Page 58 of Perfect (mis)Match

“Piper, Chloe wants you to run upstairs and check if the tables were delivered. The event company claims they were, but they were supposed to text a photo of them to her yesterday, and they never did. She only just remembered.”

“You got it,” she replied with a salute. She turned to me when the woman ran off. “Whereis that wedding planner they hired?”

I glanced up the stairs. “Grab your carabiner, it’s time to summit this place.”

Three flights of stairs later, we walked into a bright, light-filled room that was indeed crowded with tables, though not in any discernible arrangement.

“Okay, one less thing for her to worry about,” Piper said with a nod. “Although when are they going to get set up?” She peered around the room. “And where are the linens? Okay, nowI’mstarting to get worried too. How are they going to pull this off in twenty-four hours?”

“Piper, I’m on it,” I said as I gently grasped her arms. “I have a backup team for all of this, ready to deploy with one phone call. I didn’t want to step in and take over right away, but the minute they need my support, I’m here. There’s no way I’m letting anything go wrong on Paul’s big day.”

Her mouth dropped open. “Seriously? That’s the sweetest thing I’ve ever heard!”

“Nah, it’s nothing,” I said, a little uncomfortable about exposing my soft side, even to Piper. “I just think it’s important to have a backup plan, you know?”

She pushed closer and wrapped her arms around me. “You’re absolutely amazing, you know that?”

The sensation of her pressed against my body was enough to make me go hard instantly. She touched her nose against the base of my neck and inhaled.

“I freaking love the way you smell. And it’s not just the cologne, because I’ve smelled it in the bottle, and it’s different. It’s the way it smells on your skin.”

She inhaled again and kissed the spot, over and over as her hand slid down to my crotch.

“Piper,” I groaned. “We can’t…”

She pulled away to glance around the empty room. “There’s got to be a closet somewhere up here.” She rubbed her hand against my hardness.

“Okay,” I relented. “Maybe a quickie, before anyone can miss us.”

Piper laughed at me. “There’s no such thing as a quickie with you.”

I caught her smiling mouth against mine, and she melted into the kiss. My body went electric with the need for her as her hands raced along my back to grab my ass.

Yeah, we were doing this.

I started backing her toward a door across the room, never breaking off the kiss and hoping that whatever was on the otherside was at least semi-private so I could bury myself in her. By the time we reached it, I was desperate and ready to rip her sundress off.

And the fucking door waslocked.

“Damn it,” I said, jiggling it.

Piper let out an angry noise.

The sound of footsteps and voices echoed up the stairs to us.

“Fuck,” I sighed. “They’re coming.”

“Yikes, I need to calm down then.” Piper ran her palm over her hair to smooth it. “Do I look like I was just about to attack you, or do I look like a virginal bridesmaid?”

I laughed at her. “Honestly? You look a little unhinged. And I like it.”

She scowled at me and straightened the sundress I’d just been pulling up her thighs. I leaned over to kiss her once more, and she nipped my lip.

“I promise it’ll be worth the wait,” I murmured to her.

A group of people in black slacks and shirts crested the staircase, no doubt to begin setup in the room. Luckily, they were too focused on what needed to be done to notice the horny, messy couple hovering in the corner.

Piper smiled at me and took my hand.

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