Love's Vow by Melissa Storm

Author:Melissa Storm [Storm, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Partridge & Pear Press

Ben had hoped to have a heart-to-heart with his best man during their gaming bachelor party, but Beckett had ruined that possibility entirely. Now he felt more lost than ever, as worries gathered in his mind like storm clouds.

Would he be a good husband, or was their marriage doomed to fail just as his parents’ had? He was his father’s son, for better or worse—usually worse.

Normally he’d throw himself into work as a distraction, but Maisie had given him the full week off with pay, insisting he be available for whatever last-minute wedding details popped up.

So given his huge stretch of free time and his agreement with Summer to spend these last few days as singletons apart, he went to the only place he could think to go, the place that had been his safe harbor before Summer took over that role for him. He went to the library.

He could use this time to study up on the various marriage guides housed in the self-help section at the back of the library. He could learn how to be a good husband, put his mind at ease.

If he came equipped with all the solutions, then whatever problems might one day arise wouldn’t seem quite so daunting. At least that’s what he tried to convince himself.

Still, there was something about the feel of a book in his hands that put him at ease—if only for the moment. He gathered a few books from self help and a few more from the social sciences section then headed over to his favorite table to tuck in.

“Hi, Ben,” the librarian, Sally, said, striding over and taking a seat across from him. She smiled, showing off the gap between her two front teeth. Her pale skin seemed to glow underneath the fluorescent overhead lighting.

“Hi, Sally,” he said, offering her a quick smile. Sally, at least, was one thing that never changed. She was always here at the library, excited to hear about his latest research.

“What are you doing here? I thought you’d be busy with Summer all week, not sitting here, reading . . .” She craned her neck to read the heading at the top of Ben’s book. “Reading up on marriage traditions of the Indian subcontinent.”

“They walk around a fire seven times for luck,” Ben said, setting the book aside. “And Summer said we should spend a few days apart before the wedding.”

Sally frowned, her dark hair swinging gently as she shook her head from side to side. “Trouble in paradise?”

“No, Summer is perfect. It’s just . . .” He grimaced. It was strange talking about these things with Sally. They’d only ever discussed books and knowledge, not relationships. “It’s just,” he finished, “that I’m not.”

Sally nodded, but kept her expression otherwise blank. “Me neither, as a matter of fact. Few of us are.” She snorted and picked up the book.

“Summer is,” he said, getting straight to the heart of the problem as he stared down at the words on the page until they blurred.

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