Paper Roses (Veterans Affairs Book 5) by A. E. Wasp

Author:A. E. Wasp [Wasp, A. E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-01-31T23:00:00+00:00

Oh, No, They Didn’t - 7

Eventually they made it up to the bedroom. Benny sat on the bed and watched as Mikey set out his clothes for tomorrow and got ready for bed. He loved the way Mikey was so methodical and patient with everything he did. It soothed the part of Benny’s brain that was always racing. Now that he knew for sure he had the green light to believe the wedding was actually going to happen, Benny’s mind wandered to what the day might be like. “It will be interesting to see your parents. They probably hate me even more now.”

Mikey didn’t answer, but Benny can tell from the set of his shoulders he’d hit a nerve.

“What now?”

Mikey tied the scarf around his head and turned to face Benny. “I hadn’t actually told them about you. About us?”

“That we’re getting married?”

“That we’d even reconnected,” Mikey admitted sheepishly.

“What?” Benny rolled his eyes. He patted the bed next to him. “Get over here, you coward.”

Mikey finished what he was doing and climbed into his side of the bed. “You’re not mad?”

“No. I’m too relaxed to be mad. I recommend you sexing me up every time you have something bad to tell me. I promise, it will work. I’m really easy. I’m not mad as long as you didn’t tell them because you’re scared of your parents and not because you’re embarrassed about me.”

“Of course I’m embarrassed about you. But that’s beside the point.” Mikey sighed and sunk back against the pillow. “I just didn’t want to deal with them, you know?”

“Oh, I know. James and Linda are terrifying.”

“They know anyway. Vanessa told them. Not on purpose, she just assumed like any normal person would that I might have mentioned to my parents that I was engaged.”

“So what did they say?” Benny slid down on the bed and rolled onto his side.

“I don’t know what they said to Vanessa, but I got a very cordial email from them this morning saying they can’t get away but they wished us luck if this is really what would bring me happiness and that we would talk later and make plans.” His mouth twisted as if he had expected nothing less, but Benny could see the hurt in his eyes. It wasn’t the first time James and Linda had let Mikey down.

Benny rolled forward and kissed him. “Fuck them.”

Mikey shrugged. “Yeah.” He closed his eyes and Benny took the hint.

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