have," Terri admitted. She unclenched her hands to slip them around his shoul-ders and relaxed against his chest. "I take it we're go¬ing to have champagne in the Jacuzzi before we set up for the party?"
"No," he said promptly. "You're going to have champagne in the Jacuzzi."
She arched her eyebrows. "What are you going to have in the Jacuzzi?"
"I'm going to have you"
"Mmm," Terri murmured, unable to control an excited shiver.
"Mmm," Bastien murmured back. He pressed a kiss to her lips. "God, I love it when you do that."
"What?" She asked huskily, planting a kiss by his ear.
"Shiver with excitement. Or moan, groan, writhe, or arch. I just love it when you're excited," he admitted.
Terri laughed. "You're the one who does it to me. I'm beginning to think that you're something of a magician. In fact, right this minute I'm sure of it."
"Oh? Why is that?"
"Because, we're nowhere near the Jacuzzi, yet I'm already wet."
Bastien nearly tripped over his own feet at that ad¬mission. His eyes jerked to her face and hunger im¬mediately flared in him as he took in her wicked smile. "Damn," he muttered. "Maybe we'll leave the Jacuzzi for another time."
Terri laughed as he began to walk faster.
"Do you want me to call you a cab?"
"What!" Chris yelled over the surrounding noise.
Terri shook her head. The editor hadn't heard her over the loud throbbing music. She leaned closer un¬til her mouth was almost touching his ear. "Do you want me to call you a car service? It can't be easy tak¬ing the subway with that cast."
C.K. hesitated, debating the matter, then nodded and yelled, "Please. But how will you do that with all this noise?"
Terri hesitated. She hadn't thought of that. Then she knew the answer. "I'll use the phone in the office!"
"Oh!" He nodded. "Okay."
"I'll be right back," she yelled. "Just sit tight!"
Leaving him there, in the middle of Kate and Lucern's stag and doe party, Terri wove her way through the guests to the entry, then hurried down the hall to the office. She'd noticed that the editor seemed tired when he arrived. When she'd asked, C.K. explained that he'd been working overtime for the past week; trying to catch up with work. He'd managed to perk up a bit and have some fun, but it was getting late and Terri had noticed that he was starting to yawn and look exhausted. When she'd seen him take his jacket off the back of his chair and put it on, she went over to see if he wanted her to call him a car.
The office was empty when she entered; not that Terri had expected it to be otherwise. The guests at the party were all family and friends, all of them ei¬ther from the city or having shown up yesterday or today for the wedding tomorrow. But it was possible that Kate and Lucern or someone else had sought out a quiet place to be alone for a bit: something she'd considered suggesting to Bastien at least half a dozen times. But, as the maid of honor and best man, they were the hosts of this party and simply hadn't been able to slip away. She was glad the room was empty. It might have been embarrassing to walk in on an amorous couple.
Closing the door behind her, Terri moved to the desk and sat down. She pulled the phone closer to her, then realized she didn't have a clue what the number would be to call for a car service in New York. Or if it was even possible. She supposed it must be, or Chris wouldn't have agreed to her calling. Bit¬ing her lip, she glanced over the desk for a phone book, but of course there was none. Terri turned her attention to the drawers. Her eyes landed on the large bottom left drawer first. It was large enough to hold a telephone book. It was also not quite closed. Reaching down, Terri pulled it open, then simply stared. What looked like a desk drawer was not a drawer at all. It didn't pull out, but swung open re¬vealing a mini refrigerator. That was a bit startling in itself, but what was in the little refrigerator was even more so.
Terri stared at the contents: two vials similar to the ones she had found in Bastien's office on Monday morning. And there were also at least a dozen bags of blood. She stared at them uncomprehending for a moment, completely bewildered as to