A Day Late and a Bride Short by Jacobs Holly

Author:Jacobs, Holly [Jacobs, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ilex Books
Published: 2016-03-08T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

WHAT ON EARTH had she done?

What had she been thinking?

What could possibly have been in those delicious pancakes that would make her agree to such a thing?

No, it wasn’t the pancakes, it was probably the hash browns Donovan had insisted she eat.

Sarah kept asking herself these questions as she sat at her desk the next day pretending to work. But unfortunately she had yet to answer herself.

That was the problem with one-sided conversations...you never got a second opinion. And since this entire situation was hush-hush, just between her and Donovan, the only second-opinion she could get was his, and she didn’t think that was going to help. He’d been the one to talk her into it in the first place. She didn’t have a clue why she’d agreed to make her engagement-of-convenience a marriage-of-convenience.

The only bright spot was it meant that Donovan was very persuasive: a good quality in a lawyer who was handling her case against the Rat.

Sarah looked at her appointment book, and rather than feel thrilled at seeing so many new appointments, she felt decidedly morose.

She felt like a fake.

As if she wasn’t good enough to make a go of the decorating business without Donovan’s help.

She could have asked for her parents’ help and achieved the same end. But she hadn’t. She’d wanted to do this on her own. She’d wanted to be able to look at the business she’d built, and know it was achieved through merit, not through handouts.

Leland Wagner himself had called and was her last appointment today, and just one of five appointments for the week made by people she’d met at the party.

Darn.

No. She refused to think that way. Donovan might have introduced her, but she’d get the jobs on her own merit, and she’d get more because of them.

She heard the buzzer that indicated someone had entered the building. As she walked into her outer room, she tried to work up some enthusiasm, but she didn’t feel it was all that convincing.

“Hello, Mr. Wagner,” she said to the gray-haired man she’d met just Saturday night.

She found it hard to believe that things had happened so fast since then. Just a weekend separated today from then. How could so many things change so fast?

“Hello, my dear,” he said with a small nod of his head.

“Would you like to have a seat?” She indicated a chair.

He waited for her to sit and then took his seat as well. “First, I’d like a chance to congratulate you again, Sarah. We were so delighted to meet you at our party and were even more pleased to hear about you and Donovan.”

“About that,” she said. “I feel a bit guilty. After all, it was your anniversary party, and yet, some of the focus shifted to Donovan and myself.”

“What could be lovelier than celebrating a lifetime of happiness by announcing the beginning of someone else’s relationship? Truly, it was our pleasure. And Dorothy is so excited about helping with your wedding.”

Mrs. Wagner had called earlier and said she couldn’t wait to start planning the wedding.

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