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Nora
Annie paced back and forth across the bridal suite.
“Would you sit your ass down?” Sutton said with an eye roll. “I’ve gotten married this twice, and I was never this nervous.”
“I’m not nervous,” Annie said. “I passed my boards. That made me nervous.”
Jennifer arched an eyebrow. “Then explain the pacing.”
“It’s taking too long,” she said.
“You chose a five o’clock wedding,” Sutton reminded her.
“I know. I know. Why didn’t we get married at one? Better yet, why didn’t we elope?”
“Because you’d have regretted it,” I told her. “You know you want that big Wright wedding.”
Annie smiled softly. She was a vision in a cream lace gown with an impressive V down the front, which tapered down to hug her hips appreciatively. Her red hair had been designed into an elaborate updo with loose tendrils falling purposely. “I do want that. I should have done a first look.”
“David and I did. Took so much of the edge off.” Sutton’s smile dipped softly as she said, “But it was my second wedding.”
“I think I’d want one,” Jennifer said. “Less time to stress, and we all know that I have too much anxiety. I’d be a bigger mess than you.”
Annie huffed. “I’m not a mess.”
I laughed softly. She was a bit of a mess, but it was okay. I’d seen brides be way less sure than her about what they were about to walk into. Annie and Jordan had been made for each other. I was glad to be a part of their big day.
“Nora,” my assistant, Tessi, called from the door.
“Have a drink,” I told Annie. “It’ll help. I’ll be back when it’s time.”
Annie smiled brilliantly at me. “Thanks, Nora. You’re the best!”
I waved her off and then headed out of the bridal suite.
“What’s up?” I asked Tessi.
“You sure you don’t want to be a guest at this wedding? I can handle it.”
“I know you can. But this is my favorite part.”
I’d brought Tessi on for the event to run the reception since I wanted to attend my friend’s wedding. Jennifer had done much the same. She was the official Wright Vineyard photographer, and she’d brought her camera because she loved it, but since she was a bridesmaid, she’d gotten Annie to hire her friend for the wedding instead.
And I probably should have handed the whole thing off to Tessi, but I loved helping brides walk down the aisle. There was something so special about it.
“All right. No problem. Looks like almost everyone is here. I got the guys into place. Want to check it all over?”
I nodded and followed her to the barn door. The ceremony would be starting any minute. People were already flooding into seats on the Wright Vineyard lawn. We were lucky that the weather was picture-perfect. The first touch of spring with a clear blue sky and an abundance of sunshine.
My gaze skated across the crowd. It was the second-biggest event we’d had here. Only rivaled by Morgan Wright’s wedding. As she was the CEO of Wright Construction, the family company, it had been unsurprising. But Jordan and Annie had nearly as big of a crowd.
But I was looking for one person in particular. And when my eyes found Weston Wright talking to his brother, it was like a pulse thrummed between us. He found my gaze and smiled.
“He’s cute,” Tessi said.
“He is.”
“Yours?”
I bit my lip. “My roommate.”
Tessi winked at me. “You have time. Go talk to him.”
She pushed me out of the barn, and I nearly tripped forward on my high heels.
I laughed and shot Tessi a look. She just shrugged and gave me a thumbs-up.
“Hey,” I said with a smile as I approached West and Whitt.
West had only gotten back last night. He’d waved at me when he got in and promptly passed out. I’d been too busy with wedding stuff all morning that I hadn’t seen or talked to him. Which meant I hadn’t been able to implement any of my new flirting techniques on him. I’d been pumped about it when Eve and I came up with the idea, but now, I was worried it was stupid.
But that smile on his face as I walked up to him sure helped matters.
“Hey, what a wedding,” West said.
Whitton nodded. “You’ve done an incredible job here.”
“Thank you.”
