Page 36 of Must Love Alligators

She stepped closer and wrapped her arms around his neck.“I can’t wait to get somewhere alone with you where we can take our clothes off.”

He put his lips against her neck.“Yeah.That too.”

“So, we should obviously stick with less expensive, easily replaced rings.”She giggled.

“Obviously.”He cupped her butt and brought her up against him for a deep, searing kiss.

“Excuse me?Sir?Ma’am?”

They pulled apart to find two guys with airport security uniforms standing there.

“Yes?”Chase asked.

“Are these your bags?”

“They are.”

“They were reported as unattended.We need to take a look.”

Unattended.Of course they had been, as Chase and Bailey chased the engagement ring.“We were only a few feet away!”Bailey said.“We were right over there!”She pointed.

“We’re going to need to take a look,” the man repeated stoically.

Bailey opened her mouth to argue, but Chase hugged her against his side.“It’s fine.You can take a look.”

“Thank you.This way, please.”

Chase sighed as the men turned to lead them away.Bailey grabbed her suitcase as Chase swung her bag up onto his shoulder and took hold of the handle of his suitcase.

“We’re going to airport jail?”Bailey asked.

“Hopefully just to an office,” Chase said.

She blew out a breath.“Well, I guess it’s safe to say that we’re probably never going to be bored together.”

He laughed.“Maybe we’ll even get to the point where wehopefor a quiet night at home withnothinggoing on.”

She grinned.“Maybe.Then again, we’re going to be living near the Landrys, so that’s probably not going to happen.”

“True.Well, I’ve increased my health insurance coverage, got a new knee brace, stocked up on ibuprofen, and I am, after all, in medical school…so I’m ready for you, girl.”

A few minutes later, the airport security guards had their bags open and several things from one of Bailey’s bags spread out on a table in a back room.

“The alligator beer steins?”one of the men, Murphy, asked.

“For Chase’s dad,” Bailey said.

“And the alligator garden statue?”Murphy asked.

“For Chase’s mother.”

“And the alligator skull?”Murphy asked, an eyebrow up.

“For Chase.”She grinned at her fiancé.“It’s real.Cool, right?”

“Very cool,” he agreed, laughing at how excited she was.“You haven’t hurt yourself on those teeth, have you?”

She shook her head.“Oh, alligator teeth aren’t really that sharp.They have incredible jaw strength and rely on that to hold onto their prey, but they don’t chew, so their teeth only need to grip, not really bite through things.”

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