Black Tie Optional (Wild Wedding Series Book 1) by Ann Marie Walker

Author:Ann Marie Walker [Walker, Ann Marie]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2020-04-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Cole veered of the highway, and after a few more instructions from Olivia, came upon a blue mailbox with the name “Ramsey” stamped in gold foil letters.

“Turn here,” she said.

He’d no sooner started down the lane when a yellow farmhouse with a wide front porch came into view. Even from that distance he could see Bucky, sitting at attention on the top step. Baskets filled with ferns hung from the ceiling and there was even a pair of wooden rocking chairs. The whole scene looked like something out of a movie. And even though he hadn’t stepped inside yet, Cole knew without a doubt that this wasn’t just a house, it was a home.

He parked the car in front of the steps and cut the engine. “Ready?” He wasn’t sure which one of them he was asking.

Olivia nodded. “Let’s do this.” She reached for the door handle, but Cole stopped her.

“Wait,” he said. “Let me get it.”

She shot him a look he was beginning to know quite well. It was the one that said, “Don’t be an idiot.” Only question was, what had he done to earn it this time.

“I can get my own door.”

“I was raised with proper manners, Olivia.”

“That may very well be, but I have never been the type to sit like a delicate flower waiting for a man to open my car door. And my parents know darn well I wouldn’t marry a man who expected me to.”

Jesus, how the hell were they going to navigate an entire weekend if it took them this long just to get out of the car?

Their debate was cut short when the screen door swung open. Olivia’s mom stepped onto the porch. She was barefoot and wearing a pair of faded jeans and an embroidered peasant top. She looked more like she could be Olivia’s older sister than her mother, and with her wavy blond hair and big blue eyes, was a dead ringer for Goldie Hawn.

“Well, don’t just sit there,” she said. Her smile was wide and warm. “I want to meet my new son.”

Cole got out of the car and extended his hand. “It’s a pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Ramsey.”

She shot him a look not unlike the one he’d just received from her daughter. “Handshakes are for strangers. We’re family.” She threw her arms around Cole and pulled him in for a tight hug. “And please, call me Susan.”

When she was done squeezing the life out of him, she moved on to Olivia. “How was your drive?” she asked them. “Have much traffic?”

Before he could even answer, she was on to the next topic.

“Are you hungry? You must be starving. Dinner’s about ready but I can fix you a snack if you’d like?”

“Mom, take a breath.”

At least six beaded bracelets slid down her arm as she dismissed her daughter with a wave of her hand. “I’ve made all of Livvy’s favorites, but I figured you for a meat eater, so I’ve got a pot roast too.”

“You didn’t need to go to all that trouble on my account.

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