Page 66 of Mine To Honor (Southern Wedding)

“Stefano,” Addison says, “perhaps you should—” He looks over at her with a glare. “If you think that look scares me, think again.” She gives him the same look. “I’m not Avery and you can’t cut off my Wi-Fi.”

“Addy,” he says to her.

“No, you dragged us all this way without telling them. Then you storm into their house and are going to give them the third degree.” She shakes her head. “Ethan trusted you to take care of Audrey and all you’ve done is show her—”

“Um, sorry,” Audrey cuts in, “but I’m used to family squabbles.”

“Nonetheless,” Addison says, “you said you would take her here and show her around.”

“Are you going to be moving here?” I ask, happy to take the spotlight off us even for a minute.

“I am,” Audrey confirms. “I accepted a position at Cottrell Group. It’s a hedge fund company that started off on the West Coast, Ida and Ernie Cottrell have branched out to the East Coast. From what they said, their son is taking over for them. It’s starting at an entry level, replacing his PA who is retiring.” She shrugs. “I’m in school at night to get my CPA license, so I figure working for a couple of bankers would be a good idea.”

“That’s exciting,” I say. “If you need anything while you are here, I’ll give you my number.”

“Thank you.” She smiles. “That would be good since I know no one here.” She looks at Stefano. “Which is why my parents asked Harlow, who then asked Sofia, who mentioned it to—”

“That’s a whole lot of people,” I joke with her.

“You have no idea,” she remarks and Addison now laughs.

“My in-laws have what is called the phone chain.” She rubs her belly. “And private planes, you know, just in case they want to pop in for dinner.”

“My uncle trained with the Navy SEALs for fun.” Audrey looks over at her.

“My uncle,” Stefano adds, “pretty sure he got us all microchipped.” He laughs, then turns to us when he sees me lean into Levi. “Are you really sure about this?” he asks.

“Yes,” I say without missing a beat.

“I think I always knew I’d end up with her,” Levi admits and I look up at him. “Which is maybe why I was so scared to take a shot with her.”

“You wanted to take a shot with me?” I ask as he smiles at me.

“Have you seen yourself?” One of his hands comes up to cup my cheek. “I was just—”

“He was banging everyone else out of his system,” Stefano blurts, thinking he’s going to joke about that when Addison hits his arm. “What? I’m just saying. You don’t think she knows he’s had sex with a million people?”

“It’s not a million,” Levi refutes and I just tilt my head. “Wow, you weren’t Mother Teresa either.”

Audrey snorts. “That was funny.”

“So where are you going to stay?” Levi looks at her.

“That’s what we were doing here.” She looks over at Stefano. “He said you guys could show me around.”

“I have my condo, if you want,” Levi offers and my head whips to look at him.

“She’s not going to stay there,” Stefano says, “it’s—” He tries to find the word, snapping his fingers. “It’s—”

“A brothel,” I put in for him and he points at me.

“That,” he agrees.

“We can have it steam cleaned,” Levi says, “and painted.”

“Biohazard cleaning, you mean,” Stefano retorts and I ignore him.

“It’s a two-bedroom condo in the middle of the city,” Levi says to her. “I’m not staying there, and well, we might be moving anyway, so you can stay there if you want.”

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