Page 95 of Fear of Love
While I was struggling to change, Landon made popcorn and got the couch ready with blankets. Blankets I forgot I owned. The TV was queued up to Netflix, ready for us to start watching.
I didn’t trust myself not to burst into tears, so I just let him guide me toward the touch. As I got settled, he draped a fuzzy blanket over me before he moved to sit on my left. Landon put his arm around my shoulders, tugging me into his side as I moved the blanket over both of us.
He put onHow To Lose A Guy In Ten Daysas I nestled close to him. Wrapped up together on the couch, watching a cheesy romcom, one thing was clear to me.
I was completely, hopelessly in love with Landon Boone.
27
LYDIA
“How’s it been only having one hand the last week?” Josie asked as she took a seat in front of my desk.
“It’s been a bitch.” Learning to do things one-handed all week made everything twice as difficult. Even movement with my fingertips was limited. What normally took me a few minutes, took me twenty now.
“Bet getting dressed is a joy.” Josie laughed.
“You have no idea.” I was getting better at it, but it was still hard to pull up my pants. I had Landon help me a few mornings, but the last thing I would do was become dependent on a man. No, thank you. It might have taken me more than half the time it usually did to get ready, but I did it.
“Sorry that the cast doesn’t really go with the bridesmaid dresses.” Of course there was nothing I could do about it, but I felt bad for ruining the pretty aesthetic of Josie’s wedding with my hand.
“Don’t even start.” Josie sent me a look, eyes narrowed. “I don’t care about the dresses. You can be my something blue.”
“I mean, why not.” I snorted and looked at the blue cast. “You’re finishing up some stuff and taking the rest of the week off, right?” I switched the subject to work.
“Yeah, just wanted to submit the last of the photos for the next issue. I’m meeting Evelyn later to make sure the caterers are ready for Saturday.”
“Are you ready? Friday’s the big day.” Six days until she became Josie Boone.
“Yeah.” Josie didn’t sound convincing at all. Clicking save on the file I was currently getting ready to send to print for our next issue, I gave her my full attention.
“What’s wrong?”
“Nothing. Nothing.” Josie waved me off.
“Yeah, I don’t believe that for a second.” I gave her a look.
“It’s just…” Josie chewed her bottom lip, eyes clouded with worry. “What if Wyatt’s not ready? We’ve been together for two years, but what if it’s still too soon?” I could practically see her mind racing, overthinking every detail. Honestly, I didn’t expect anything less with the wedding only days away.
“Jo.” I didn’t speak until she looked at me again. “You and Wyatt make sense. You fit together in a way that doesn’t leave room for doubt. He’s not second-guessing this one bit. You know he loves you.” I met her eyes, letting the truth settle between us.
“If anyone can make marriage work, it’s you two. I’m not going to say marriage is easy—it’s not. Nothing is. But you two love each other enough to always work through it.”
“I just don’t want to lose him,” Josie whispered.
“You won’t. Trust me. You are never going to lose Wyatt. That guy is sickeningly in love with you.”
“He really is, isn’t he?” A small smile played on her lips.
“It’s quite nauseating.” I said it with a smile so she knew I was joking. “Don’t worry, everything is going to be amazing. I mean, it’s Tasha for crying out loud.” Josie laughed at my words. “If she has a hand in it, you know things will be just fine.”
“Very true. I’m afraid she’s going to yell at one of the workers if something goes wrong.”
“Oh, definitely.” The two of us shared a laugh.
“Thank you, Lyd.” Josie reached around and squeezed my left hand.
“Always. Now go finish up and get out of here. You have a wedding to get ready for.” I made a shooing motion toward the door. I told her to take the whole week so she shouldn’t have even been at the office.
