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head up
to look at him, her eyes meeting his for a breathless second before she spoke.
“Don’t worry. The night is young and you have time to try again. I promise to
act like it was your first try and I haven’t seen the big teddy bear you are.
I’ll even act like a bitch, with the eye roll and disgruntled sighing.”
    His eyes sparkled, the
little green in them, more visible as he chuckled, shaking his head. “You are
crazy, Lori!”
    She smiled at the warm
feeling that filled her chest. “No one has ever called me that.”
    “What, Crazy Lori? To
your face? I think that brave soul would be Aurora.”
    She punched him and
liked the resistance she met in his corded chest. “No you ass! Lori. Everyone,
including Riana calls me Loraine.”
    A dark brow rose. “I’m
sure your parents had a nickname for you when you were a child.”
    She snorted, looking
away for a moment. “Yeah, sure. That would be equivalent to living like hippies
for the Larsons .”
    “Why Loraine Larson,
are you a rebellious little rich girl? You are probably the black sheep and the
bane of your parents’ existence.”
    She stuck her tongue
out at him and his humorous gaze turned dark with desire.
    “You know, that can be
interpreted as an invitation,” he whispered huskily.
    He stared at her lips
for a long moment. Then his head lowered and Loraine’s lips fell open, her
heart beating erratically with anticipation.
    “Reno…” And like that
the spell was broken.
    Damn
it! Loraine let out a frustrated breath and turned to face the intruder. It was the
other groomsman who weirdly looked so much like Reno, which didn’t make sense
because he was one of Allan’s friends. It must be true that everyone had a
look-a-like somewhere in the world.
    “Yeah, Ruiz?” Reno’s
voice was tight. Loraine smiled slyly. Probably as tight as his tenting pants.
    He looked between her
and Reno before he spoke, unsure. “Now may be a good time to… ah…” He looked
down at her again before he turned to Reno.
    He was nervous, she
noted and wondered why. It was a good
time for what?
    She turned to Ruiz with
a smile. “Hi, I’m Loraine, Riana’s best friend. Why is it a good time, for what
and why are you so nervous?”
    Reno chuckled, his hand
pinching the side of her waist. “Aren’t you direct!”
    “She’s kind of like a
bulldog that way.” Allan commented as he and Riana came to a stop beside them.
    Reno gave her an
incredulous look. “You let him call you a bulldog but threatened to break my
leg because I call you Crazy Lori?”
    “He didn’t teach his
daughter his fond nickname for me,” she responded sarcastically before turning
her attention to Ruiz. He looked even more nervous with Riana standing next to
him. “Hey, are you going to pee or are you going to spill your guts? Which one
is it, because you look like you’re in dire need of a toilet?”
    “Loraine!” Riana
exclaimed amid the laughter coming from Reno and Allan. Ruiz just looked even
more nervous turning a light shade of red.
    “I’m your brother!” he
blurted out, looking at Riana, silencing the two men. Riana looked at him wide
eyed in complete shock.
    “Oh wow, I didn’t see
that one coming,” Loraine whispered in the silence. She looked around to see if
anyone not in their group had heard the revelation. Aside from Matthew and Amy
who looked intently at them from across the dance floor, no one else seemed to
have noticed the bomb that had just been dropped.
    Then Riana spoke,
worsening the silence. “But you’re white?”
    Loraine gapped at her
friend for a few seconds before a bubble of laughter escaped her. “He says he’s
your brother and you return with ‘you’re white’!” She pressed her lips together
fighting to hush the laughter, when they all turned to stare at her. “I’m
sorry. I know there is nothing funny about this situation, but I wasn’t
expecting that response.” She took a deep breath fighting the laughter harder.
“You know, it