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“Pleasure to meet you,” Robin said.
“It’s great to meet you too,” Anna said, shaking Robin’s hand.
“And this is my husband, Logan,” Irene said, introducing her husband.
They exchanged pleasantries as well.
“So are the others here already?”
“It’s just gonna be us tonight,” Irene said. “Adam is sick, so Boone couldn’t make it, and Dylan couldn’t fly in. Brody said he had plans already.”
Anna already knew my family, but once we added in all the wives and kids, it would have been a lot. In a way, I was relieved it would just be Clay, Irene, and their partners. Easier to avoid too much scrutiny or screw ups, the less we’d have to tell our “story.”
I was praying it would be an easy evening. See my friend get married. Dance and drink a little. Then back to my place for some fun with Anna.
We walked toward the garden area where the wedding was to be held, and Irene walked on one side of me.
“So you happened to RSVP plus one months before you two began dating, huh? What’s up with that?”
I shrugged. “I just figured I’d try to find someone. Weddings are no fun to attend alone.”
“You’ve never had a problem before.”
“I haven’t been to too many black-tie weddings before either.”
“Touché.”
Irene caught up with Logan and took his hand. I laced my fingers through Anna’s as we approached the venue.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Clark walking in by himself. I waved at him, and he walked over before we sat down. His dark eyes scanned Anna quickly, and he wasn’t the only one. Pretty much every man in the place had checked out my date, many of them unable to take their eyes off her. Hell, neither could I, for that matter.
“Anna, this is my friend, Clark,” I said. “Clark, this is Anna.”
“It’s a pleasure to meet you, Anna. I’ve heard all about you. Everything, in fact. Hey, Levi, can we talk for a moment? About the plans I gave you.”
“Sure, you can talk right here.”
He moved his gaze over the others in our party. “I think it would be easier if we talked alone. There’s some… proprietary information I wanted to talk to you about.”
“Okay…” I glanced at Anna. “I’ll be right back, I guess.”
As soon as we were out of earshot, Clark playfully punched me.
“What the hell, man?” I laughed.
“You know what that was for.”
“What?”
“You’re falling for her.”
“No, I’m not.”
“Yes, you are. I see the way you look at her.”
“You spent like two seconds with the two of us!”
His brow furrowed. “Trust me, man. I’ve seen a lot of my friends insist they weren’t falling in love when they were. And they always had this puppy dog look on their face when in the presence of the woman. I could always tell. And you, my friend, you have that look.”
