Wedding Bell Rock: Christmas of Love Collaboration by Dawn Sullivan & Annelise Reynolds

Author:Dawn Sullivan & Annelise Reynolds [Sullivan, Dawn & Reynolds, Annelise]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-11-30T18:30:00+00:00

6

Everly

“A deal’s a deal.” I had my hands on my hips and was looking up at the stubborn, sexy rock star. He beat me to the bottom of the hill, and I planned to buy him dinner, but he was refusing to let me.

“Not happening, Evie.”

“You might as well let her have her way, Son. She’s as stubborn as her mama.” My dad came out onto the front porch and sat on the swing to watch our face off first-hand.

“Thank you, Daddy. I’ll take that as a compliment.” I sent my dad a huge smart-ass smile, and he just grinned slightly, lifting his cup of coffee.

“Good. Wouldn’t have it any other way.” I could hear the laughter in his voice when I looked back at Alex.

“See. You should just concede and let me buy you dinner.”

“No.” He crossed his arms over his chest and stood firm, going toe to toe with me. It was hot. I loved the fact that he was just as strong in his stance as I was in mine. “It wasn’t a fair race since I sprang it on you. Plus, I’m taking you on a date, so I’m buying. End of discussion.”

“He’s right, Sweet pea,” Dad spoke up from the porch, siding with Alex, who was now giving me a big told you so smile.

“Traitor,” I said, making both my dad and Alex laugh.

“You could always invite him to dinner here.” Dad shrugged. “That way neither of you are—”

“You win. I’ll let you buy me dinner,” I cut my dad off. It was bad enough we were having this discussion in front of him, but to have our first date with my parents and my siblings—not going to happen.

“See you later, Daddy,” I called over my shoulder, pulling Alex with me toward my car. I had to get him out of there fast before Mom came outside too. Daddy was wrong about something. I might be stubborn, but my mom held that particular crown in our family. She put me to shame.

Alex was laughing as I hurried him to the car. “You embarrassed by me, Evie?” he teased.

“Please. I’m saving myself the embarrassment of Mom gushing over you and showing you my baby photos.” I rolled my eyes.

He laughed, thinking I was joking, but I wasn’t. God knew, if Alex went in there, my mom would be planning our wedding in her head and picking out baby names. The woman was obsessed with grandbabies and wanted some that weren’t so far away. With Noah refusing to date anyone in town, she was looking at me next, but the man I was about to go out with was a heartache waiting to happen. As soon as his bus was fixed, he’d be gone. I was sure I was just a distraction while he was stuck in Santa Claus.

“Where are we heading for dinner?” Alex asked when I pulled away from the house.

“Nona’s Kitchen. It’s the best Italian food you’ve ever had,” I promised as I turned the car back towards town.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.