Page 253 of 7+Us Makes Nine

She giggled and stepped aside. She watched me and ate her cake pops as I did it in about ten minutes. She was doing well, overhead was well below profits.

“There you go.” She looked at the numbers like it wasn’t real.

“Whoa, this is good.” She said to herself. I nodded in agreement.

“What time are you getting to the dinner?” I asked her.

“Around four. I’m leaving soon actually.”

“You’re staying at the hotel, right?” I asked her, hopeful.

“Yeah. It will make it easier tomorrow. “

Levi and Gab decided to book the hotel out for the night, so the guests invited to the rehearsal dinner could just stay the night. It made things easier, for sure. But I was going out on a limb here with Emilia.

“I was thinking…we could get a room together.”

Her eyes widened in shock, and she blinked rapidly

“I don’t know. I need to focus.” She replied. Her voice soft.

“Okay. Just thought I’d ask. But I’ll see you tonight, I just wanted to bring you something sweet.” I winked at her, and she smiled brightly. I love that smile.

“Thank you.” And I knew she wasn’t saying it just for the cake pops. I asked her something pretty big, and I stepped back when she wasn’t sure.

“See you later.”

I leaned in for a kiss and she met my lips. I deepened the kiss and pressed her against the desk, my tongue swirling with hers as I felt her up through her shirt, and her ass too. When I released her, her eyes were dreamy as she looked up at me. I smirked with a wink and left.

I went back home to have at least a few hours of sanity before I got dropped into a room of happy people. The only thing tiding me over was the thought of seeing Emilia. I wondered what dress she would wear. If it was anything like the ball, I was in trouble.

Usually my mom called me, but I wanted to touch base with her since I hadn’t talked to her in a while.

“You’re calling me? Are you sick?” I chuckled.

“No mom, I’m not sick. I just wanted to talk to you. How are you doing?”

“I’m fine. I just picked up my dress for the dinner tonight. Aren’t you happy for your friend?”

“I am. He deserves it.”

“Yeah, he does. Gabriella is such a sweet girl.” I nearly choked.

“No, she isn’t. Do you have any idea how much she has driven me crazy? The girl is insane.” I shuddered at the thought.

“Honey, it’s her wedding…are you sure it wasn’t hard for you?” I sighed. Her and Natalie kept asking me that.

“No. I told you, Vivian hired someone to do all of this. I don’t even remember it.”

Not even the cake tasting. She outsourced that too. It was like one day I proposed, and the next thing I was getting married. There was no journey along with it, and there was no bridal shower. Maybe I should have noticed the signs when I found out she didn’t have any friends. That wasn’t normal.

“Okay, whatever you say. Are you staying at the hotel?” she asked me.

“Yeah, I am. You and dad are too?”

“Yeah, it can be in a mini vacation for us.”

“Right. I’ll see if our seating arrangement is together for tonight.”

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