Close to My Heart: A Friends to Lovers Marriage of Convenience Romance by Lea Coll

Author:Lea Coll [Coll, Lea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HEA Publishing LLC
Published: 2024-07-16T00:00:00+00:00

12

SUTTON

Icouldn’t believe I was going wedding dress shopping. Fiona insisted on picking me up for the big event. Daphne was already in the back seat with her daughter, Izzy, who wore headphones and was watching something on a tablet. Cole was watching Colson.

I climbed into the front passenger seat while Fiona rattled off her plans for the day. “I have the whole day booked. First up, is dresses. Then we’ll do lunch and finally, a spa afternoon.”

My stomach sunk. “Oh, you didn’t have to go to all that trouble. This isn’t real after all.”

Fiona waved a hand in my direction. “Nonsense. It’ll be fun.”

Daphne touched my shoulder from the back seat. “Wes insisted we spoil you.”

I shifted in the front seat so I could see her face. “He did?”

“Oh, yeah. This was all his idea. He said you’ve been working so hard on the wedding and your job; he wanted to do something nice for you.”

My heart squeezed at the idea of Wes wanting to treat me. “I arrange tours for the house, but that’s about it.”

Fiona’s eyes widened. “What are you talking about? You have a big following online for your posts about the estate’s history.”

“You looked at that?”

“I was curious about this estate you wanted enough to marry my pain-in-the-ass brother,” Daphne said, and Fiona snorted.

“The space where you’re holding the wedding looks amazing,” Daphne said.

I’d filmed that room, mentioning that I was planning to get married in the space, and in the comments my followers asked about this mystery guy I was dating. I’d never included Wes in any of the videos before because it was mainly about the estate, the grounds, and the history. I rarely talked about my life. Probably because nothing was ever going on.

“They want to meet Wes, and he’d hate it. He doesn’t like social media.” But the response to my wedding had been so great; it would have been nice to keep filming the wedding preparations.

“What are you going to tell your followers?” Daphne asked.

Neither one of them seemed upset that I’d mentioned the wedding on social media, so I took that as a good sign. “I’ll tell them he’s camera shy.”

Daphne snorted. “I guess you could say that. I just think it would be sweet to see you on camera talking about your wedding.”

I turned slightly so I could give her a look. “You know it’s not real right?”

Daphne grinned. “Oh, I know.”

“It wouldn’t make sense to talk about our relationship when we’re only going to break up. But I plan to hold more weddings in that space, so it’s good publicity for that.”

“I think you’ll get more interest if you include your groom,” Fiona added.

“You’re probably right.” But it wasn’t right. Not when we weren’t getting married for the long term. This was temporary, and I needed to remember that.

Thankfully, we pulled up to our first appointment for the day. When we got out, Daphne linked arms with mine. “We booked the place for the morning, so we can drink mimosas and enjoy the experience.

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