Her Wedding Escort: A BWWM Alpha Male Romance Read Online Free PDF Page B

between them, now that they had tasted a wild electricity with one another.
    Julia turned the radio on and for a little while, the miles spun away from them with the music, but then some of their favorite songs came on and they began singing along with the radio a little, and then singing along with the radio full blast, with shameless abandon, and the easiness they had found in the beginning returned to them.
    They drove on without stopping for much more than gas and snacks, and occasionally a photograph along the beautiful coastal highway, and by six that night they had pulled into the hotel parking lot. They were both impressed with it. It was a huge glistening resort on the beach, with every nuance and amenity that could possibly be desired. The valet took her car and as they were walking toward the front desk, Derek pulled Julia aside and looked into her big brown eyes.
    “I didn’t ask before, but I’ll need to know before we get to the front desk. Are we staying in the same room? It seems like if we’ve been together for two years that we would be.” His earnest eyes searched hers, making sure everything would be all right with her if he did stay with her. He didn’t really see that they had a choice, and he was worried that it might be awkward for her.
    She drew a deep breath and let it out slowly. “We are going to have to be in the same room together for this to be believable. Are you all right with that?”
    He nodded and gave her a half smile. “We’ve got to make it believable. We can do it.”
    They turned together and headed toward the desk, hand in hand.
    “Hello!” greeted the bubbly clerk at the check in counter. “Do you have a reservation with us?” she asked with a megawatt grin.
    “Yes, here’s my ID,” Julia said, handing her driver’s license over to the girl.
    The girl looked it up in the computer and her eyebrows shot up, “Oh! You’re with the bridal party this weekend! Lovely! Well, the bride has your room booked for you. You’re in a suite overlooking the ocean and the beach. It’s one of our best rooms. Now, it connects to the other suite next door to yours where some of your family is staying.”
    Julia raised one eyebrow in concern. “My room connects to another room that my family is staying in?”
    The clerk bobbed her head with a friendly grin. “That’s right!”
    “Who’s staying in there?” she asked in trepidation.
    The girl looked back at her computer and checked. “Evelyn and George Robinson,” she told them.
    Julia turned to glance at Derek. “My parents... well... that’s... nice.” she said with a fake smile plastered on her face.
    The girl at the counter missed her reaction, as she was busy gathering the room key and hotel information for them. “Here’s everything you’ll need. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to make your stay more comfortable!” she beamed at them both.
    They thanked her and walked away and Julia muttered under her breath, “You could put my parents on another floor of the hotel. That would make my stay more comfortable.”
    Derek laughed a little and placed his hand on her back, walking down the hall with her to their room. It was an enormous place: they had their own kitchen, sitting room, a bathroom with a jacuzzi tub, and a large bedroom with a king sized bed in it and a balcony going off of it through glass doors that led to a private beach for them, surrounded by lush vegetation for privacy.
    There was a door in the sitting room that Julia looked at suspiciously. She was sure that her parents must be staying in the room beyond it. She took her bags into the bedroom and set them on the bed, looking around at the bedroom. It was a truly beautiful room. Derek set his bag on the couch.
    Julia walked back into the sitting room and saw him there and said, “I think that the couch folds out into a bed. I’m sorry, I didn’t realize they had already booked a room like this. I was going to get us a room with