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Sophie laid awake, restless in her bed. Her feelings about Noah and the wedding were complicated. She had started to feel numb. Detached from everything.
She supposed it was normal to have doubts before a wedding, even for those who are in love. So it would only make sense that Sophie’s doubts would be greater, considering that she and Noah were not in love. Unable to take her racing thoughts any longer, she made her way to the kitchen for a cup of tea.
To her surprise, she found Noah there as well, sitting at the island. It was late, almost one in the morning.
“Didn’t you get the memo about beauty sleep?” he asked.
Sophie laughed. “I guess not.”
“Are you feeling all right?”
“Yeah, the baby’s good.”
“I meant with you,” he countered.
Sophie avoided looking at him and began making her tea. “Yeah, of course. Why wouldn’t I be?”
Annoyance bristled inside her. It was a little late to be asking how she was considering they had barely spoken since the night they had sex.
“Maybe because we’re getting married in two days?”
“Are we? I must have forgotten,” she said sarcastically. The kettle began to shriek and Sophie pulled it off the stove, pouring it into her mug.
Noah’s voice was serious this time. “Time kind of flew by, didn’t it?”
“Yeah,” she said quietly. “It did.”
“Feels like only yesterday we made this deal…”
“Yeah,” she agreed again. “I guess this is our last time seeing each other before the wedding.”
“It is?” he questioned.
“I got us each a hotel room at the venue.” Sophie wrapped her hands around her mug and leaned on the island. “You don’t have to stay there, of course, but the room is booked. You could always sleep here and get ready there in the morning if you want. The girls and I have a day planned tomorrow and our dinner reservations are right beside it, so I’ll probably just sleep there.”
“Oh, okay. Yeah, I have plans with Bradley to go golfing tomorrow, so we’ll see.”
“No strippers, then?” She raised a dark eyebrow.
Noah laughed. “No strippers.”
“Well, I should probably get some sleep,” she told him.
He nodded, getting to his feet. “Me too.”
She made her way back to the hall.
“Sophie?”
She turned. “Yeah?”
Noah looked as if he were about to say something but changed his mind. “Good night.”
Sophie held back a sigh. “Night.”
There was no use wondering what he was going to say. She flicked on the light when she entered her room, her eyes snagging on a blue box under her bed.
Sophie paused, blowing out a long breath before bending down to pick it up. She took out the book one last time, flipping through a few pages before tossing it into the trash can.
