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Now, curling up with Joel while he played video games sounded really nice.
Maybe I was getting older and changing.
Or maybe it was just who they were.
Ellie stood in the foyer with Warren, in a white pair of jeans and a tank top with a sparklybrideblazoned across the front. “Embracing tradition I see.”
She grinned. “Bet your ass. I only get one, so it’s going to be all the tacky shit. Be ready.”
“I think I am.”
My sister looked at her fiancé. “Be good.”
“You know if I wasn’t banned from your party I’d rather be there with you.” He only had eyes for her. “And if you change your mind, we’re just down the street.”
The guys were hanging out at a dark, smoky cigar bar down the street. Most guys would probably want the classic strip club experience, but Warren wasn’t most guys. I’d been on the phone with her when she asked him if he wanted to go to a strip club for the party, and the horror on his face was hard to forget.
In the space it took me to remember that, they were making out in a way that wasn’t going to get us out the door. “Get a room,” I joked, grabbing Ellie’s hand. “Or use the one you have later.”
“You be good too,” Warren called after us.
Ellie slid into the back of the SUV first. Her driver already knew where we were going. She snorted. “As if I wouldn’t be good.”
“Wouldn’t be the first time someone got a little too rowdy before their wedding.”
“Rowdy, yes. But there’s a reason we’re having the parties a week in advance. So we can get absolutelyblastedand still have a fantastic wedding.”
“And then Warren can take care of you.”
Ellie grinned. “Exactly.”
I reached out and took her hand. “Sorry I haven’t seen you as much.”
“I’ve been so busy I should be apologizing to you. With having a wedding planner and everything, I thought things would be calmer this close to it, but it feels like I’ve been going at full speed this whole time.” She squeezed my hand. “I’m just glad you’re here.”
“I’m glad about that too.”
“I bet you are. With a pack like that?” Ellie leaned back and shook her head. “I’m so fucking in love with Warren, but even I’ve got my eyes. And they can’t take theirs off you, Iz.”
“It’s been… nice.”
“You did not just say they’renice.”
“What? It’s true.”
She burst out laughing. “Isolde. Those men worship the ground you walk on and one look at them tells me they know exactly what they’re doing in bed. So please tell me it’s better than fucking nice.”
I turned as red as a strawberry. Or a tomato. Or my hair. Ellie grinned at me in victory. “I knew it.”
What would everyone think after the wedding when they suddenly weren’t around? What wouldIdo? Every day that passed made me a little more comfortable with them and a little more afraid of what was going to happen when it was over. I didn’twantit to be over.
My mouth went dry. It was the first time I’d let myself think it. I didn’t want it to end with them, despite it being temporary.
Trinity had better be ready to pick me up off the floor because it was her idea.
“Hey,” Ellie said. “Where’d you go?”
“Sorry. Just got lost in my thoughts.”
