Snowbound with the Best Man by Allie Pleiter

Author:Allie Pleiter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-06-05T15:33:32+00:00

Chapter Eleven

What just happened?

Bruce tried to shake his confusion loose as he watched Kelly and Lulu trudge across the snow-covered street back to the flower shop. His own thoughts seemed to whirl like the flakes around him.

They’d shot apart the minute they’d become aware of the girls’ watching them, and then went through an absurd display of denial before maneuvering Samantha Douglas safely back to the inn as if the hug had never happened. The obvious—if baffling—flirtation happening between the writer and Rob Folston just made everything more bizarre.

The last hour had felt ridiculous and exhausted him enough to bring him to do something he tried never to do: plop Carly down in front of the television watching cartoons. Of course, she’d rather be playing with Lulu, but being anywhere near Kelly Nelson right now felt beyond his ability to cope.

Cope with what? For all his dislike of his previous emotional fog, it was better than the way he felt right now. Numb was much less messy, asked less of him than whatever this was. He needed hours, days, a space the size of the Grand Canyon to sort all this out, and instead he was shackled to his role in a crazy Matrimony Valley elk wedding that was still missing its bride.

When the knock came on his door, he almost didn’t answer it. Kelly’s pushy nature surely wouldn’t let her leave him be after what had happened. She’d want to talk about it, and that was the last thing he wanted to do.

“Dad,” Carly called from her spot on the floor in front of the television. “There’s someone at the door.” There was no avoiding life with a five-year-old watching your every move.

Darren stepped into the room when Bruce opened the door. “You want the good news or the bad news?” the groom asked.

“Good news,” Carly answered for him.

“Tina and her parents got on a flight.”

“What’s the bad news?” Bruce asked.

“It isn’t direct, and they land in Charlotte.”

That was a drive, but doable.

“At two o’clock in the morning.”

Bruce grimaced. “Well, that’s lousy, but at least they’ll arrive.”

Darren stuffed his hands in his pockets. “Yeah, about that. They’re all together—which is better than the separate flights we thought they might have to take—but my truck...”

Bruce could all too easily see where this was heading.

“Besides, you’ve got the only truck with a real back seat, and we need to seat five,” Darren said, raising one pleading eyebrow.

“Five?” One groom, one bride and two future in-laws made four. Unless...

“You’re not going to make me do this alone, are you? Tina’s mother in a good mood is challenge enough. Her mom, and dad, and her after the day they’ve had? I’d never make it back here alive.”

Bruce stared at his friend, wondering just what part of the best man protocol included middle-of-the-night rescue missions.

“Who’ll look after Carly?” he asked Darren.

Carly had a ready answer for that question. “I can sleep over at Lulu’s! Oh, Dad, it’d be so much fun.”

Darren shrugged. “Problem solved.

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