Page 34 of The Bride and the Baker

Lee was happy, too. This had never felt so right to him.

“So, when’s the wedding happening?” Charlie asked, leaning on the bar. “Are you going for a long engagement?”

“I think we’re just going to get married at city hall.” Lee shrugged. “Simple and effective. Doesn’t cost anything.”

“It was my idea to do it this way.” Daisy made a face. “After what happened with my last wedding, I don’t want to spend that much in one go again. A courthouse wedding with a long vacation afterwards will do just fine for me.”

“Sounds like the perfect wedding.” Charlie chuckled. “Sometimes, I wish I had done that myself. Too much stress getting married when you’re paying for everything, and things were cheaper when I got married.”

“Was the divorce cheaper than the marriage?” Lee asked.

“I think so. The amount of zeros gave me a headache. They still do.”

Lee could imagine. He did remember his aunt, Charlie’s ex-wife, and he hadn’t been too impressed. The woman was a snob, and very rude. Everything had to be about her. It was no surprise his cousin Robyn had turned out the same way, although he still struggled to figure out how Allison and Earl were completely different after growing up in the same house. They were certainly more like Charlie.

That was another thing he wanted to avoid. Inviting family. His family, while huge, wouldn’t care about how he did things with his life, but Daisy’s parents wouldn’t be approving of getting married to someone else so soon after things with Nick imploded. Daisy had been planning on telling them when they came to visit in a couple of days. Lee could only hope they weren’t too shocked and upset, especially when they heard how much younger Lee was.

Age didn’t come into it anymore now. Daisy didn’t care about it, and Lee never saw it as a problem. They just clicked, and things worked really well between them. Lee couldn’t argue with that.

“Well, good luck to the pair of you.” Charlie gave Lee an approving nod. “You’ve got yourself a good one there, so don’t screw this up.”

“Trust me, Uncle Charlie, I don’t plan to do that.”

“Lee’s not as sneaky as my ex.” Daisy sipped her drink. “You can’t get anyone more honest than the people in his family.”

“You haven’t met my daughter yet, so I’ll let you off on that.”

“Dare I ask what that means?”

“You’ll find out if you ever end up in the same room again. I think she and your ex-friend would get along great.”

Daisy groaned.

“I don’t want to think about Elena. She’s still trying to cause trouble, and I’m not interested.”

“Isn’t she focusing on her engagement with Nick?”

“She’s supposed to be, but she’s still trying to find ways to harass me now she has to work full-time and Nick is refusing to get a job as it takes him away from his games. I’m glad we’re living away from them, otherwise she would be at our door all the time.”

Charlie arched an eyebrow.

“How did you end up engaged to someone like that? You don’t seem the type to put up with that.”

“I have no idea, and I wish I had chucked him before he proposed.” Daisy sighed. “But I did love him, and I thought I could change him. That clearly didn’t work. I’m not going through that again.”

Lee chuckled.

“I don’t have any intention of being a leech, so you won’t have to.”

“Given how much you work, I believe that.”

Charlie looked at his nephew.

“You’d better remember that you’ve got a partner at home.”

“Trust me, I haven’t forgotten.” Lee winked. “I won’t tell you what she has for me when I step through the door.”

“Much as I love you, dear nephew, that is an image I could do without.” Charlie pushed off the counter. “I’ll be right back. I’ve just got to serve these people.”

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