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“Where were you?” Leo asked, his gaze steady on me.
I smoothed my dress for a second time. “I was just checking on things.”
“Anything we can use?” Harper asked as I sat.
After a quick glance at Leo, I said, “We can talk about it later.”
Leo’s lips twitched. “So, I can’t know about the secret workings of Happily Ever Afters?”
“It’s on a need-to-know basis, and you’re friends with the enemy,” I teased.
“You really want to know?” Harper asked Leo.
“Not unless you have late-night sleepovers and throw pillows at each other.” The table fell silent. “No, wait. This is my sister we’re talking about.”
I narrowed my eyes on him. “Is that what you think we do?”
“You drink champagne to celebrate a job well done, don’t you?”
“Yes,” I said, my throat feeling tight.
“Isn’t that how the rules were created?” Harper asked, and my stomach dropped.
Leo turned his attention to me. “What are these rules?”
I waved a hand at him. “No sleeping with coworkers. That kind of thing.”
“Is that all?” Leo asked.
Harper grinned, tapping a finger on her chin, and that’s when I realized that her eyes were glossy. “Oh, there’s more. Let’s see if I can remember correctly… There’s no sleeping with coworkers or members of the wedding party—oh, and Gia’s brothers.”
It was bad enough that I’d created those rules and then wrote them down, but to have Harper repeat them in front of my brother? I was never going to live this down.
“Wait. What?” Leo leaned in to ask Harper. “Did you say there’s an office rule about not sleeping with Gia’s brothers?”
“Yeees. Everyone knows you’re off-limits.”
“I didn’t realize we were ever an option,” Leo asked, his tone a little lighter.
Hopefully, he thought it was all a joke. In reality, I’d created those rules to exert some control over my friends and employees. I’d been burned too many times in the past.
“You know all my friends liked you, even in high school. I just like to keep things clear.”
Leo’s expression smoothed over. “Is that true, Harper? Did you like me in high school?”
“Not Harper. She’d never betray me that way.” I shook my head, implicitly trusting my best friend since childhood. I’d had issues with other girls befriending me to get closer to my brothers. I’d even walked in on one of my best friends at the time, making out with Matteo. But Harper had been by my side through everything.
Needing to talk about something else, I scanned the room, and seeing the wedding planner next to the bride and groom at the cake table, I said, “Oh look, it’s time to cut the cake.”
“Let’s get a closer look, shall we?” Harper asked as she stood and moved toward the four-tier white cake with cascading flowers. “Did you learn anything useful?”
I rolled my eyes. “Just that Silas runs a tight ship."
“We suspected that.”
“I can’t believe he drew Harrison away from me,” I said, attempting to draw on the anger I’d felt when I’d heard he’d poached my supplier and forget about how good he’d made me feel afterward.
Harper frowned. “But he didn’t. Not really. Harrison’s in the business of renting wedding supplies, and he’s the only one in the area who designs and builds arbors.”
