The Objection: A Read Me Romance Novella by Renshaw Winter

Author:Renshaw, Winter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 4

Gabriel

We drive for hours, through hilly, evergreen-covered terrain, deep valleys, and lonesome highways. And we drive mostly in silence.

Five hours ago, I objected at her wedding. I’d spent most of the day walking the hotel, hoping to run into her, and at one point I’d called the front desk, asking to have them connect me to her room, but since I didn’t have her last name, they respectfully refused for security reasons. It wasn’t until I was passing the rose garden shortly after noon when I saw the ornate sign on a silver easel, declaring the Peretti-Hawthorne nuptials were to be held there at two PM. A quick Google search later confirmed that Peretti was, indeed, Olivia’s last name.

The sun has begun to set, and a sign on the side of the road indicates a hotel is off the next exit.

“You care if we stop for the night?” I break the silence. I don’t want to drive too much farther because at some point, we’re going to have to turn back.

All she wanted after I dropped that bombshell on her earlier was to get out of there, so I took her away. But she’s going to have to go back and face him at some point.

She called her mother’s cell phone from mine shortly after we sped off in my car, and she told her everything, chewing on her manicured thumbnail as she drew in deep breath after deep breath. By the time she hung up, she had some semblance of a relieved smile on her pretty lips, saying her parents gave her their full support and they were going to handle everything.

Olivia glances my way and nods. “Yeah. That’s fine. You’ve been driving for hours. You must be exhausted.”

I’m not half as exhausted as I imagine she is, but I nod. “I wouldn’t mind stopping for the night.”

Neither one of us have a change of clothes, and she’s still in her pristine white wedding gown.

“There’s a big box store up the road from here,” I say. “Saw a sign back there. We could grab a change of clothes?”

“Yeah. That’s fine.” She sighs. “But I don’t have my wallet.”

“Olivia.” I give her a cock-eyed look. “You’re covered. Don’t worry about anything, all right?”

I pull off on the next exit and follow the signs to the nearest Target.

“You want to stay in the car?” I ask. “If you tell me your sizes, I can—”

She interrupts my offer by opening the passenger door.

Guess there’s my answer.

A moment later, I’m following her into the store, where she makes a beeline for the women’s clothes section. I head for the men’s aisles, stopping to grab a few toiletries when I’m done, and we meet twenty minutes later by the checkout lanes.

The woman ringing us up gives us a standard greeting, scanning item after item while periodically staring at Olivia’s attention-grabbing attire, but not once does she ask a single question.

By the time we get back in the car, I start the engine and

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