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“I’m supposed to believe you work with some slut you found from Brooklyn?”
Spencer didn’t say anything. He wondered what else his resourceful ex knew.
“She tries to hide the accent but not very well.” Ava looked around the lobby. “Not one person at the wedding is friends with her on Facebook. Not even Tyler. I found that strange. No one knows who she is.”
“She told you she doesn’t travel in the same circles as you. Not all of us have a Facebook account.”
“You’re not normal.” She rolled her eyes. “But a young woman like Coda should be easy to find. None of our friends know of her. Where did you find her?”
“It doesn’t matter.”
“I think it does. Her entire weekend wardrobe came from Kendal’s boutique. Every piece of clothing the girl has worn. Did you buy it all for her?”
“Does that matter?” Ava had entirely too much time on her hands.
“So secretive. Did you buy her?” Ava smiled. “I’ll figure out who she is, Spencer. You should probably cut her loose before I do.”
“Leave her alone.”
“I will if you will. Tell her you’ve had a change of heart and you want to attend the wedding with me. I’ll make it worth it for you.” She squeezed his bicep. “You know I will.”
“Stop making a fool of yourself.” He pulled away from her as his mother called to him.
“Spencer.” She came over and kissed his cheek. “We missed you today. I hope you and Coda had a lovely day.” She glared at Ava. “You’re not harassing my son, are you?”
His mother had never been fond of Ava. She tried to be polite while they were dating but once she was certain he and Ava had broken it off for good, his mother never held back how she felt.
“Of course not,” Ava said. “We were discussing our plans for the evening.”
“Where’s Coda?” his mom asked.
“She’s getting ready.” Spencer looked down at the small blue box his mother held.
“This was at the front desk.” She handed it to him. “I took care of the courier for you.”
“Thank you.” He took the package from her.
“I’m sure you bought this on impulse and made them jump through hoops to get it here.” She glanced at Ava. “I can’t wait to see Coda wear whatever it is.”
“Spencer does nothing on impulse,” Ava spat.
“Sometimes it takes a spectacular woman to make a man act out of character.” His mother smiled at him before turning her attention back to Ava. “Ava, I think the photographer is looking for you. I’ll walk with you. We can chat about certain etiquettes.”
Ava huffed and headed down the hall.
“Thanks, Mom.” Spencer kissed her cheek. “I’ll see you at the ceremony.”
“Anytime.” She nodded. “I know a piranha when I see one. Go give that bracelet to Coda. She’s going to deserve it after putting up with Ava’s tantrums tonight.”
“How did you know it was a bracelet?”
“My sweet boy, a woman knows.” She patted his arm. “The box is too big to be a ring.”
“Right.” He looked down at the package. “I’m going to go give this to her now.”
“I’m sure she’ll love it.”
He headed up the staircase and to the suite. As soon as the double doors opened he stopped in his tracks. Coda stood in a backless, silver gown, looking in the mirror, primping her long, mahogany curls.
