ACCIDENTALLY MET HIM
An Accidental Marriage romance Box Set
LAUREN WOOD
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Contents
ACCIDENTALLY MET HER
Prologue
1. Candy
2. Colt
3. Candy
4. Candy
5. Colt
6. Candy
7. Colt
8. Candy
9. Colt
10. Candy
11. Jax
12. Candy
13. Colt
14. Candy
15. Colt
16. Candy
17. Colt
18. Candy
19. Colt
20. Colt
21. Candy
22. Candy
23. Colt
24. Candy
25. Colt
26. Candy
27. Colt
28. Candy
29. Colt
30. Candy
31. Colt
ACCIDENTALLY LOVE HER
Prologue
32. Jeanine
33. Craig
34. Jeanine
35. Craig
36. Jeanine
37. Craig
38. Jeanine
39. Craig
40. Jeanine
41. Craig
42. Jeanine
43. Craig
44. Jeanine
45. Craig
46. Jeanine
47. Craig
49. Craig
50. Jeanine
51. Craig
52. Jeanine
53. Craig
54. Jeanine
55. Craig
56. Jeanine
57. Craig
58. Jeanine
59. Craig
60. Jeanine
61. Craig
62. Craig
ACCIDENTALLY FIANCE
Prologue
63. An hour before…
64. The next morning
65. Danny
66. Deirdre
67. Danny
68. Deirdre
69. Danny
70. Deirdre
71. Danny
72. Deirdre
73. Danny
74. Deirdre
75. Danny
76. Deirdre
77. Danny
78. Deirdre
79. Danny
80. Deirdre
81. Danny
82. Deirdre
83. Danny
84. Deirdre
85. Danny
86. Deirdre
87. Danny
88. Deirdre
89. Danny
90. Deirdre
91. Deirdre
92. Danny
93. Deirdre
94. Danny
95. Deirdre
96. Danny
ACIDENTALLY MARRIED
Prologue
97. Anna
98. Scott
99. Anna
100. Scott
101. Anna
102. Scott
103. Anna
104. Scott
105. Anna
106. Scott
107. Anna
108. Scott
109. Anna
110. Scott
111. Anna
112. Scott
113. Anna
114. Scott
115. Anna
116. Scott
117. Anna
118. Anna
119. Scott
120. Anna
121. Scott
122. Anna
123. Scott
124. Anna
125. Scott
126. Anna
127. Scott
128. Anna
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“Las Vegas was the place to get hitched.”
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That wasn’t something I thought about. Marriage.
Then I met Candy, a beautiful redhead with a svelte body. I knew I had to have her. I had to make her mine.
One taste of her sweet lips and then I made her scream my name.
I woke up to an empty bed, her wedding ring in the sheets.
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Our marriage wasn’t real. I let her go, knowing that she would come back to me.
When she did, Candy belonged to someone else.
But I don’t lose.
And I’m not giving her up without a fight.
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I married her and now she’s mine for good.
Her and my baby that she was carrying.
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Prologue
Candy
“Hey beautiful.”
I groaned inwardly and I didn’t even have to look behind me. Vegas was full of men that were out to have fun, even though everyone knew that it wouldn’t go anywhere.
“Keep walking. Trust me, that seat is empty for a reason.”
“Well, not anymore. Don’t mind me, but it looks like you could use a little company.”
I turned towards the voice, already a few sheets to the wind and I was surprised at how tall and handsome he was. They certainly didn’t have guys like this back in California. His suit was impeccable, and I had to wonder what he was doing in this place.
“Professional gambler?”
“Lawyer.”
I shook my head and told him that it was just as bad. The bartender came over and the man ordered a couple shots of whiskey and another of what I was having.
“Vodka huh?”
“Yeah, does the trick.”
“And what trick is that?”
“Makes me give a damn a whole lot less. That’s what is needed right now.”
“I see. What has you feeling this way? I hate to see a pretty girl like you upset.”
“My best friend just got married today.”
I didn’t even know this guy, but I was telling him more than I told anyone else. I don’t know why it was easier to talk to a random stranger, but it just was. He didn’t seem to be leaving anytime soon, and he wasn’t too bothersome.
“I don’t think so. Guys don’t want to get married. They are always holding out for something better.”
“Not all men. Some can appreciate a beautiful woman when they find one. What is your name?”
“Candy.”
“That is the perfect name for you.”
“Why, because you bet I taste like sweet Candy?”
“Heard that one before, have you?”
“Only a thousand times.”
“Well I will spare you a thousand and one. It is the perfect name though. It’s a name that would be unforgettable.”
“Sometim
es that isn’t always a good thing. I’ve decided to give up on the lot of you.”
He took my hand and I felt a shiver with the touch. “Don’t give up on all of us Candy. I promise that we are not all that way.”
“Really?”
“You don’t believe me?”
I looked at his hand and asked why he wasn’t married if it was so great.
“I hadn’t found the right one, but I think I have now.”
He made me blush, something I hadn’t done in a long time and it was hard for me to meet his gaze.
“Is that so?”
“Oh yeah. I would marry you in a heartbeat, Candy.”
“Okay.”
I took a swig of my drink and I really thought that I was calling his bluff. If he wanted to say such things, I was going to call him on it. I was feeling rebellious and I still had a few hours to burn until my flight back to California.
“Okay?”
“Yeah, you said you want to get married. Let’s do it. Then we will both have it out of the way and won’t have to worry about it anymore.”
“You’re serious?”
I looked at the drink in my hand, finished it off and said that I was.
“I mean, it’s not like Vegas marriages really count, right?”
Chapter 1
Candy
We were halfway through the ceremony when it got to the part about speaking now or forever holding their peace. I looked out to the people that were behind us and I don’t know why, but the knot that had been growing in my stomach was sure that someone was going to pop up and say that we couldn’t be married. I saw it happening several times in my head, so when an older man did stand up and said those very words, I wasn’t really hearing it. “What?”
Jax was cursing under his breath, asking the man what the hell was going on. I was like Jax, I wanted to know as well. I didn't know who the person was standing there, but he didn't look so happy to be getting all the attention now. The attention he was getting, was not a good intention and I almost felt sorry for him if he wasn't in the middle of ruining my wedding.
“I work for the office of Cheryl Roberts. I just found out some information when doing the background check that was requested by the groom and I found out that the bride-to-be is already married. So, since she is already legally married, there can be no wedding today. I am sorry that I had to say it like this, but it is impossible to talk to either one of you before the wedding. Your security is rather strong.”
My mouth was open, and the reason was that I had no idea what he was talking about. First off, is the fact that Jax had had him check up on me. That was weird enough, but the fact that they thought I was married was ridiculous.
I looked to Jax and told him that there had to be some kind of mistake. I wasn't married, never had been married and I would have told him if I was. This was all just some huge mistake.
He wanted to believe me, but he also wanted to hear to what the old man had to say as well. He must have trusted his lawyer, more than he trusted me. I don't know where he got his information from, but he was wrong. I would know if I was married.
“She says that it isn't true. Do you have proof?”
The old man looked stricken for a moment and started to pat down his pockets. It was clear that he had some sort of proof, but I was sure that it was just going to be a big misunderstanding. It was someone with my name, something like that. It was the only thing that I could come up with.
When he walked towards us, Jax took the paper out of his hand in a not too nice way. I could tell that my husband-to-be was frustrated, and I didn't blame him. I was frustrated as well, more like humiliated and I wanted someone to pay for this. Whoever had messed up, should have to pay for this moment because this was happening in front of everyone that I knew.
Jax looked back at me and I will never forget the expression on his face. It called me a liar, even if his lips did not. I could tell by the way that he was looking at me, that he believed what the man said was true.
Now, I wanted to see what was on that paper and I put my hand out, asking for him to let me see it. If a piece of paper was going to ruin my life, I at least wanted to know what it said.
It looked like Jax didn’t want to give it to me, so I snatched it out of his hand. I wanted to know what was going on and I hated all the attention that we were getting. This was not how this was all supposed to go. In my head, it was all supposed to turn out so much better.
When I finally started to look at it, there was a name that I didn't recognize. What I did recognize though, was my signature on the bottom of the page. Looking further I could see that it was done in Las Vegas. I had been there a few years back, for a bachelorette party , but I was just getting out of college at the time and I don't remember much of it.
I didn’t remember Las Vegas at all, though I did wake up one morning in a bed that wasn't mine. I of course, got out of there as fast as I could, but now I was starting to wonder what happened. There were several hours of my life that I couldn't remember, and I was afraid that maybe this paperwork had something to do with the missing time. Did I really get married?
“Well say something, Candy.”
Jax was pissed off and I could hear it in his voice and see it on his face. He most likely could see that I was starting to question everything, and I wasn't denying it anymore.
“I am not saying that I did get married, I don’t remember it if I did. But I was in Las Vegas about this time. It is a possibility.”
He cursed a little louder and I could hear a gasp going out through the room. I was so embarrassed, and I couldn't even look over towards my family’s side. I knew that they were going to think that I was a fuck-up, like always. What was I supposed to say now?
“Jax, if this is real, which I don't even know if it is, we can take care of this. I don't even know who this guy is and if I somehow got drunk and signed a piece of paper, that doesn't mean anything. It doesn't mean that we can't be together, and it certainly doesn't mean that I love this man or anything like that.”
“It doesn't matter if you love him. It matters that you are married, and we can't get married today. All of these people are here and what are we supposed to tell them?”
He wasn't talking so loud now, and his voice was almost a whisper. I knew more than anything that he was embarrassed like I was, but he didn't take it as well. His family was well to do, and they had a reputation to uphold. I don't think that they wanted me and him to get married in the first place and now it was just reason for them to hate me more. My perfect day was turning into anything but perfect.
“I don't know what to say Jax. Do you want me to say something to these people?”
He looked out at the crowd and I could tell that he was debating it in his mind. I think a lot of it had to do with how he wanted to move forward with me. If we were still going to be together, the last thing he wanted to do was make it harder. But if he was going to walk away, it wouldn't matter what anybody else thought.
“I don't know what to do.”
He looked over at the old man and told him that he had done what he came there to do, and he could go sit down.
“In fact, why don't you go ahead and just get out of here? I think you have done enough for the day. Tell my lawyer that I will be talking to her soon. She could have found a better way to do this.”
The lawyer’s assistant was stuttering a little bit and I could tell that he was upset. He was of course, just the messenger and it wasn't his fault.
“She was just trying to make sure that you didn't break the law. That is her job above anything else is to protect your family Jax.”
Jax waved him off and told him to go. I knew that he was trying to hold in his temper, but it couldn’t be easy for him. While everybody thought Jax was easygoing, he really wasn't. he was quick to get upset, but he was good at hiding it. I could tell that he was seething inside. I hated that it was my fault that he felt this way.
This was all my fault an
d even though I didn't remember marrying anyone in Vegas, I wouldn't put it past me. I was in a weird place back then and I was drinking a lot. There is no telling what happened. The old adage that what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, is obviously not the way it worked for me. What happened in Vegas, did not stay in Vegas for me and now I was going to have to pay for the consequences, whatever they were going to be.