored our attraction to each other for far too long.”#p#分页标题#e#

Hope gaped at him, stunned. “I’m leaving, and I’m not having sex with you.” She fumed. “I’m…engaged.”

“Another thing we need to talk about. Soon,” Jason said ominously.

“There’s nothing to talk about,” she replied defensively.

I have to get away from him. Now.

He clasped both of her shoulders. “Exactly how much of our time in Vegas do you actually remember?”

What did that matter now? Obviously she’d gotten drunk enough to black out most of her return back to Colorado, and her recovery from her hangover from hell. “I remember seeing you. I remember going out for drinks. I don’t remember much after that,” she admitted, exasperated.

“Then you’ve forgotten a lot,” Jason informed her ominously. “There will be no other men. You’re not engaged to someone else. You’re already married. To me,” he finished fiercely. He took her left hand in his, entwined their fingers, and held the conjoined digits up to rest against his chest.

Hope gasped as her gaze landed on their entangled hands. The sparkle of the diamond on her finger twinkled mockingly back at her. Jason had a gold band on his left ring finger, and she sported an exquisite diamond ring that she’d been in too much of a fog to even notice earlier. “No.” She shook her head adamantly in horror.

“Yes,” Jason snapped back. “We’re married, Hope.”

“I can’t be married to you. I couldn’t have forgotten my own wedding.” Impossible!

He let go of her hand and it fell back to her side. Wordlessly, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a piece of paper that he handed over to her.

Hope opened it frantically, looked at the marriage license as though it was a death sentence. She scanned the document and stopped at the signature at the bottom. It was shaky, but the signed name was hers, and she’d opted to use Jason’s last name as her married name. “Oh, God. This can’t be real.” She groaned.

“It’s very real. When I found it, I had the marriage checked out. It happened, Hope. The wedding is being recorded at the courthouse in Vegas,” Jason replied coolly.

“We actually said vows?”

“Apparently, we did,” he rumbled.

Hope’s head reeled, her body nearly motionless with shock as she looked up at Jason’s cold expression. His eyes bored into hers. “Were you drunk, too?” It had to be the only explanation. They’d both been out of their minds. “It’s all just a big mistake. We can have it annulled. We can tell them neither one of us were of sound mind at the time,” she told him breathlessly.