The Wedding War by Talley Liz

Author:Talley, Liz
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-20T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

A week later . . .

The image of Kit and Charlotte sitting together on the patio sucker punched Melanie when she entered the hotel’s outdoor restaurant and bar. Charlotte sat close to Kit, a fruity drink in front of her, shoulders bare and freshly tanned by the Florida sun. Kit perched on the stool, relaxed, his linen trousers adorably rumpled, dark glasses covering his pretty eyes, looking every inch the confident, sexy older man he was. The glittering green waters of the gulf coast framed them, making them look like a couple in a travel brochure. Come relax and reconnect with your love.

Except they weren’t lovers.

Or maybe they were.

Melanie wasn’t so sure anymore. Kit had seemed pleased his wife had come with him to Destin, but once they’d arrived, he’d disappeared into the wave of friends he’d cultivated over the years, Charlotte at his side looking very much sure she belonged there with him. Melanie had been left to see the bellhop up to the room and frantically text Kit to see where he was.

Answer: in the bar with a group of developers.

And, yeah, Charlotte had been right beside him, sipping a white wine and telling amusing anecdotes about the armadillos causing problems on the property they were clearing.

When Melanie had joined them, everyone had been friendly and said hello before going back to their builder lingo and past stories of funny things Bob or Edna had done back when the conference was in Vegas or Reno. Melanie had sipped her complimentary wine and tried to look interested in the conversation. But she was an outsider now, not knowing anyone but a handful of people, not understanding new building codes or materials. Eventually, she’d wandered over to the wives’ table and made a few new friends who were also bored by their husbands talking shop and more interested in the hot pool boy who someone had flirted with earlier.

Melanie had never felt so lonely.

And that feeling was back as she wound her way through the busy dining room toward the outside deck where her husband sat with Charlotte.

After the therapy session a few days before, she’d been determined to reconnect with her husband and repair the widening divide between them.

“Why don’t you trust me anymore, Mel?” Kit had asked at their last appointment. He’d set his hands on his knees and looked at Melanie as if he couldn’t understand any of her fears. To Kit, things were cut and dried. He didn’t wade into levels of emotion. He either did, or he didn’t. Black or white. Hot or cold.

“I do trust you, Kit. I don’t trust Charlotte,” Melanie said, her voice sounding accusing to her own ears.

The therapist’s office was sterile, the white walls punctuated with bright, modern art. Melanie supposed it looked like a therapist’s office should—a blank palette to splash one’s emotion upon. Or maybe the woman liked the balance of the ambitious art against nothingness.

Dr. Adele Marler tucked her severely cut dark bob behind both ears and leaned forward.

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