Society Weddings (Corrigan & Co. Book 11) by Crystal Perkins

Author:Crystal Perkins [Perkins, Crystal]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Jade & Nate

Jade

“I got a hold of some more of your fighter friends. They can’t wait to come out for the wedding.”

“Cool,” Nate says. Something in his tone tells me it’s not in fact, “cool.”

“Is something wrong?”

“No, J. We’re good.”

He turns and kisses me sweetly, but it doesn’t change what I feel. “Do you not want to get married?”

He pauses for so long that I almost take the ring he gave me two months ago off my finger. It doesn’t look like a typical engagement ring, and I love it even more because of that. It’s got a large, square, chocolate diamond with rows of white diamonds crossing over it, and then flowing into a platinum band. He said I was his forever. Now I’m afraid he’s changed his mind.

“I want to marry you,” he finally says. “I just…”

“What? Say it, Soldier.”

“Nothing. It’s nothing,” he says, kissing me again in an attempt to get me to drop it.

I can’t drop it. Something’s wrong, and he’s not telling me what it is. We’ve been through so much; I thought there were no more secrets, but I guess I was wrong. Thoughts start to swirl through my head. I imagine prettier and sexier girls. Women who would be more girly than I am, and look better on his arm. Does he want them?

I shake my head to try and clear it as I stand up. No. Nate’s not like that. If he says he loves me, then he loves me. Period. He. Loves. Me. And no way would he cheat on me.

If it’s not that, then I don’t know what it is. I just know that if he won’t tell me, I’ll go crazy sitting here with him. “I’m going to head out for a little while.”

“Where are you going?”

“I honestly don’t know. I just need to get away from you right now. We’ve had too many secrets in the past, and I can’t deal with you keeping something from me. I’ll calm down, and be back, but it’s just better if I go.”

“I don’t want to hurt you. Telling you will hurt you,” he says, coming to stand in front of me.

His eyes are pleading with me to stay, but his mouth won’t form the words. We both know that I won’t stay unless he tells me what’s wrong. I just can’t.

“Not telling me is hurting. I’ll be back.”

“Tonight?”

I reach up to cup his cheek with my hand. “Yes. I’ll be back tonight.”

“I love you, Angel.”

“I love you too, Soldier.”

I walk out the door, willing myself to be strong. I’m a strong woman. I can handle whatever he’s having trouble with. I thought by now he’d realize that, but apparently he doesn’t. I finger the ring absently as I descend to the main floor and then the garage. I’m almost to my car when I realize there’s no place I want to go right now. At least no place I can drive to.

I go back to the main floor and head outside.

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