He let out the breath he had been holding as I took his hand in mine.
Knowing he was going to be angry, I braced myself for his response.
“My father was at the church. He tried to bribe me into giving him money, but it didn’t work and he was removed from the church.”
I’d never seen Malcolm look so angry.
Pulling out his phone, he hit a number. “You have some explaining to do. He showed up at the church.”
My mouth fell open as I sucked in a breath.
What in the hell was going on, and who in the hell was Malcolm talking to?
I COULD SEE PAISLIE STARING at me from the corner of my eye as I lit into Kathleen.
“I want you to find out how he slipped by and make sure it doesn’t happen at the reception. Yes, there will be security. Don’t worry; I’ll make sure they know.”
Hitting End, I pushed my phone into my pants and took in a deep breath. I could feel her eyes burning into my body.
“You had my father followed? Why?”
Trying to calm myself down, I took a few more breaths and turned to her. “For this very reason. I didn’t want him showing up asking you for money. I figured as soon as he found out you were marrying me, he’d start trying to contact you. I never dreamed he would actually show up at the church.”
She frowned and I braced for her to lay into me. “Well he did, so whoever you were paying did a shitty job tracking him. Did I mention Elizabeth punched him?”
“Wait, you’re not mad at me?”
Paislie let out a snicker. “Why in the world would I be mad at you? I think it’s sweet you were looking out for me like that. You’ll never know what it felt like to hear his voice when I was moments away from walking down the aisle.”
“I swear to you, Paislie, I’ll never let him near you again.”
Her smile was soft and sweet. “I appreciate you wanting to protect me, but I’ve handled my father my whole life. There was one moment I was caught off guard and that moment was today. It will never happen again.”
I shook my head. “What if he keeps trying to get money from you? I mean, if he tried to bribe you today, who’s to say he won’t try again.”
“Oh he will; I’m sure of it. I’m guessing he is already trying to sell the story of how you married a poor girl from Dallas whose father was a drug addict and dumped her off at an orphanage.”
Anger built up in my veins as I balled my fists together thinking about how her father would do something like that to her. Paislie placed her hand on my arm and gave me a gentle squeeze. “Malcolm, I’m not ashamed of where I come from. It made me who I am today. I have nothing to hide so I don’t care what he tries to do. As long as I know you’ll be by my side, there isn’t anything I can’t handle.”
Her soft expression left me breathless. Paislie was the strongest, most forgiving woman I’d ever met. “Do you know how amazing you are?” I asked as I put my hand around her neck and pulled her closer to me.
“I think you may have to show me.”
A low growl came from the back of my throat. “Baby, if I showed you your hair would be a mess, your dress wrinkled and you’d have my cum running down your leg as we greeted our guest at our reception.”
With wide eyes, Paislie moved about in her seat. The desire I felt for her was uncontrollable.
“I’m willing to take the risk.” Leaning over closer to me, she whispered, “Besides, I’m not wearing any panties.”
My mouth snapped shut and my cock throbbed. “You want to kill me before our wedding night?”
Opening her mouth, she bit down on her finger and slowly nodded her head before saying, “I just want a preview . . . that’s all.”
My eyes looked over to the driver. “Phil, we need to make a quick stop before we head to the reception.”
Nodding his head, he asked, “Where to, sir?”
“It’s my wedding day and my wife wants a preview.”