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Polly sat down in the room full of swatches and said, “Please, show me what is planned.”
Agnes smiled, and the room polarized while the movie began to play on the screen. The gardens at the hotel were perfect. The ballroom was huge, the small room for the private ceremony was lovely, and the floral choices were beautiful.
When the display was over, Polly had to admit it was amazing and would look spectacular with Minoru as the groom. She just couldn’t picture herself as the bride.
Agnes smiled. “Now close your eyes, and what would make it yours?”
“Laughter, dancing, roses, fun music. It looks very pretty but not fun.” She whispered softly, “I always thought it should be fun.”
She caught the scent of roses and turned her head. An armload of roses was in front of her face, and Minoru kissed her before he offered her the flowers. “Sorry I was late. I had to raid a florist.”
She looked at him and blinked. The flowers were beautiful, and there wasn’t a speck of brown in the bunch. “This...” She started crying again. No one had given her flowers before. They had always gone to Molly.
Minoru picked her up and sat on the boardroom table, rubbing her back. He asked her what was wrong, and she tried to explain with her voice just making squeaks.
Agnes smiled. “No one has given her flowers before. They always went to her sister.”
Polly nodded.
Loki muttered, “You are good.”
Agnes grinned.
Polly stood and listened to Minoru apologize for leaving without speaking to her, but his self-control was hanging on by a thread. He wanted to keep things going on schedule so that the community held her in high esteem.
She blinked. “Wait, so if you put out the effort, I am worth more?”
Loki shrugged. “Pretty much. If he wants you formally presented and is willing not to be a demanding alpha, it will raise your value to the community. Our community is dangerous, so it is giving you a protection you wouldn’t normally have. Our other halves are assholes.”
Minoru smiled. “He’s not wrong.”
“I don’t know. The kijin seems nice.”
Loki stared with his mouth open. “Wow. Okay. He isn’t to anyone else.”
She looked at Minoru over the armload of flowers under her nose. His red eyes were glowing.
“So, fun, laughter, dancing, and music. These are easy things to add.” Agnes smiled.
Minoru raised his brows. “They are?”
“They are. I just need to get music preferences. In the smaller hours, you could even do karaoke.”
Polly smiled. “I like that idea. Though I think it is hard to dance in a formal kimono.”
“We will remove the outer jacket, and you will be able to do a lot of the slower stuff. No jiving.” Agnes grinned.
They got down to it, and every possible issue that anyone had Agnes calmly answered, who preferred to be called Aggie.
They spent two hours on it, and then Aggie got Polly’s information and said she would take her to register her measurements for any kimonos purchased for her in the future. Minoru smiled at that.
Once things were hashed out for the first meetings, Polly watched the planner gather her swatch books and tablets with ease of practice. Loki looked at her. “Do you need a hand?”
“No, thank you. I am fine. Polly, Minoru, contact me with anything. The date has been confirmed with the hotel and their event planners to make sure that nothing is crossed and passwords have been added to all major supplies, so nothing accidentally happens. The cake tasting will be after Minoru gets back from his next business trip, and the flowers were already settled today. So I have work to do. I will get to it.” Aggie grinned and opened the door with her butt. She walked as if the pounds of books didn’t matter to her, and Polly suspected she wasn’t the grey dove she presented.
She rubbed her cheeks against the roses and smiled. “I like her.”
Minoru nodded. “She came highly recommended. She has organized a few pack ceremonies and is renowned for her being able to handle anything that comes at her.”
