Chapter 4

“Did she say yes?” Sam’s father said when he called him later that evening.

“Yes, I think she is planning to call you soon. It went off without a hitch. Thank you for giving me your blessing.”

“Of course, Drake. She has been happier these last few months than I had ever hoped she would be. Her mother and I will be coming into town in a couple of weeks, and we would love to take you two out to dinner to celebrate.”

Drake loved Sam’s father very much. He had hoped her family would be happy with the news, but hearing just how happy they were was music to his ears.

“Yes, we would love that.”

“When will the wedding be? I hope you won’t be waiting five years?” her father joked.

“Oh, heck no. I’d get married tomorrow if I could convince Sam to do it.”

“Why not plan it for when we are there in two weeks?” Mr. Holt said nonchalantly.

“I’m not sure Sam would appreciate that very much; you know women—they always want to plan everything and throw a huge event.”

Mr. Holt was quiet for a minute, and Drake thought he might have said something wrong. He didn’t want to do anything that would jeopardize his relationship with his future in-laws. Drake knew them well enough that he felt comfortable with Samantha’s family, but he didn’t know them well enough to know if something he said was offensive to them. He didn’t think it was, but as the silence dragged on, his nerves got the best of him.

“Is that what Sam wants?” Mr. Holt asked.

Drake didn’t really know at all what Sam wanted for her wedding day. They had never even brought up the conversation before, that was probably why she had been so blown away by the proposal.

“You know, I’m not sure. I guess we should talk about it.”

“Talk to her and see. We’ll be there no matter when you decide to have it.”

As Drake got off the phone with Samantha’s father, he couldn’t help thinking about the idea of throwing the wedding in two weeks. But he didn’t think Sam would like it. Not because it was so fast, but because she was in the middle of a big project at work and would say she was too busy to arrange everything. Drake made a note to talk with some women in Sam’s life and get their opinion on if he should even bring up the option.

“Who was that?” Sam asked as she came out of the bathroom.

“Oh, just a friend. I had to share the good news. Have you called your parents yet?” Drake asked.

“I’m just about to call my mother now. I was thinking about telling them when they came out in two weeks, but I can’t keep a secret that long at all. Speaking of secrets, how the hell did you keep that proposal a secret from me? You’re horrible at keeping secrets.”

“Hey, how do you know if I’m horrible or not? Maybe I’m so good at keeping secrets that I just never tell you. Therefore, you think I’m bad at keeping secrets when I’m really the best secret keeper in the world.”

Sam started to laugh hysterically at Drake, and he pulled her onto the bed with him. They both knew that Drake was horrible at keeping secrets, and that was the truth. Drake held Sam on his lap while they sat in bed. She was wrapped in her pink silk robe with her hair wet from the shower.

“I just took my shower mister, you behave yourself.”

“Oh, I’m about to behave myself all over you,” Drake said as he untied her robe and exposed Sam’s naked body.

“Drake, I’m going to have to shower again,” she pretended to plead with him. “You’re going to wash me. I’m not doing all that work again.”

“Mmm, that’s a promise I can keep.”

He quickly grabbed her and threw her down on their soft bed before standing up and starting to take off all of his clothes. Everything about Sam made his body rock hard. He literally couldn’t think about any part of her body that he didn’t love.

As she lay there naked on the bed, Drake’s cock throbbed for her. He wanted to feel her softness around him and couldn’t wait to climb into bed with her so he could feel her body.

“Happy engagement day,” Drake said sweetly as his body pressed against hers.

“We should get married soon,” Sam said softly. “I just want something small with my family. How quickly could we make it happen? Maybe if I hired a planner, we could get it done in a couple of months?”

Drake couldn’t believe his ears. Sam had unwillingly just given him the go ahead to throw a surprise wedding. Sure, it was risky to surprise the bride with her own wedding, but then again, Drake’s entire life had been filled with risk; why should he change now that he was getting married?

“Sounds good. How about we look up some planners and see who we like tomorrow? I don’t have much going on at work.”

“We?” Sam asked.

“Hell, yeah, I’m only getting married once, and I’m going to be involved in planning the damn thing.”

“That’s a deal,” Sam said as she pulled Drake’s body into her.

Her hips thrust upward as she urged him to move deeper inside of her. His mind was filled with thoughts of how he could possibly plan a wedding in two weeks. There was no doubt he’d have to hire a party planner, and they were going to do it the next day. Whether Sam knew it or not, he was going to get her input on the wedding.

Their bodies moved together gently as they kissed each other and let their hands move over each other’s bodies. Drake loved the feeling of her soft skin against him and knew he would never get tired of having Sam naked in his bed.

He had fantasized about having her for so many years that it still felt unreal when they made love sometimes. His mind would flash back to a fantasy he had about Sam, and he would have to wonder if it was real life or one of his fantasies remembered.

Drake moved his body with Sam’s as they built up the excitement between them. Her chest heaved as she took in deep breaths and rocked her body in perfect timing with Drake’s. Nothing about their lovemaking was boring. Not way Drake moved his hips, nor the way Sam grabbed his back; it all worked together perfectly to form a cosmic explosion as they both finally erupted together.

When Drake fell onto the bed in exhaustion, he couldn’t help smiling at the realization he was lying next to his soon-to-be wife. Samantha had agreed to marry him, and he wasn’t going to waste a single moment. He was going to do everything in his power to throw a surprise wedding that still met all Sam’s requirements for being the wedding of her dreams.

“Um, don’t you fall asleep, fiancé of mine,” Sam said as she tugged on Drake’s arms. “You promised to wash me down in the shower.”

“Oh, no, I didn’t think you were serious. I’m too tired. I can’t move. My legs are cramping up,” Drake teased as he pretended to have leg cramps.

But all Sam had to do was smile at him, and Drake started to crawl out of the bed and go with her to the shower. Sam had that power over Drake for most of the time they had known each other. Even when she first started to work for him, Drake could remember how she would flash her smile at him and ask for something; he would always give in.

“I’m going to need every inch of me washed off,” Sam teased Drake.

“Yes ma’am,” he answered.

As they climbed into the large walk-in shower, Drake turned the wall of shower heads on and warmed up the water before Sam climbed in. The shower was big enough to fit several people and had a stone bench on one side of the area.

There were six shower heads that shot out from the wall and two from overhead. Drake had a remote control that he could use and make the shower heads work in different patterns and with different water strengths for a hydro massage while he showered. But he knew that Sam wanted a more personal touch while she showered, and that was perfectly fine with him.

One of the reasons he knew he wanted to marry Sam was the pure fact that he would do anything she wanted. He knew it in his heart. There wasn’t much she could ask him that he thought he would deny her. That hadn’t been the case with other women in his life, and he was certain Sam was the one because of this.

“Where should I start, Madame Holt?” Drake said in a thick British accent.

“I need my backside washed down. Please start there,” Sam teased in her own version of a British accent.

Sam was happier than Drake could remember seeing her, and he loved watching her smile and be carefree. For a while he would have sworn that Sam didn’t know how to have fun at all, but he saw her happy after his proposal and really since they had started dating, so he knew he was doing something right.

He finished washing her off, and they both enjoyed the warm shower as it beat down on their bodies. Drake was exhausted, though, and he felt himself starting to fall asleep after only a few minutes. All the excitement over the proposal and the dinner had him totally done for the day, and he needed to climb into bed and get some sleep.

Drake suspected that the next few weeks were going to be pretty tiresome, but if he played his cards right, he could make all of Sam’s dreams come true. As they both climbed out of the shower and dried off, Drake’s mind swarmed with thoughts of how to plan a wedding at such short notice. He felt the anxiety as it welled up in his body. He really had no idea what was needed to plan a wedding and didn’t know what Sam wanted either. They had to hire a wedding planner the next day, and then Drake would have to secretly tell her when the wedding really was.

He suspected that any wedding planner who was willing to accept a wedding that would happen in two months might be a little shocked if he wanted it to really happen in two weeks. But Drake knew that most people could be motivated greatly by money, and if he paid them enough, time wouldn’t be an issue at all.

Money would be no problem for Drake, and he was willing to pay anything that it took to make the wedding absolutely perfect. But he still needed some help. Drake needed someone who could help him in the planning and who knew Sam enough that they could make some of the decisions when Drake didn’t know what to do.

Drake was going to have to contact Scarlett in the morning and talk to her. Samantha and Scarlett had been best friends since the week with all the women in the house. It was an odd friendship since Drake had technically dated Scarlett, but since they hadn’t slept together, both of the women seemed to move forward without any issues.

Sam knew that Scarlett had her best interests at heart, and Sam had been looking out for Scarlett as well. Drake hoped that Scarlett would agree to help with the wedding planning and that she would want to be part of the whole thing.