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By noon, Arlo’s face hurt from smiling. No one was more surprised than he was that he didn’t hate wedding prep. But, it was only because it meant he got to spend so much time with Ada. Normally he loathed trying on clothes, but even the tux fitting was enjoyable. He actually liked modeling different looks for Ada.
“I prefer the blue suede, but what do you think?” Ada asked.
“I like whatever you like,” Arlo replied. And truly he did. Ada always looked great, so he trusted her fashion sense.
“Smart man,” Joseline, their stylist, replied.
“Shoot…” Ada said, looking at her phone. “Maggie’s FaceTiming me.”
“Joseline, will you give us a minute?” Arlo asked.
“Of course,” she said as she curtsied and left the room.
Ada sighed. “I want to tell her, but I don’t know what to say. You haven’t said anything to Chase, right?”
Arlo ran a hand across his cheek. “No.”
“I don’t know if Maggie will believe me. It’s not exactly my character to jump into a serious relationship.”
“Maybe that’s because you haven’t found the right guy to jump into one with.” Arlo winked at her.
Ada cracked a smile. “Is that so?”
“Seems like it to me.”
Resting her head back on the fancy maroon chaise lounge, she asked, “What are you going to tell Chase?”
“That you threw yourself at me and I tried to resist, but you wore me down.”
Ada tossed a decorative pillow at him. “I’m serious.”
“I’m gonna tell him the truth.” Arlo leaned against a bookcase. “When I met you at The Break last year, I felt a connection. You were beautiful and bold. I couldn’t wait to get to know you more, but then I was a jerk who forgot our date. But I never forgot you… even when I was traveling Europe.”
He sat down on the chaise, lifting her legs and setting them down again on his lap. “I would check your social media from time to time, praying you didn’t have a boyfriend.”
“So, it’s your fault I’ve been single.” Ada smirked.
“Sorry… not sorry.” He took her foot and began gently massaging her heel, then moving up her arch. “I thought about messaging you so many times, but I had no idea when I was coming back.”
Ada looked at him wide-eyed.
“I figured I blew my only chance… Then, Mariana needed me to come back to take care of Brooklyn. On a layover, I called Chase and he told me about the Big Bear trip. I wasn’t going to come initially, but he said you would be there. And… the rest is history.”
Ada sat up and moved so she was next to him. “You came to Big Bear to see me? You didn’t forget about me while you were galavanting across Europe?”
He lifted her chin, so their eyes could meet. “Ada James, I couldneverforget about you.”
“That’s the sweetest story ever.”
Suddenly, Ada’s phone dinged. “It’s a text from Maggie.” Clicking on the message, she saw one of the engagement photos that Felipe had taken. Under it were a million question marks. “I better call her.”
“Are you ready?”
Ada inhaled. “I’m gonna have to be.”
After tapping her screen, the phone began ringing.
She smiled brightly. “Hey Mags!”
