As Deep as the Ocean by Serenity Woods

Author:Serenity Woods
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Alpha hero, holiday vacation rural romantic comedy and humor, marriage wedding love friendship, dating relationships single women, family life sister beach international Australia Pacific
Publisher: Serenity Woods
Published: 2017-03-14T04:00:00+00:00

“YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY SURE about this?” Sam asked.

It was just over a week later, Saturday eighteenth of March, twelve thirty p.m., and Mac was standing on the deck outside the restaurant, waiting for his bride. Scully sat by his side with a bow in her collar, the prettiest bridesmaid he’d ever seen.

“I’m sure.” Mac smiled at the strangeness of that reply. Since he’d first made the suggestion to Fred, he’d not had a single moment of doubt. It felt like the right thing to do, and he hadn’t regretted it for a second.

“Weirdo.” Sam stuffed his hands in the pockets of his trousers. “I can’t believe you actually volunteered to get hitched.”

Mac grinned. After dating an ex whose sole goal had appeared to be to get his ring on her finger, Sam had developed an allergy to anything wedding related.

“Thanks,” Mac said. “For being my best man, such as it is.” Sam was there to be a witness.

“Yeah, well, it’s not quite the role I’d anticipated. I thought I was going to be able to do the whole kit and kaboodle, you know, make jokes about your first dates, embarrass you, embarrass the bride... Doesn’t have quite the same effect when the two of you don’t give a damn about each other.”

Mac gave his best mate a wry look. There was an undernote of warning in Sam’s words. He didn’t agree with what his friend was doing, although he would never say in so many words.

“I do give a damn about her,” Mac said. “I wouldn’t be doing this if I didn’t.”

“I guess. Not sure you can say the same about her. It makes her a bit of a cold fish, if you ask me.”

“Careful,” Mac said. “That’s my bride-to-be you’re talking about.”

“Mac...”

“Sam, relax. We’re here to sign a business contract, that’s all. It doesn’t mean anything. Yeah, it’s a shame it’s binding for two years, but it won’t change a single thing about our daily lives. Nobody will even notice.”

He’d taken every care to make sure that was the case, not wanting Fred to have any worries about what they were about to do. He’d taken Fred to meet Jace Hart, his lawyer in Kerikeri, who also happened to have been Harry’s lawyer, and who was aware of the problems with the fake will. Jace, and Fred’s lawyer in the U.K., had confirmed all that was required was a legal marriage certificate for Fred to access the funds tied up in her inheritance, and there was no clause that demanded to know when she’d met her husband, or how long they intended to stay together. Jace had also drawn up a pre-nup for Fred on Mac’s insistence, in which he signed away any claim on her money or her share of the estate. She’d then made Jace draw up one for Mac in which she’d done the same, making it clear that the two of them were to lead individual lives and have no claim on the other’s money or property.

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