night. In fact, given how hard her family and most of her colleagues could party, the
reception was most likely still going on downstairs. Did anyone even miss her? Did
they notice she was gone?
Probably not.
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Elisa Adams
The ones who’d seen her leave had known she was with Ethan. No one would be
worried about her. They would just think they’d left to get a jump-start on the
honeymoon. After finding out Ethan’s secret, she’d told her parents she didn’t want to
deal with the traditions of cutting the cake and tossing the bouquet. First dance as
husband and wife? Forget it. She hadn’t been in the mood for any of that. Of course she
hadn’t told them the real reason. She’d only mentioned that she wanted to keep things
low-key and let everyone have a good time. No one would even know she’d been
kidnapped by a vampire.
Now why did that thought make her panties damp all over again?
Because he was right. They fit together. It didn’t matter what he was. Didn’t matter
what she was. Fate apparently didn’t care about such inconsequential details in the
grand scheme of things. There was the little matter of her job being a serious conflict of
interest, but did she really think Ethan was one of the bad guys? Of course not. Out of
the two of them, she was the more dangerous one. No, she didn’t think he was a
murderer or a deranged psychopath, but he’d lied to her. In a big way. And now he’d
kidnapped her and tied her up too.
The mattress dipped and she swung her gaze in his direction, wishing her hands
weren’t still bound. She could defend herself if she needed to but it would have been a
lot easier if she had the use of her arms. “Stay away.”
Because if you don’t, I won’t want you to anymore.
Even now a small part of her craved his touch. Unable to stop herself, she edged
toward him, inching awkwardly across the mattress. It was the wedding dress. It had to
be. Wearing all that tulle had somehow made her common sense shut down. Damn it,
she loved him, but she didn’t want to.
No, she did want to. That was what the real problem was here. Loving him went
against everything she’d been taught during her training but she couldn’t help it. She
wanted him to touch her.
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So I Married a Vampire
As if reading her mind, Ethan reached up to cup her cheek in his palm. She tried to
shrug away but he refused to let go.
“Don’t. Please, Jane. Stay with me here.”
“Untie me. We’ll talk. I promise.”
“Not yet. There are some things I want to show you first. To prove to you that I do
listen and that I’m willing to make compromises if you are.”
She raised her eyebrows. “And what would those be?”
“You know we’re meant to be together. It doesn’t matter what I am. I cherish you. I
can bring you more pleasure than you can even imagine.”
Something quaked inside her. Oh man. The pleasure he’d already brought her had
been amazing. The man was nothing if not adventurous. “What do you have planned?”
“You’ll see.”
He glanced toward the bedroom doorway and she followed his gaze. It was then
she noticed they weren’t alone anymore.
Ethan waited, unmoving, to see what Jane would do. If he’d expected theatrics from
his wife, he’d been wrong. He should have known she wouldn’t misbehave in front of
their…visitor. At least not yet. Give her a little time. Once she found out what he and
his friend had in mind, the night could go sour very quickly. Then again, she had said
she’d wanted this. Had practically begged him to try it at least once.
“Who…” she mumbled, her voice falling silent when Cameron stepped into the
room. Recognition flashed in her eyes. “What did you do, Ethan?”
“I seem to remember a conversation or two we had about spicing up our sex life
even more. A conversation you started. I thought we could try it on our wedding
night.”
“Okay.” She nodded, snagging her lower lip between her teeth for a brief second.
“But I don’t get it. Where does Cameron come in?”
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Elisa Adams
“He’s willing to play along.”
In truth, Cameron had been more than willing. By the time Ethan had finished
detailing his plan at the reception, Cameron had all been jumping up and down with
excitement. He’d said yes in record time before Ethan could even try to convince him.
Talk about being a best man!
There had never been any doubt in his mind who he would ask if he decided to
follow through with Jane’s fantasy. In fact he hadn’t been able to stop running the
scenario through his head since they’d discussed it. He’d even had a few dreams about