Three Christmas Wishes by Sheila Roberts

Author:Sheila Roberts
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-03-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

It was Monday and Riley had run out of excuses for canceling her venue. Of course she should have done it right after Sean and Emily wedding-bombed her, but even though she hadn’t wanted to admit it, she’d kept hoping Sean would realize what a mistake he’d made and beg her to take him back.

Watching them dancing at The Tree House had killed that dream, and she knew there’d be no resurrecting it after she saw him picking Emily up after school and kissing her. There’d be no begging. No wedding.

She tried not to think about that kiss as she drove to the golf club, but it had lodged in her brain like a burr. The image of Emily giving him a sweet, quick, we’re-a-couple kiss, kept playing over and over. And over. And...over.

Emily the Man-Stealer had probably already moved in with him. They were sharing breakfasts and toothpaste and the same bed and...

What was this? A patrol car right behind her, and he had his party lights on. Nooo.

She pulled over to the side of the road and began to cry. She was going to have her insurance canceled for sure. Sobbing and sniffling, she looked in her rearview mirror and saw Officer Knight approaching. Where was he on Saturday when she’d looked cute and wasn’t having a nervous breakdown accompanied by a runny nose?

She lowered her window and greeted him with, “Please don’t give me a ticket. I’ve been having a terrible December.”

“You were speeding,” he pointed out gently. “And the snow has made the streets slick.”

“I had another accident since you stopped me and now I’m on my way to cancel the venue for my...my...my wedding,” she finished on a wail. “Who breaks up with you three weeks before your wedding? And on Thanksgiving Day no less!”

Officer Knight was regarding her with a sympathetic expression. “I’m sorry. I know how that feels.”

“You do?” Had someone broken his heart, too? Maybe they could help each other heal. Maybe...well, Santa had said she’d meet her Mr. Right in a memorable way. The way they’d met had certainly been memorable.

He nodded. “Oh, yeah. My ex-girlfriend dumped me for a sailor.”

“I’m sorry.” Maybe he needed consolation.

“Then I met my new girlfriend and everything’s good.”

Everything’s good. So much for that stupid shopping mall Santa.

“I’m going to give you another warning,” said Officer Knight, back to business. “but you have to promise to be more careful.”

“I will,” she managed, her voice shaky.

“I mean it,” he said sternly. “Next time I’ll cite you.”

She bit her lip and nodded.

“And don’t worry,” he said. “Someone better will come along.”

After Sean anyone would be better. She thanked Officer Knight in Shining Armor for the warning and continued slooowly on to the golf club.

She shouldn’t be torturing herself like this, she thought as she drove up the long drive lined with evergreens, the golf course peeping out between. She should simply have called in her cancellation. That was what phones were for, to save jilted brides from self-flagellation.

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