Page 80 of Promise Yule Be Mine
“And now you won’t?” Nova glared at his brother.
“I won’t even carry flowers,” he replied.
Jenna gasped.
I glanced at her but she had covered her mouth with both hands and stared at her plate.
“Anyway, what I was trying to say before I was rudely interrupted, was that Nova is my favorite brother…” All his other brothers huffed but Rhett didn’t pay them any mind. “And I’m so happy he found someone who loves him. And not only because it means I finally get the bedroom all to myself.”
Nova shook his head and rolled his eyes.
“Here’s to Nova and Kody,” Rhett finished and everyone mumbled our names and took a sip of their drinks.
Before another one could make another toast, Jenna came around our side of the table and leaned between us.
“Uhm…I need to talk to you. Now.”
Nova turned from Rhett to Jenna and raised an eyebrow. “What now?” he asked.
“Well, remember how I started canceling things?—”
“You mean to sabotage your own wedding? Yeah, I remember. It was only a week and a half ago,” he replied.
“Are you still on that? If I hadn’t sabotaged my own wedding you wouldn’t have one!” Jenna told him.
Nova rolled his eyes but grinned in the end. “What did you do?” Nova asked.
“Well…you see, I’d be surprised if you got any flowers for the ceremony.”
“What?” he asked. “Why?”
“Because I canceled the florist?”
“Oh my God, Jenna!” I said.
She looked at me like a wounded puppy. “I’m sorry. I forgot. I would have said something sooner.”
Nova covered his face with both hands and started growling. I reached out hoping my touch, my kiss, my hug would offer him some comfort but his growling turned to shaking, which turned to uncontrollable laughter.
“Are you okay?” I asked when he looked at me beaming and cackling.
“Of course.”
His laughter was so contagious I couldn’t help but laugh too.
“Is this nervous laughter?” I asked.
“Nope. Maybe. I don’t know.”
“I’m so sorry guys.” Jenna bit her lip.
“It’s okay.” Nova tried to compose himself. “We’ll sort it out.”
“How?” she asked.
He looked from Jenna to the rest of the table and smiled.
“Would anyone like to help make some floral arrangements?”
