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“You’re kidding.”
She shakes her head. “Nope. The King Charles spaniel found true love with the neighbor’s corgi. It was magical. They pledged their undying love to one another in front of three hundred fifty of their closest friends, both human and canine. Then, they boogied the night away at an exclusive nightclub while dining on the finest sockeye salmon pâté and Evian water,” she elaborates.
“Wow, that’s really …”
“Opulent. Posh. Pretentious,” she offers.
“I was going to say wackadoo.”
“That’s not even the best part. They sent the two of them to a doggy resort spa in Fiji for a two-week honeymoon.”
I take the bowl from her hand and set it on the coffee table, then face her. “Now, you’re just yanking my chain.”
She raises her hand. “Scout’s honor. It’s true, and I can even top that.”
“Not possible,” I declare.
“Want to bet?” she asks.
I raise an eyebrow and consider the question.
“Yeah, but who will be the judge?”
She shrugs. “I trust you to be honest. If you think it outdoes the doggyI dos, then I win. If not, you win.”
I lean in and lick my lips. “What’s the wager?”
She pauses for a moment.
“What do you want?”
My eyes flicker to her mouth and then back to her eyes. “That’s a loaded question, sweetheart.”
She moves in closer. Our breaths mingling. “That’s how confident I am.”
She snatches the bowl back. “Your move.”
“All right. If I win, you stay the night with me,” I toss out.
“And if I win?”
“I stay the night with you,” I suggest.
“That’s the same thing.”
“You said I got to make the terms.”
“Fine,” she agrees, and then she slides back to her side of the couch.
I grab my bottle off the coaster and take a long swig. “Lay it on me.”
“I had a very wealthy, let’s say, woman in her golden years, who hired us to plan her wedding to her much less golden-aged fitness trainer,” she begins.
“So far, nothing too shocking,” I quip.
She gives me a sly look. “I haven’t gotten to the good part. Two years later, she comes back for us to plan her next wedding.”
“So, it didn’t work out with the young lad?” I ask, feigning shock.
