Best of My Love (Fool's Gold, #20)(89)
“It’s fine, as long as I get to pick the honeymoon destination.”
“What did you have in mind?”
“Somewhere sunny with a big bed.”
He grinned. “Works for me.”
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“NOW, HOW DOES this go?” Noelle asked, looking at her two cards.
Gabriel patiently pushed the cards so they faced the table. “No one is supposed to see those, honey.”
“Because you’ll bet against me?” she asked. “But you love me. You can’t bet against me. So I’m supposed to decide how much to put down?”
Shelby held in a grin. “Noelle, it’s cards, not Sophie’s Choice. Just go with it.”
Angel sighed heavily. “Whose idea was this?”
Taryn leaned into him. “Are you saying you’re not having fun?”
“I’m not sure having women join us at Texas hold ’em is a good thing.”
“Later I’ll take all my clothes off.”
Justice raised his eyebrows. “Here or at home? Because if it’s here, we might get uncomfortable. Not that it wouldn’t be a good show,” he added hastily.
Patience shot him a glance. “Really? You want to see Taryn naked? I never knew that.”
“I don’t. I was being supportive of one of your friends.” He turned to Aidan. “Help.”
Aidan leaned back in his chair. “See, gentlemen? Being friends with the ladies is harder than it looks. Now you’re all going to apologize to me for all the insulting things you thought when you found out I was hanging out with Shelby as just a friend.”
“You went to a baby shower,” Kipling said. “That’s kind of hard to let go.”
Shelby grinned, knowing Kipling would be even more shocked by the pedicures. But that was their little secret.
She looked at Aidan and he winked back. He grabbed her left hand, stared briefly at the large diamond there, then kissed her palm.
They were officially engaged, with their wedding to follow in a few months, in Happily Inc., as per his promise to Nick. She’d chosen a beautiful resort in the Caribbean for their honeymoon. Flour Power was doing well, as was Aidan’s business. Charlie was starting agility training and every single day Shelby knew that she was the luckiest person in the world.
She had family, a loving husband-to-be and a wonderful community that had allowed her to achieve all her dreams. Maybe it was a cliché, but that didn’t mean it wasn’t true. Love healed. She and Aidan had been healed in the best ways possible. And now they got to be in love...forever. Right here in Fool’s Gold.
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Daughters of the Bride
by Susan Mallery
CHAPTER ONE
ONE OF THE advantages of being freakishly tall was easy access to those upper kitchen cabinets. The disadvantages...well, those were probably summed up by the word freakishly.