Wedding Date for Hire by Jennifer Shirk

Author:Jennifer Shirk [Shirk, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2015-10-11T22:00:00+00:00

“It was a wonderful evening thanks to you,” Louise said, wrapping her arms around Maddie’s middle and squeezing her like a hungry python.

“I…didn’t…do anything,” she wheezed out.

Louise pulled back with a laugh. “Of course you did! The lovely impromptu speech you gave brought tears to my eyes. And well, just the fact that you were having such a good time made me happy, too. I’m the one getting married, but I so wanted us to celebrate it together.”

“Me, too.” Maddie turned her head and brushed away a tear with her finger. All she wanted was this day to be special for Louise. No talk of curses. Just joy and dreams for the future. And thanks to Trent’s convincing portrayal of devoted boyfriend, she was able to pull that feat off.

So far, anyway.

As if her just thinking about him summoned him, Trent appeared, holding a corsage out to her sister. “The caterers were going to toss this, but I thought you might want to save it in some mementos book or something.”

“Oh, I had forgotten I’d taken it off to dance,” Louise said, sliding it back on her wrist. “You are so sweet and thoughtful to think of that.” Smiling, she leaned in and kissed him on the cheek. “Thank you so much.”

“You’re welcome,” he told her then shot a quick wink at Maddie.

“Maddie, this guy is a treasure,” she said, patting his arm affectionately. “He fits in with our family so well. I feel like you’ve been with him forever.”

Maddie resisted an eye roll. “It kind of feels like forever to me, too.”

Trent grinned, wrapping an arm around her and pulling her in close. “Forever and ever, amen,” he said low in her ear.

A small shiver raced down her spine as his breath tickled her earlobe. Because of that she felt a small urge to lean in and get closer, but forced herself to pull away. “Um, it’s getting late, darling, and I’m sure Louise would like to spend more time with her fiancé before going to bed.”

Trent’s eyes seemed to glimmer at the mention of the word bed. He suddenly yawned and gave an unnatural stretch. “You know, we should hit the hay, too, honey.”

Maddie frowned, suddenly remembering they were sharing a room and, more importantly, a bed together. “You know…on second thought, it’s not that late. Maybe Louise and Michael want to get together for a game of cards?”

Louise made a face. “Cards?”

“You like board games instead? How about Monopoly?”

“Monopoly? That could take all night,” Louise complained.

“Monopoly it is then!” Maddie pivoted, about to make her way to the main house, but Trent grabbed her hand.

“Louise looks wiped, darling. Save all this newfound energy for when we get back to our room,” he said with a grin, pulling her toward the guest house instead. “Good night, Louise.”

Louise giggled. “Good night, you two. See you for the festivities tomorrow.”

Maddie bit her tongue the entire four minute walk to their room, but once they were inside with the door tightly closed behind her, she thwacked Trent in the chest.

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