Page 62 of My Best Friend's Mardi Gras Wedding

He turned, swinging Tori away from whoever was coming after them.

Andrew.

Of course it was.Well, fuck.

He had Paisley in tow though.The bride didn’t look especially pleased, but it was hard to tell what she was upset about exactly.

Josh was making a spectacle.He knew that.It was very intentional.Paisley seemed to be the type to be annoyed by a guy carrying a girl up to bed at her big party.Not so much because it was a tad risqué, but more because it was taking attention away from Paisley.There was an equal chance, however, that she was pissed that Andrew was coming after Tori with clear concern and curiosity.

“Can I help you?”Josh asked Andrew.

“Tori?”Andrew was frowning at Josh, but not addressing him directly.“You okay?”

Josh pivoted sideways so that Tori could look at Andrew.She giggled.“I’m very okay.”

“I told you, this is herdate,” Paisley said, grabbing Andrew’s sleeve.“This is the guy she was supposed to meet last night.”

“Yeah, okay.”Andrew scowled at Josh.“This is just…not Tori’s style.”

“What do you think?He’s going to kidnap her in front of all of these people?”Paisley asked crossly.

“Maybe if no one stops them and asks some questions,” Andrew replied.

“Not being kidnapped,” Tori said.“Everything is good.”

“There, see?Everything is good,” Paisley said, tugging on Andrew’s sleeve.

“I’ve just never seen you like this,” Andrew told Tori.

“Upside down?”Tori asked.

Josh was unable to contain his smile.

“Likethis.With a guy,” Andrew said.

“Maybe the guys she normally hangs out with aren’t strong enough,” Josh suggested.

“Strong enough?”Andrew repeated with a frown.

“To throw her over their shoulders.”Josh put his hand on Tori’s ass.Possessively.“Which is too bad.Because this gets her really hot.”

He heard Tori gasp softly and she smacked his butt.He laughed.

Andrew seemed to not know what to say to all of this.“Can you…put her down?Please?So I can talk to her?”

“I’m not sure she’s in the mood to talk right now,” Josh said.In fact, Tori had been trying to drag him upstairs for the past hour or so for some definitenot talking.

Andrew scowled and Josh realized that he really liked annoying this guy.He’d never been possessive of a woman before, but hell, it fell in with everything else he’d been feeling for the first time with Tori.This was the kind of cause-a-stir-and-make-an-ass-of-yourself stuff his family specialized in.

“Tori,” Andrew said.“Please.”

Josh heard Tori sigh and knew she was about to capitulate.

“Tomorrow would be better,” Josh said, taking a step closer to the staircase.

Andrew folded his arms.“Actually, tomorrow is one of the things we need to talk about.”

Paisley caught Josh’s eye.She gave him a look that clearly saidfix this.

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