A Winter Wedding by Novak Brenda

Author:Novak, Brenda [Novak, Brenda]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary
ISBN: 9780778318446
Publisher: Mira
Published: 2015-10-27T04:00:00+00:00

16

Noelle probably wouldn’t have seen the paper if she hadn’t specifically asked to see it. And she did that only because, when she showed up at Sexy Sadie’s on Wednesday night to work her shift, everyone was talking about a particular article.

The bartender on duty wasn’t A.J. At least she was catching a break there. He’d been calling her quite often since he’d helped her put in and then take out the water heater, wanting to see her. She could tell he was interested in her, but with three different baby mamas and a rap sheet that included domestic violence, he didn’t have much to recommend him. If she was going to get with someone who lived in Whiskey Creek, it was going to be someone who was well respected, someone who could offer her more than she already had, not less. A.J. could barely cover his own rent. And he wasn’t particularly good-looking. Not nearly as good-looking as Kyle.

She’d been stupid to let Kyle get away. She’d been married to him—and she’d blown it. Yes, he’d made her sign that damn prenup. But even so, not many guys would’ve stepped up the way he did. Most of the men she’d dated since certainly wouldn’t have cared whether or not she was pregnant. The best she could’ve hoped for from any of them was a ride to the closest abortion clinic.

The fact that she’d taken that trip of her own accord five and a half years ago made her sick. If she’d handled the situation differently, she and Kyle might still be together. At the very least, she’d have his child, and that was something he never would’ve been able to change.

“Why do you want the paper?” the bartender who was on duty asked. She wasn’t sure what his first name was. No one ever used it. Everyone just called him Pope.

“Because I’d like to see it, that’s why!” she said.

He was busy wiping down the bar. “You never ask to see the paper. Can you even read?” he teased.

He’d lost a tooth in a fight that’d broken out in the bar a few weeks ago. Sexy Sadie’s didn’t have bouncers, so he’d gotten involved to break it up and taken an elbow to the mouth. But he was sort of cute. Too bad he was married and, more to the point, loyal to his wife. He often said things to Noelle that would’ve made her fighting mad had they come from anyone else. He had a way of softening everything with that crooked smile of his. He didn’t mean any harm. She’d come to view him like a brother.

“Hand it over before you lose another tooth,” she snapped. She liked to joke around with him. But at the moment, she wasn’t feeling too playful. As soon as she’d walked into the bar, Genevieve had taken great pleasure in saying something that had upset her. She was desperately hoping it wasn’t true, that Genevieve was just trying to get back at her because they’d had that little spat on Sunday.

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