Bad Enemy (Bad Girls Club Book 4) by Carmen Falcone

Author:Carmen Falcone [Falcone, Carmen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-05-23T18:30:00+00:00

“So. Tell me how you envision your dream wedding reception,” a good-looking woman in her late twenties named Reagan Bancroft asked. They’d arrived to meet with her in the lush office downtown.

Lara shifted in the beige tufted chair, holding on to the glass of champagne she’d been given.

On her right sat Troy, and on her left, Giorgio.

She held the stem so tightly she half expected it to shatter in a million pieces. What the hell? First, she’d overheard Troy telling her father-in-law that the real reason he’d hit Conor had been because Conor had been disrespectful to her.

Her heart had done acrobatic flips in her chest and she found herself ridiculously excited. What did that conversation mean? Did Troy lie to his father or to her? Why would he keep the truth from her? She chewed her lower lip, pondering. A part of her clung to the belief Troy wasn’t such a bad guy… but then she quickly remembered he’d screwed his brother’s wife. And now, he lied to his family about the true nature of his relationship with her to get ahead professionally and earn his father’s respect again.

“Honey,” Troy said, squeezing her hand.

Lara shook her head, willing her musings away. “Sorry. Got distracted.”

Reagan flashed her a smile. “No problem. I know this all can be very overwhelming, which is why I’m so excited you came to us. Would you mind sharing how you two met or what brought you together? I like to ask that to my clients because sometimes that helps set the tone of the celebration. You said it’s just the reception, right? No exchanging vows or anything?”

Oh God, she couldn’t go through a wedding ceremony in front of her friends and family. Reception, sure, as it implied partying. But swearing eternal love only to have him leave months after? Hard no.

“We’ve already exchanged vows, so all we want is the reception party.” Lara’s blood cooled. If his father hadn’t tagged along, this was the moment to say they met through a mutual friend. But this lie would only get her kicked in the ass later. She squeezed Troy’s hand, in a silent message for him to let her do the talking. “As far as how we met, we were both at a time in our lives when we didn’t know we were ready for a big commitment, but when we met, we learned we were ready for each other,” she said, pleased at how happy she sounded. “Troy does his own thing and I’m the gatherer. He’s grumpy in the morning, and I’m peppy. We complement each other in the little things, so that the big things don’t seem too scary anymore,” she said, emotion carrying the end of her sentence.

Her palm went clammy in his hand, and she motioned to withdraw it, but he clasped it. The words that just spilled out of her mouth buzzed in her mind like a beehive. She’d said them with no problem, yet achieving that happiness seemed so far away for her.

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