"Connor... are you there? Are you looking out the window?"
"Yes," I called out as the door creaked open and then shut behind me. I heard the click clack of heels across the hardwood floor, the rustle of fabric. I resisted the urge to turn to Emma and focussed my gaze out the window as I'd been instructed, looking down the long green lawn to where the caterers were putting the finishing touches to the marquee.
Twenty minutes had passed since Emily, the maid of honour, had knocked on my door. I felt a momentary panic, thinking Emma was calling the wedding off. I was assured otherwise, then handed a small white envelope and given the instruction to go to the bridal suite and wait by the window.
"I missed you last night," she said over my shoulder. She was close enough that I could smell her perfume and if I kept very still, I could feel her breath on the nape of my neck.
"Did you open the envelope before I arrived?"
"No, I was told to wait for you. Given very strict instructions."
"Good. I wanted to be here when you opened it," she said. I could hear the smirk in her voice as she said the words.
I looked down at the envelope in my hand. The contents were too thick to be a letter. I had puzzled over this while walking to the suite. We were due to get married in an hour, to say our vows and exchange our rings. What was so important that it couldn't wait?
"Go ahead," Emma encouraged me gently. "Open it."
I opened the envelope and pulled out its contents. It was a polaroid photo of Emma wearing a set of ivory silk and tulle lingerie with floral embroidery detail and a matching garter on her thigh. The bra cupped and lifted her small breasts and beneath the tulle, I could make out the soft blush pink of her nipples. My gaze moved over her belly, toned from months of pilates before the wedding, to the matching underwear and the dark wiry wisp of her bush hidden in them.
I felt my cock stiffen as I imagined her slipping into her lingerie, standing in front of the mirror and admiring her body encased in ivory silk.