Under a Firefly Moon by Donna Kauffman

Author:Donna Kauffman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

They were twenty minutes late to the meeting with Vivi, Hannah, Avery, and the rest of the assembled guests. The number of whom was rather startling. It looked as if half the town was packed around the tables in the veranda tearoom.

Wyatt held Chey’s hand as they stepped up into the enclosed veranda where Vivi had set up court, so to speak. She’d put out quite the spread and everyone already had full plates in front of them. It was a good strategy, Wyatt thought: fill their bellies before making a call to action. Having been a guest at her dinner table the night before, though, he suspected this wasn’t calculated. It was just how Vivi was.

Given the breakfast he’d made hours ago had been packaged up and stowed in the fridge untouched, he was grateful for it.

“Sorry we’re late,” he told Vivi, taking her offered hand and planting a quick kiss on the back, much to her delight. He and Chey took the two seats Vivi had saved for them at her table at the head of the room. “I was able to get a few things put into motion this morning,” he told Vivi as he nodded while people lifted their hands in short waves, called out hello to Chey, and raised a few glasses in their general direction. “Thanks for sending the resort plans over. That helped a lot.”

Chey responded to the various greetings with a quick nod and smile. It wasn’t until Wyatt went to pull out her chair that he realized they were still holding hands. A quick scan of the room told him the gesture had not gone unnoticed. He didn’t mind, quite the opposite, but this wasn’t his town; he didn’t have to live with these people. “Sorry,” he whispered in her ear as she scooted in front of him and took her seat.

But when he started to let her go, she held on to his hand a moment longer, then glanced up and caught his eye. “No apologies,” she said with a smile, the words for his ears only.

Their gazes held for a moment longer, and there was no doubt that she wasn’t just talking about the public display of affection. “Good,” he said with a quick flash of a grin, then edged behind her chair to get to his own. Vivi was on his right. Avery and a man Wyatt assumed was Ben, the veterinarian, sat across from them. They both offered happy greetings to him and to Chey. Avery’s eyes were particularly sparkling as she took in the two of them.

Wyatt hoped Chey was ready for what appeared to be a room full of well-wishers eager to congratulate her on the apparent change to her relationship status. He hoped she was ready for it, period. He hadn’t had the chance to tell her the rest of his news that morning, as they’d gotten distracted from that conversation. Twice. He had a whole new appreciation for long, hot showers now, and he’d been pretty appreciative of them before.

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