Sweet Bitter Honey by Liz Crowe

Author:Liz Crowe [Crowe, Liz]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Erotic Romance Fiction
Publisher: Pride Publishing
Published: 2019-02-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Ryan smiled down at Jamie, dressed in his suit, standing beside him and Quinn while they waited for Audrey to make her appearance at the back of the chapel. The little boy tugged on his trouser leg, whispering loud enough for the first three rows to hear. “Daddy. What are we waiting for? I’m hungry. You said there was cake. Can we have cake now? Is Santa coming? You said he might! Remember?”

The crowd tittered. Ryan patted his son’s head and leaned into Quinn’s ear. “Uh, is everything okay?” Quinn frowned at him, shot his cuffs and shrugged at the justice of the peace, who smiled. Stress oozed from his twin brother’s pores. “I’m gonna go check on things.”

“Yeah, thanks,” Quinn said, keeping his eyes trained to the back of the room. The rehearsal had gone off without a hitch, the dinner was fun and relaxed. Nothing indicated that Audrey was having second thoughts. But she did look more stressed around the edges than Ryan cared for, although he told Cole she looked ‘just fine’.

Ryan had been unable to tear his eyes from Cole’s date for that night. Jake was a solid wall of handsome muscle, charming to a fault to everyone and attentive to Cole in a way that made it crystal clear to Ryan their relationship had passed beyond the business partners stage. He’d shot Ryan a couple of funny looks, and Ryan mentally cursed for not insisting that Lynette come with him to that stupid event, too. She’d begged off, telling him going to a wedding was bad enough—she hated the damn things and was not about to drag out the agony by going to a rehearsal for it.

He let his eyes pass over the man in question, sitting near the back, dressed in an impeccable dark blue suit, his long brown hair held back with a small strip of leather. The guy met his eyes and nodded curtly before training his eyes to the front that was still devoid of a bride. Ryan spared a second of admiration for the elegant simplicity of the Michigan League room Audrey and Quinn had chosen. It was lit by about a million candles, with simple red roses tucked into holiday-style greenery arrangements along the strip of white that led up to where his brother stood nervously running a hand through his hair.

Ryan couldn’t fathom what sort of planning and detail had gone into such a simple-looking setup but he knew one thing—if Quinn’s fiancée did not appear soon at the back of the room, the guy was going to lose it. His son slipped his small hand into his uncle’s, making Quinn flinch then look down at his nephew, a smile playing around his lips. Quinn’s sons were there, too, providing a bit of moral support.

Ryan’s heart pounded when he snuck into the back room. He saw Audrey in Cole’s arms, her shoulders shaking. Cole lifted his face when Ryan shut the door behind him then motioned him closer.

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