Page 38 of Accidental Proposal

“Hey, Lennon.”

“Hey, what’s up?” she asked.

“I kind of need a favor from you.”

“Is it something fun?” she questioned.

“Well, kind of. I don’t want Liam to find out.”

“I’ll do it!” she immediately shouted through the phone.

“Thank you! I am watching a friend’s daughter, and we want to go get ice cream. I was wondering if you could give us a ride?”

“I’ll be there in fifteen.” She hung up on me.

“Wenna, I want to see your room. Do you have unicorns too?” Sky asked, pulling me away from my phone.

“Let’s go and see.” With her hand sliding into mine, I led her to my room, her stuff under my other arm.

“You don’t have any unicorns! You need unicorns, Wenna!” she said the moment we stepped into my room. Setting her things on my bed, I looked around. My room was pretty plain. It could use some pictures or something. “Don’t worry, Wenna, we will get you one.” Her soft voice was hard with determination as she nodded, looking around my room.

“I only want one, if you help me pick it out. Maybe we will have to go by a toy store after we get ice cream.” Her blue eyes widened, and she nodded excitedly. A minute later, the sound of a knock echoed into my room. Grabbing a pair of flats and my bag, I followed Sky back to the living room. Lennon was already there waiting for us.Why did she even knock?

“That was fast,” I commented.

“Well, I was already on my way over here. Who is this beautiful little girl?” she asked, turning her gaze to Sky, who was standing next to me staring at Lennon.

“This is Sky. Sky, this is my friend, Lennon. She is going to come and get ice cream with us.”

“Do you like unicorns?” Sky asked, crossing her arms over her chest, a serious look upon her face. Lennon looked at me, but I shrugged at her.

“Of course I do. I like pink ones,” she said, squatting down in front of Sky. There was a moment of silence as Sky stared at her, almost as if to make sure she was being serious and to see if she was cool enough to hang with us. She must have found something that she liked, because in a matter of seconds, a wide toothy grin spread across her face.

“Good! Ice cream now!” I shook my head, and Lennon chuckled quietly. We both nodded and headed to the door.

Once we got Sky settled in the back and we were driving down the street, Lennon finally asked me what happened last night.

“Where did you guys go after you left?”

“Nowhere. We just went to McDonald’s.”

“I thought you were just going to go home?” She glanced over at me for a second before focusing back on the road.

“Well, after I got bombarded with the paparazzi, Liam drove us to McDonald’s,” I said with a shrug.

“Wait, what? The paparazzi were outside?” Her voice was rising. I glanced over my shoulder to make sure Sky was okay and found her staring out the window.

“Yeah. I walked outside and was swarmed with cameras and people asking me questions about Liam and my engagement. Liam came out a minute later, rescuing me before we jumped in the car and left. I’m surprised you didn’t see them when you left the diner.”

“How did they find out? And no, they must have left before we got done.”

“Garrett told them, apparently,” I answered bitterly. It hurt knowing he told when he promised he wouldn’t.

“Garrett, as in your driver and the one I met just the other day?”

“Yes. We just got back from McDonald’s and we were having a good time until he came and knocked on the door. He and Liam got in a little fight that gave away that I told Garrett about the deal. It was downhill from there. They cornered him yesterday for information and gave him money for it.”

“Wow. That is, just wow. I bet Liam was pissed.” I sent her a look of warning her that Sky was in the backseat.

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