Page 137 of The System

“Now that I’ve won the election and just need to be sworn in, I realize I need to take about a year off to recover from the campaigning. I think that’s frowned upon, though.”

“Hey, you’re going to be an amazing district attorney.” Kieran rested her chin on Carina’s shoulder. “And tonight, we’re going to have fun at a wedding.”

“And after the wedding?”

Kieran lifted an eyebrow.

“Yeah?” Carina checked.

“Yes,” Kieran replied. “You can play district attorney with me all you want.”

“Does Marin know we actually have a big one like that?”

“No, I don’t talk to my sister about our sex life.”

“You just did in there,” Carina noted.

“No, I didn’t. I was trying to get her to admit that she likes Frank, and she was trying to get me to change the subject. She just used you to do it.”

“Okay. And she’s not staying here tonight, right? If she drinks, I’ll get her an Uber, but I want to be alone with you later. We couldn’t celebrate last night because she was here. Well, we celebrated with her, but you know what I mean.” Carina wrapped her arms around Kieran’s waist.

“It’s just a name change. It’s no big deal.”

“You wanted your old name back, and you took it back. That is a big deal.”

“And you promise me that if we ever decide to tie the knot, you’re not going to request that I change it again, right? Because it was such a pain in the ass both times.”

“I promise. Whatever you want your name to be, that’s your name, Miss Walsh.” Carina kissed Kieran’s nose. “And you look pretty, too. I like this dress on you. Did you mean to match, though?” Carina pulled back a little to look down at Kieran’s dress.

“Match?”

“You and Marin.”

“We don’t match. Her dress is red. Mine’s blue.”

“Babe, it’s the same dress. You didn’t notice when you tried them on?”

“It’s not the same dress. I bought mine first. She asked me to take her shopping after, and I–” Kieran looked in the mirror. “Oh, my God. I’m wearing the same damn dress as my twin sister.”

Carina just laughed and said, “Well, you never did that matching thing when you were little, so maybe you’re due now.”

“I have to change.”

“No, it’s cute. You look cute.”

“Yeah, so does my sister, though.”

“I want to take that off you when we get back tonight. Leave it on,” Carina requested. “Please.”

“Okay, Miss Whitlock. But I don’t want anything we can find in a drawer tonight, then. Just you, okay?”

“Okay. Now, let me finish getting ready. I’ll meet you downstairs.”

“Five more minutes,” Kieran told her, holding up her hand with her fingers spread out.

“If you’re trying to turn me on by showing those off, it’s working.”

“Oh, my God.” Kieran laughed and left her in the bathroom.

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