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  “Sure. Hit me with it.”

  Lena licked her lips then blurted out, “Will you be my Maid of Honor?”

  Shelly smiled so widely her face hurt. If you’d asked her not even a year ago if Dr. Magdalena O’Donnell would ever look so happy, she would’ve told you, you were out of your damn mind. After the death of her sister, Lena had closed down and been determined not to let anyone in, until Mason that is. However, as Lena smiled over at her and her eyes twinkled, Shelly was hit with such joy at her friend’s happiness she almost started to cry. Nodding quickly she reached across the table and took Lena’s hand. Squeezing it gently she answered softly.

  “I’d love to be.” Then she paused, “But do I really need to be called Maid of Honor? It makes me sound so old, and kind of stuffy.” Shelly added grinning and wrinkling her nose. Lena smiled as she sat back lifting her glass to her lips.

  “Fine. I’ll call you that in secret meetings only.”

  Shelly winked at her over the rim of her glass and took a sip. “Sounds like a plan. So when’s the big day?”

  “Oh we haven’t decided yet. But guess what? One of Mason’s old college friends just moved back to town a few weeks ago, and he’s coming here tonight. It’s so exciting! I’ve never met any of his school friends. They all moved away after graduation but apparently Josh just got back.”

  Shelly felt the hair at the back of her neck start to rise and she slowly lowered her glass shaking her head. “Please don’t tell me your…”

  “He’s going to be the Best Man, if he agrees. Wouldn’t it be great if you two get along and…”

  “Stop, stop.” Shelly interrupted sitting forward in her chair. Lowering her voice a little she glared at Lena and shook her head.

  “No. No, no, no, Lena-I’m-so-in-love-O’Donnell. Do not try to fix me up. Ugh, I hate being fixed up,” she said faking a shiver.

  Lena’s brow raised and she pointed out, “Need I remind you that you were the one who told Mason to come stalk me at O’Malley’s, and look how that turned out?”

  Shelly rolled her eyes and picked up her drink, well on her way to feeling relaxed.

  “Yeah but look at him. We knew or let me say, I knew from having seen him, that he was smokin ass hot and you should grab him and take a bite.”

  Shelly licked the salt off her bottom lip and finished by adding, “This guy could be balding and fat for all we know. You do not get to set me up with anyone until I see him first.”

  Lena’s eyes moved to look past Shelly’s shoulder, and as they widen slightly Shelly thought she looked comical in her shock, as though her eyes would pop out of her head.

  “Well maybe you should turn around, because as far as I can tell Joshua isn’t fat or anywhere close to balding,” she heard Mason say from behind her.

  Shutting her eyes on a groan, Shelly shook her head at Lena who was now biting her lip and trying hard not to laugh. Putting her glass down she slowly turned ready to face the music.

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  Table of Contents

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Chapter Eleven

  Chapter Twelve

  Chapter Thirteen

  Chapter Fourteen

  Chapter Fifteen

  Chapter Sixteen

  Chapter Seventeen

  Chapter Eighteen

  Chapter Nineteen

  Chapter Twenty

  Chapter Twenty-One

  Chapter Twenty-Two

  Chapter Twenty-Three

  Chapter Twenty-Four

  Chapter Twenty-Five

  Chapter Twenty-Six

  Chapter Twenty-Seven

  Chapter Twenty-Eight

  Chapter Twenty-Nine

  Chapter Thirty

  Chapter Thirty-One

  Epilogue

  Chapter One

 


 

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