Give Me All Of You by Delka Beazer

see the appreciation in his eyes. “You are exquisite.”
    She shrugged, avoided his gaze, but her cheeks reddened.
    The y moved forward, up the narrow stone path leading to the church.
    A nother car came to a stop in the parking lot below them.
    The minister. Hunter had called the man yesterday morning right after Mina had left. He’d been on standby for months waiting for the moment when Mina agreed.
    They stopped , waited for the minister to catch up.
    Hunter tu rned to greet him and for a moment he was sure he was hallucinating.
    All the remorse and nightmares from last night when he’ d lain alone in bed and constructed every conceivable reason Mina could use to back out of the wedding, he’d thought that at least this one was taken care of.
    Desiree stood still, and returned his shocked scrutiny.
    A playful smile hovered about her cherry lips. “I guess you didn’t expect to see me here, huh?” her voice was breathy, filled with the thrill of forbidden excitement or desire.
    B ile rose in his throat, it was undeniably both.
    Mina shifted besid e him. He forced himself to look at her.
    S he was as still as a statue, and she’d gone even paler, an expression of hurt confusion colored her hazel eyes. But ever polite she pasted a bland, polite smile on her face and inclined her head to Desiree, who returned the gesture with equal coolness.
    He stepped forward to block her from Desiree’s malicious view, but Mina anticipated his action and easily stepped around him.
    “What are you doing here, Desiree?” he rasped, his voice hoarse with thickening apprehension.
    Desiree lifted a perfectly manicured fingertip to her lip, scrunched up her brows innocently, she laughed in his face.
    “Why I was invited , silly. I’m not a wedding crasher,” she shuddered dramatically, her devilish brown eyes a clear rebuke of her pronouncement.
    Hunter rocked back on his heels. “ You’re ly-”
    “She’s not lying Hunter,” H ermile broke in smoothly.
    Mina winced as she stared between them, he could see her mind working rapidly, trying to sort out the most plausible reasons for Desiree’s appearance.
    Hermile wasn’t so lost, he ignored his daughter and horror descended on Hunter as he saw the ruthless determination in Hermile’s chilling emerald eyes.
    “I needed to see that you were telling the truth, that this,” Hermile gestured towards Desiree dismissively, “was only a single mistake that will never be repeated,” he finished harshly.
    Hunter grounded his teeth, his fingers on Hermile’s chair shoo k with the force of his fury, “old man you go too far,” he snarled.
    Mina jerked beside him, turned like a momma bear to glare up into his face, “you have no right to talk to my fathe r that way, you’re nothing but an employee.”
    Desiree chuckled good-naturedly , bringing all eyes to her, “Ah sweetie, that’s where you wrong …”
    “Shut up now or you’re ruined.” Hunter barked savagely at her.
    She y elped, then unbelievably she moaned!
    S he tipped closer to him and plastered her body next to his, he recoiled as though burned.
    S he pouted, gazed imploringly up into his rigid face. “One more time Hunter, pretty please , just once,” she laughed a shaky, hungry sound, “I will leave you alone. I promise.”
    Mina cried out beside them and before Hunter co uld thrust Desiree away, Desiree yelped as Mina dragged her backwards.
    Mina swung Desiree around and slapped her hard acros s the face. “Stay away from him!”
    Hunter’ s eyes nearly popped from his head in shock. Did Mina care just a little for him?
    Desiree massaged her abused cheek, but her brown eyes glittered with consideration. “I bet you’re hot in bed, aren’t you? It’s no wonder Hunter wants to marry you,” she stopped, then suddenly clapped her hands with childish delight, her bruised cheek totally forgotten. “You could join us you know, I’m all up for a ménage a trois , haven’t had one of those in ages. This