Wedding the Bad Boy: A Bedding the Bachelors Novella by Virna DePaul

Author:Virna DePaul [DePaul, Virna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: A Bedding the Bachelors Novella
Publisher: Virna DePaul
Published: 2017-04-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Melina took a sip of Grace’s iced tea and shuddered. “God, that’s sweet.”

“Well, that’s why they call it sweet tea,” Grace said as she signaled the waiter that they were ready to order.

Lucy slapped down her menu as the waiter walked up to the table, looking like he’d won the lottery. “Alright, ladies, what can I get you?”

“I want total honesty,” Lucy said. “Is the tuna salad sandwich gross or delicious?”

The waiter grinned, quickly looking around to make sure that no one else would overhear him. “Gross.”

“Great. Thank you for your honesty. In that case, I’d like the loaded baked potato,” Lucy ordered. The man scribbled down the order. “But I mean, loaded. Like really loaded,” she said. “Loaded-loaded, super loaded. Got it?” She waggled her eyebrows at him.

“Loaded, loaded, super loaded,” he repeated, jotting it down and showing his notes to her.

“Make it happen, Captain.” She winked, and the poor guy’s ears turned an attractive shade of fuchsia.

“And for you, miss?” he cleared his throat and turned to Grace.

“Oh,” she said, scanning the menu for anything that looked good. She hadn’t even been able to focus on the food. “I guess just a cup of the noodle soup and some fruit salad.”

“And I want what both of them ordered,” Melina said, before the waiter could even ask her. “Potato, soup, and fruit salad. Also, an iced tea. Unsweetened. I’d like my liver to make it past the age of thirty-five. Not that I’m anywhere close to the age of thirty-five.” She pointed at the waiter to make sure he understood.

“Oh, no. Of course not. I’ll be back with your food shortly.” He scurried away.

Grace smiled. “I think y’all scared him. He came over, thinking, ‘Score, pretty ladies I can impress with my plate-putting-down skills.’ But he hadn’t counted on you two.”

Melina shrugged. “If he can’t handle ladies who like to eat then he should be a waiter on TV, not in real life.”

“Hear, hear,” Lucy concurred clinking her glass of water with Melina. She looked over at Grace. “Honey, aren’t you hungry? You didn’t order very much.”

Grace shrugged. She’d told them about her diagnosis yesterday, but she still didn’t like to talk about it very much. “I’m fine. Just not so hungry, I guess, with everything that’s been going on.”

“You mean because of the autoimmune disorder,” Melina said.

Grace took a deep breath, knowing how hard it was going to be for her friends to hear the news, the reason why she’d gathered them here together today, not that she needed a reason to get together with them. “Guys…you may as well know. We postponed the wedding indefinitely. And cancelled the honeymoon. Max is going to go on tour without me.” Grace looked up from her drink, which she’d been absentmindedly stirring with her straw, and saw complete shock on their faces.

“You. Did. What?” Lucy asked, her voice screeching so high, a passing bat could have understood her perfectly. “You cancelled your dream honeymoon? The month-long European adventure with

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