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beat of his heart. “I want to reenact that scene when Princess Leia infiltrates Jabba the Hutt’s palace. Remember, when you’re frozen and I save you?”
    “Sounds good.” He held her tight, his warm breath caressing her ear. “So we’re going to ad lib on the script, right? I’m frozen and you have to do wicked things to my body to unfreeze me?”
    Lauren raised her eyebrows, strained against his embrace and opened her arms. “Of course. And I had some ideas involving your blaster as well, but I’ll wait to discuss that until we’re in private.”
    He tightened his hold on her, his erection pressed against her belly. “Would that be my actual blaster, or the blaster between my legs that’s hard as metal right now?”
    She punched him playfully in the arm. “God, I love. . . it when we do this. Isn’t cosplay fun?” Quickly, she turned away from him, the intimacy too much. “I need to check on some things in the kitchen. Be right back.”
    Inwardly, she scolded herself. She had almost said she loved him. She couldn’t cross that line. She couldn’t. Could she? Confused and tired, she’d been working in preparation for this event for what felt like weeks straight without sleep. Plus she managed the bakery, and she needed to update her blog. First thing in the morning, she’d write a new blog post. And after tonight, Trey would no longer be her client.
    Meeting Trey in secret the last couple of weeks was exciting and fun. She’d miss having the excuse to be together so much, under the guise of discussing menu choices—which inevitably ended with them making love—but she thought she was ready to take the next step in their relationship.
    However, all this thinking made her head hurt, and for tonight she wanted to be Princess Leia a little bit longer. The evening had been a triumph, and she believed Grandma would have been proud of her. Tonight, Moose’s Tooth bakery would gain a reputation for catering as well as scrumptious food. After what felt like many past failures, tonight had been a success.
    Emerging from the kitchen, Lauren sought out Trey. He was talking with his security staff, who were dressed as Storm Troopers. Several employees, both his and hers, were staying the night on the first floor. It was too late to drive home, and everyone was exhausted.
    She waited for him to finish his conversation. He acknowledged her with a brief nod as he listened to his employee. Now that the third floor was complete, they’d be the first and only people staying overnight on that floor. Trey had already put her toiletry bag in room 325 and she was ready for sleep. Well, and a little something else, of course.
    After he finished talking with his staff, he swung around and lifted his eyebrows. “Princess, are we ready to go?”
    The look in his eyes said only one thing and it didn’t involve sleep. Desire pumped through her veins. “I’m ready.”
    The heat of his hand sizzled on the small of her back as they walked to the elevator. Warmth spread through her waist and upward to her breasts. Walking with Trey, she felt like they were a real couple. Not knowing what would happen between them tomorrow scared her, but tonight she wasn’t going to think about that. Tomorrow and its uncertainties would arrive soon enough.

Chapter Ten
     
    Trey stirred.
    He squinted across the king-size bed to the adjacent pillow and the tangled mass of chocolate-brown Princess Leia buns in disarray on Lauren’s head.
    He smiled. He realized he’d been doing that a lot lately. Smiling.
    She made him happy. At first he’d believed his feelings for her were rooted in the past. Now everything was different. His feelings for her were very real and had nothing to do with a high school crush.
    He wanted to make love to her again, but she looked so peaceful he couldn’t bring himself to wake her. He never thought someone like her, so vivacious and worldly, would ever want to be with a small-town guy like him. He worried that he