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“Why don’t you kiss her, then?” Rebecca asked. I shot her a nasty look. What the hell was her problem?
Sid looked down at me, and the heat from earlier returned tenfold. He wet his lips and dipped his head, but this time, the sound of his cell phone ringing interrupted us.
“Shit. I forgot. I gotta go. Hey, girls, can you keep Kat company? I have to go away for work, and she’s going to be watching Shiloh until I come back.”
“At your house?” Rebecca asked.
“Here or hers. It doesn’t matter.” He turned and ran for the door, leaving me with the mob of busybodies.
“I CAN’T BELIEVE SID is engaged,” Laney said. “No offense.”
“None taken. I’m a little surprised myself,” I said. “I mean about the whole thing, not Sid being engaged.”
“I knew what you meant. It is surprising,” Laney said. She took five wineglasses out of a bag.
Rebecca pulled a bottle of wine out of her bag, along with bread and cheese. “This is from Sid’s parents’ winery. I’m sampling it for the restaurant.”
“I didn’t know that. Did you talk to them at the gala?” I asked.
Her cheeks pinked. “No. Will actually helped connect us.”
I raised an eyebrow. “Will? As in Sid’s brother?”
She nodded.
“When did you spend time with him?” I asked.
“We haven’t spent time together. He’s just been helping me with a few things.”
“Interesting,” I said. “Does Luke know?”
Rebecca opened the bottle and poured the ruby liquid into the glasses. Her hand shook a little as she poured. Something was going on, but I’d have to wait until we were alone to get to the bottom of it.
“Ladies, can we get this show on the road?” Mindy shouted from the living room.
Sid had left for his work trip, quickly followed by the guys. They went to get their kids from Kate’s mom and dad while the ladies stayed behind to grill me about the wedding. Rebecca promised Sid that she’d give me instructions for Shiloh’s care after offering many times to take the dog instead of letting me watch her.
Sid assured Rebecca that I could handle it and then left. His confidence in me and the way he stood up to my sister were hot, and I wanted to grab his face and kiss him, but I didn’t want an audience for our first kiss. I had a feeling it would be magical.
Laney, Rebecca, and I carried the wineglasses into the living room. I plopped down into a large gray chair that was as comfy as it looked and took a sip of my wine. The flavors burst on my tongue, and I let out a small moan. Mindy, Laney, and Kate did the same. I knew little about wine since I gravitated more toward liquor, but I got the distinct flavor of cherry and plum mixed with spice.
“Wow, this is delicious,” Laney said, smacking her lips together. I laughed.
“It is amazing. Will said they haven’t released this one, and if I want it for my restaurant as a signature wine, they could make that happen,” Rebecca said.
“I would do it. I love the way the spices mix with—what is that—plum?” Mindy asked.
“Yeah, I tasted plum,” I said.
“Interesting, yet good,” Mindy commented and took another sip.
“There’s an earthy undertone to this. Is it a Pinot Noir?” Kate asked. We all looked at her, and she shrugged. “What? I know my wines.”
“She’s just trying to show off. She and Peter have been going wine tasting, and they started a class at Simply Cook It on Tuesday nights. You can learn about which wine pairs with which food,” Mindy explained.
“Really? How do you find time for that?” I asked.
She shrugged again. “My parents help a lot. They take the kids on Tuesdays so Peter and I can go out. It’s our weekly date night.”
