Seducing My Best Friend (Alphalicious Billionaires 4)

“So…” Jesse panted. “Did I manage to convince you to stay?”

“Stay?” she squeaked. “Like? Here?”

He laughed. “Anywhere you want, just as long as it’s with me.”

“I…”

His cock throbbed between them and she looked down, shocked. How the heck is it possible that he’s still hard? I mean, like, that hard. Like, really hard. Like what we just did didn’t even happen?

“Maybe you need some more convincing,” he said darkly, before swinging her up on top of him, so that her legs straddled his waist, his cock pressed between them.

“I think I do,” she panted, but she grinned down at him and winked.

He stared up at her for a second, in complete and utter, rapt adoration, but then be winked back, and it was the most beautiful wink in the world, because that wink…

That wink kind of looked like forever.

EPILOGUE

Jesse

“Do you think it’s weird, packing and flying across the country for your own wedding? I mean, I feel like we didn’t actually plan any of this. Like we slacked off and let everyone else do it for us and we’re just kind of showing up like any other guest.”

“Well, if you count any other guest as your parents and my mom and your super annoying brother and our really close friends…”

Sydney’s hands still on the suitcase that she was trying to zip closed. It looked like it was going to burst. He should have told her to pack two bags, since the airline was going to ding them for that crazy overweight bag as it was.

“I can’t believe we’re getting married tomorrow.” Syd’s eyes danced as she looked up.

Jesse tensed. “Like in a good way, or a bad way?”

His own bag, a suitcase a quarter the size of hers, sat already packed on the edge of their bed. They’d decided to stay in Houston, since, it turned out, Sydney was a complete and utter marketing genius and loved what they were doing. Her mom moved out a month after they’d found a house, into her own condo. In a move that shocked everyone, she started dating a man who was divorced and had two kids, twelve and ten. They’d decided to take the plunge six months later and make it official. Two years after that, they were still going strong.

He and Syd decided to wait a little longer. Three years after he’d walked into her interview with that photo album, they still hadn’t killed each other yet. He’d taken the chance of a lifetime and bought a ring and after a lecture about how they didn’t need to be married to be happy, Syd had broken down into happy tears, thrown her arms around his neck, and said that yes, she’d be honored to be his wife.

She turned to him, a sweet smile lighting up her face. “A happy way of course. I just- I mean, you said when we were kids that you wanted to get married in your parent’s backyard. I just feel like they’ve gone to all this work and we haven’t really done anything.”

“You bought a dress. That’s all there really was to do. They just have to set up lawn chairs and make sandwiches.”

Syd hesitated again. He hated the speck of doubt he saw in her eyes when they flicked back up to his. “Do you think that- well- that if anyone gets a photo of Philly’s most eligible bachelor getting married like a hobo in a tiny ceremony with ten people as guests that- that people will- think…”

“I don’t care what people think.” He stalked over and dropped his hands to her waist. “And we live in Houston now, so I’m not Philly’s most eligible bachelor. That title has shifted onto some other poor bastard. This- you- this is everything that I want. It’s everything I’ve wanted for as long as I can remember, so no, if some photos get leaked or someone says something, I don’t actually give a shit, because you, Sydney, are going to be my wife. The most beautiful, wonderful, amazing, smart, caring, kick ass marketing woman in the world.”

“Kick ass marketing?” she giggled. “Seriously, I don’t think that’s a thing.”

“Oh, it’s a thing. I should also add, sexiest on that list.”

Her eyes sparkled with happiness as she looped her arms around his neck. He marveled again that she’d chosen him. Him. It had taken a damn long time for them to get their stuff figured out, but when they did, even they were surprised at how strong they were going. At how everything just kind of fell into place and it just seemed… easy. Turned out people were right when they said having a solid friendship as a base first, really helped.

“Looks like your parents are going to get everything they want.”

Jesse stared into Syd’s face, because her smile was kind of weird, a little lopsided, and her eyes were really glowing. Like they did when she had a secret.