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“I’m fine. Just a little tired.”

“Are you sure you want to go look at dresses today? We can do it tomorrow.”

“Nope. Today is the day. I won’t let a little bit of tiredness stop me from living the rest of my life. So, tell me.” She smiled as she leaned across the counter. “How was your night with Drew?”

“Amazing as always.” I shyly grinned. “Listen, I have something to discuss with you.”

“What’s up?”

“Drew called a friend of his last night at the Harmonie Club, and they have a room available for your wedding next Saturday. He said that if you’re interested, he’ll take us over there this afternoon so you can look at it.”

“Really?” Her smile grew wide. “That was so nice of him to do that. Of course, I’m interested. I can’t wait to meet Mr. Drew Westbrook.”

“I will let him know right now.” I smiled as I pulled my phone from my purse and sent him a text message.

“Hi. Kristen would like to go look at the room.”

“Excellent. I know she’ll love it. I’ll pick the two of you up around five o’clock. I’ll call and let them know we’re coming. Where do you want me to pick you up?”

“Great. I’m not quite sure where we’ll be.”

“Doesn’t matter. Just call or text me the location and I’ll be there.”

“Thanks, Drew. This means a lot.”

“You’re welcome, Jillian. I’ll see you later.”

Taking a sip of my coffee, I looked at Kristen. “Drew will pick us up at five. He said just to text him the location of where we’re at.”

“He seems like a wonderful man.”

“He is.” I looked down at my cup and slowly traced the rim with my finger. “Too wonderful. You know what he did on the plane?”

“What?”

“He offered me his protein bar because I had mentioned that I was hungry—a total stranger. Grant would never have done that. He would have just eaten it in front of me.”

“And that is why Grant is a fuckwad.” She grinned.

“He is. Isn’t he? Oh, by the way, Drew invited Kellan and me to attend a charity event on Friday night, so I’ll need a new dress.”

“Fun. You can help me pick out a wedding dress and I’ll help you pick out a formal dress for the event.”

“Are you sure you’re up to it today?” I asked.

“Stop asking me. If I wasn’t, I wouldn’t go. Now come on. We have dresses to shop for.”

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Jillian

The minute Kristen stepped out of the dressing room at Kleinfeld’s, tears instantly filled my eyes. She looked so beautiful.

“No tears, Jill. Come on. We talked about this.”

Wiping my eye, I spoke, “I’m sorry but you look so beautiful.”

“I don’t want to look beautiful. I want to look sexy as fuck.” She smiled as she checked herself out in the mirror.

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