Body Politics (19 page)

She pressed herself against his thigh and hugged his waist.
What you do to me
. She smiled. Mark DeLuca spoke, and her body and mind listened. She lifted her head. “When we get married, you’re going to expect me to obey, aren’t you?”

“Will it be a hardship?”

“Not a hardship, although it might be a challenge from time to time.”

He brushed her lips with his. “I wouldn’t expect otherwise.”

“What kind of ceremony would you like?” she asked.

“A quick one. What do you want?”

“A garden wedding. A billowy white dress like Princess Diana’s, a big bouquet of orchids and lilies. A sit-down, catered dinner, a huge, beautiful cake, and a live band at the reception.”

“Anything else?”

“Just that you love me the way I love you.”

His gaze grew tender. “I do, kitten.”

“Oh, and one more thing,” she added. “Never stop calling me ‘kitten.’”

Epilogue

One year later

Stephanie and Mark were married under an arch of climbing roses in the rear garden of the Rod and Cane Society mansion. Wearing a satin-and-lace gown, its ten-foot train beaded with seed pearls, the beaming bride glided down a white aisle runner spanning freshly mown grass toward her teary-eyed groom.

As she vowed to love, honor, and obey, a five-piece band finished setting up their instruments in a huge white tent staked nearby for the reception, and caterers readied a four-tier cake baked by a renowned pastry chef, as well as an elegant sit-down meal.

Stephanie got the wedding she wanted. Except for one thing.

She didn’t have a bouquet of orchids and lilies.

Instead of flowers, she carried their infant son, Mark DeLuca Jr.

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Cara Bristol

Cara Bristol writes the kind of romance she likes to read: spicy tales of love and lust that are fun, sexy, and stirring. She believes a touch of taboo or a hint of kink only makes a love story that much hotter.

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