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Wes shrugged. “I don’t think he has a favorite color.”
I tapped my chin as we walked down one of the aisles then stopped. “Your mom and dad are all about family, and their anniversary is only a couple weeks before Christmas. So why not make it about family with a Christmas theme? We could do a wall that has photos of them when they were dating, married, with the birth of each of you kids. Then some photos of the four kids throughout the years. The grandbabies as well.”
Wes smiled, clearly liking where I was going.
“We can do a red and white color theme. White plates with red napkins. The centerpiece can be beautiful flowers with white candles and berries used in the decorations.”
“Berries?” Wes asked.
Reaching for his hand, I pulled him toward the exit. “Where are we going?” Wes asked.
“We need to go to Hobby Lobby!”
“What in the hell is Hobby Lobby?”
With a squeal of delight, I said, “Just wait and see!”
Four hours later we were filling the backseat of Wes’s car with bags. “I can’t believe we got all this stuff.”
With a giggle, I said, “I never dreamed you would like Hobby Lobby.”
Wes slid into the driver’s seat of his BMW. “That place was amazing. I got that Christmas tree for my mother at half off! It was like a Christmas paradise!”
I couldn’t help but laugh. “I’m glad you liked it. I haven’t been since I sold my car. I forgot how much I missed that store.”
“That place could be dangerous.”
“That placeisdangerous, and the back seat of your car and trunk is proof. I cannot believe you talked that kid into delivering the Christmas tree to your condo.”
Wes chuckled. “Trust me, I am paying him handsomely to deliver it. That’s the only downside of having a smaller car, no room for a ten-foot tree.”
“It will look beautiful in your place though.”
He nodded. “I think so.”
I’ll get with Angie, Harmony, and Rory to plan on getting together to make the decorations.”
“What about me, Finn, and Preston?”
Looking at Wes, I said, “If you think they’ll want to help with it all.”
“I know they will. Plus, Finn and Preston can’t stand to be away from their wives for longer than an hour. It’s sickening.”
Sighing, I said, “What it would be like to be loved like that.”
The feel of Wes’s gaze on me made me look in his direction. “What?”
“Have you ever been in love?”
Laughing, I shook my head. “No. What about you?”
He gripped the steering wheel a bit harder. “Once.”
I quickly remembered last year Wes leaving a club with a woman. Rory had mentioned something about an old girlfriend. I instantly wanted to know who the woman was. “Who was it?”
“We dated through high school and college. I asked her to marry me before I moved to New York, and she turned me down.”
To say I was stunned by his admission was an understatement.
