“Do you want to dance?”
His voice sounded like it was purring in her ear, his hand against her hip made her feel protected.
She nodded because she couldn’t speak.
The song that the DJ had put on was also a slow dance number and the lights had stayed soft and warm.
Crois led her out to the dance floor and instead of turning her toward him, he turned toward her.
He put his arms loosely around her body and she…
She remembered what Pilar had done. Lifting her arms, she looped her arms around his neck and relaxed into his loose embrace.
Harmony looked up and lost herself in his eyes, trusting him to lead her on the dance floor.
As the song went on she realized that her trust in him was justified.
He held her and moved with her and she never once felt awkward.
When the song ended, she looked up at him with her whole heart in her eyes, she just wasn’t sure he could see it.
And he proved her wrong.
“Walk with me?”
She heard his words and not for a second did she consider telling him no.
Harmony took his hand and they walked out into the night.
SEVENTEEN
CROIS
As they walked outsideof the tent, he felt his cell phone vibrate in his pants pocket.
He wanted to take it out and put the whole thing on silent or turn it off.
He’d just left it on in case Harmony wanted to contact him.
What he’d seen earlier when he’d checked his phone right before the ceremony was a whole lot of texts from different phone numbers.
He didn’t know the numbers.
There wasn’t even a name attached to the texts, but he knew… he KNEW who it was.
The texts were telling.
(555) 555-6123: Hey… when can we go out for dinner?
(555) 555-6123: I’ll make sure you have a great time. And a guaranteed happy ending if you know what I mean
(555) 555-8912: This is your number, right? Cross?
(555) 555-8912: I know you got in trouble because of me. I can make it all better. I just need to see you.
(555) 555-0101: Okay, maybe you didn’t get the messages earlier, trying another number.
(555) 555-0101: The people at the corner store think I’m some kind of spy or that I’m crazy.
