Total pages in book: 92
Estimated words: 93699 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 468(@200wpm)___ 375(@250wpm)___ 312(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 93699 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 468(@200wpm)___ 375(@250wpm)___ 312(@300wpm)
We stared at him blankly, but he didn’t skip a beat.
He handed Travis a folder and pen, and then he picked up a brown bag. Opening it, he revealed a twinkling tiara with a short white veil.
“Here you are, Beautiful.” He slid it into my hair. “This brand is usually for the girls who work the poles for me, but I’ll let you have it on the house tonight.”
I had no words.
“All my ceremonies come with a complimentary flight of tequila.” He stepped behind a counter and pulled out a tray of shot glasses. “I highly recommend making a wish between each one.”
I knocked three back in succession, wincing as the liquor burned my throat.
“Please make this guy put some pants on,” was the only wish I could muster.
“Don’t think I forgot about you, sir.” He picked up a pair of silver pleasure balls and gave them to Travis. “These are for your honeymoon. They’re slightly used, but you can wash ‘em again if that type of thing bothers you.”
Travis let them fall to the floor.
“We’re all set for the ceremony!” He looked over the paperwork. “Cherry will handle the legal shit while I—wait a fucking minute…You’re Travis Carter? As in the Travis Carter?”
“No,” Travis said. “I’ve never heard of him.”
“Too bad.” The guy shook his head. “You would find good work as his body double if you ever considered it.”
Not catching Travis’s sarcasm, he directed us to follow him inside a small white chapel. The pews were filled with oversized blowup dolls, each one donning a name tag that read “wedding witness.”
Taking his place behind the podium, he opened a book that was definitely not the Bible and picked up a flask.
“Dearly Beloved,” he said, “we are gathered here tonight to bear witness to two souls who are deeply in love. Will the soon-to-be wedded please join hands?”
We obliged.
“Do you, ‘Insert Bride to Be’s Name,’ take ‘Insert Groom to Be’s Name,’ to have and to hold, from this day forward?”
“Um…” I couldn’t take this man seriously. “I do.”
“What about for better or for worse, for richer or—Slightly pause the reading for dramatic effect.” He sipped from his flask. “For poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and cherish always, ‘til death do you part?”
“I do,” I said.
“How about you?” He looked at Travis. “Ditto to everything I said, plus do you take her ‘til death do you part?”
“I do,” Travis said.
“Perfect!” He shut the book. “You may now kiss the bride.”
“I don’t think so,” “Just give us the license,” we spoke in unison.
“Legally speaking, I can’t do that until I see you kiss.”
Travis lifted my hand and kissed it. “There.”
“Funny.” He looked between us. “If I didn’t know any better, I’d say that you two aren’t serious about the sacred act of marriage. This better not be some type of fraud.”
“You have to be joking,” I said. “You barely read the vows.”
“So? I can’t sign off on an eternal love if you’re not willing to share it with me.” He crossed his arms. “So, if you don’t want to show it, the license won’t leave here with you. No refunds.”
I clenched my fists, prepared to tell him where he could shove his grandstanding, but Travis slipped an arm around my waist.
Pulling me against his chest, he crashed his lips against mine—serving me an instant reminder of what I missed about him. Us.
I wrapped an arm around his neck and submitted my mouth, letting him tame my tongue with his.
The world dissolved around us as he grabbed my ass mid-kiss and whispered, “Tell me you don’t miss how I used to kiss you…”
There was no chance for me to give him an answer.
He kissed me even harder, pushing down my guard, weakening my resolve.
As I struggled to keep up with him, his cock stiffened against my thigh. I slid a hand between us, wanting to feel how hard I made him, but he pushed it away.
“Don’t start anything you’re not ready to finish,” he whispered harshly.
I tried to pull back from his kiss, to make him slow down, but he refused to let me. He squeezed my ass harder, dominating my mouth until I completely surrendered.
I shut my eyes in bliss, ready to let him take me higher, but he tore his mouth away from mine.
What the… My chest heaved up and down at the abrupt loss of his touch.
“Well, damn…I apologize for my baseless assumption.” The ‘priest’ cleared his throat and walked down the aisle. “Come pick up your license in the lobby. Oh, and treat yourself to a complimentary condom pack. I have a feeling you’ll need a lot of those tonight.”
I turned away to follow him, but Travis grabbed my waist.
“Wait a minute.” He spun me around. “You need to put the real ring on before we leave here.”