A Sensible Arrangement_A Modern Match-Maker Romance by Rocklyn Ryder

Author:Rocklyn Ryder [Ryder, Rocklyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Magpie Press
Published: 2018-10-05T04:00:00+00:00

Tiffany

A what?"

Beth leans across the counter on her elbows, watching me add books to the shelves while demanding that I repeat what I just told her.

"Marriage broker," I say again.

"The fancy redhead with the giant rock on her finger?"

I chuckle to myself as I nod without looking back at her. Maybe it wasn't the best idea to fill Beth in on the details of my sort of engagement after all.

It's just that things have been going so well with Nate, there's no way I can keep it a secret for much longer.

"Raven," I remind Bethany that the fancy redhead has a name.

"So like...'marriage broker?' Is that like what? A match-maker or something?"

This morning I made the mistake of letting it slip that I was planning another trip back to Colorado soon and asking Beth if she thought she was ready to run the shop alone for an entire week. I've never left her alone for more than a day or two. This is a big step. For both of us.

It's also going to help me determine what I'm going to do with the store when I move.

"Pretty much," I answer as Bethany comes out from behind the counter and joins me in my mission to get the new books added to the shelf.

"Wow," Beth mumbles as she hands me books from a new box she's added to the stack, "I didn't even know match-makers were a real thing. I thought they only existed in like--"

"Fiddler on the roof?" I ask with a laugh.

Beth giggles, "Yeah. And reality TV...but I didn't think that was like, for reals."

"So, you're going to marry this guy?" Bethany is fascinated by my confession about hiring Raven.

I probably should have just told her that I met Nathan online like a normal person. Beth is barely even 18 and a total hopeless romantic. At this rate, I'm never going to get everything done that I need to before I leave because I'm going to be too busy answering all Beth's questions.

"That's the plan," I tell her.

"So is he going to move here?"

I hear the worried note in her voice and I know what she's thinking.

"No," I say apologetically, "I don't think that makes sense. He owns his house on some land in Colorado. He has a business. He's established there."

Bethany's face scrunches up in confusion as she looks at me, "But you own your house. And you have a business too. You're established here."

She does make a good point.

I'm trying to think of how to explain it to her. The complicated process of deciding to get remarried at all. Of how I'm looking forward to leaving my past behind me. That it's time to move on and live again.

I don't even know if I've explained it to myself yet. When I hired Raven I just wanted the companionship. A good friend to share my life-- and expenses-- with. I was expecting maybe a widower, especially when I found out that Nathan was older than me. Someone who just didn't want to be alone anymore.

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