Shortbread and Short Stories : A Romantic Comedy Collection (Weddings in the City) by Alina Jacobs

Author:Alina Jacobs [Jacobs, Alina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-10-02T18:30:00+00:00

“Fuck. It’s cold.”

I wished Josh and Eric Svensson would show up already. Somehow I’d ended up on the guest list, though I’d been told by Josh that I was supposed to sit on the bride’s side to fill it out.

No problem. I would hang with my friends during the rest of the time that wasn’t the ceremony. And, of course, try to avoid the rest of the fucking losers Grace’s friends had married.

I liked Grace’s friends, especially the ones who brought snacks. But their husbands? Barf. They were all obnoxious, entitled, and egotistical. I was going to try my damnedest to stay away from them.

I was about to cut my run short when I saw a familiar figure cross onto the path in front of me. Wolf raised a hand before I could dive behind one of the snow-covered trees.

“Morning.”

I gritted my teeth. Now I couldn’t leave. He’d think I was a weakling.

Fuck him.

I increased my pace, preparing to pass him.

Wolf, in response, increased his pace to match mine.

I could keep increasing my pace, or I could take a backhanded, unexpected tactic, a strategy that had made me billions.

Not as many as Wolf has, my mind unhelpfully reminded me.

Yeah, well, I’m not scamming people on insurance, I reminded myself petulantly.

Sure, I ran a hedge fund, but everyone knew insurance guys were the scum of the earth.

I kept pace with Wolf. I knew he hated the rest of us as bros-in-law as much as we hated him. Unfortunately, we had to kiss his ass because Van de Berg insurance insured our companies and was one of the only insurance companies big enough to do so.

“Terrible weather we’re having.” I said finally.

“At least it’s not sleeting.”

We ran for a few minutes in silence, real silence because the snow absorbed our footfalls.

“I take it they found the gift sacks,” Wolf said after a moment. “I’ve barely seen Sophie. She’s been in the kitchen all night. She sent me a text of multiple emojis. One of them was, I believe, a bag.”

“Yeah. Evan found them,” I said with a frown. “Not sure why they went missing. Grace said Ivy thinks it’s a language barrier issue.”

“Usually, the girls manage risk better than that,” Wolf said with a frown. “It could be sabotage.”

“The fuck? Sabotage. You insurance guys, I swear to God.”

We had taken the path around, and the lodge loomed in front of us.

Next to me, Wolf scowled. “Something doesn’t add up. Anomalies are suspicious.”

“And yet I pray nightly for black swan events.”

Wolf hissed, and I half expected him to make some sort of medieval sign against evil.

“We should keep an eye out all the same.”

“Yeah,” I said. “You do that.”

“You aren’t taking this seriously,” Wolf said sharply. Not surprising, of course.

“What does that mean?” I snarled at him as we took the large stone steps two at a time up to the lodge entrance.

“I’ve seen how you run your hedge fund, not that you can really call it that. It’s child’s play,” Wolf said.

“Fuck you.

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