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And that’s where uncohed, closed her planner and headed downstairs It was tihts of her oh-so-complicated relationship with Nathan away for now Because it edding day for Barrett and Har she intended to think about for the rest of the day

TWENTY-FIVE

SO FAR, IT HAD BEEN AN AWESOME DAY THE BEST thing about not being involved in a wedding was that you could kick back and relax

Nathan had played golf with all the guys this aive hi hier At the tiolf was a social gaame of skill and patience, and that soht His dad was always right, dammit

They’d had lunch in Austin, then driven back to the ranch to get ready for the wedding

Since he had no official wedding duties, he asked what he could do to help Easton told hi the set-up of the reception barn since Lydia was busy getting her hair done and she’d handed hiht

"So you wantover a checklist

Easton slanted a grin in his direction "Yeah Because I have to handle the liquor"

"The drinking of it or the stocking of it?"

Easton laughed "I e could start drinking But I don’t think Barrett would be very happy witheven started So I’ll settle on supervising the stocking With maybe one beer"

Nathan smiled "Okay, what do you need ets checked off And, I guess, it’s supposed to look good"

Nathan gave Easton a wide-eyed look "How aood?"

Easton slapped him on the back "Hell if I know Good luck, kid"

So noatching people set up tables and chairs and put down linen tablecloths and flower centerpieces and whatnot Definitely things that were out of his wheelhouse, but hey, he had a checklist, so he supposed he was good to go He just hoped these people knehat they were doing, because if soot screwed up, he was the one with the damn clipboard

He wished Mia was here In fact

He pulled his phone out of his back pocket and texted her

Where R U?

He waited FiveHave fun

She replied right aith, Do you need ht now, but if he said he did, she’d co And it was hot as fuck out here and her makeup would melt

He could handle this shit

So he replied with, No, I’ood C U L8r

He took his clipboard and wandered the barn, counting all the tables They were all up and in place according to the plan, so he checked that off Then he did the same with chairs Tablecloths had all been put on Next he had to do the place settings

What the fuck did he know about place settings?

"What did you need?"

He spun around to see Mia standing there She was gorgeous Her hair was perfect, like it alas, and her makeup looked--he supposed, like makeup He didn’t know, since she always looked pretty But the sundress bared her shoulders and her neck and he really wanted to put his mouth on her neck

"Should you be out here?" he asked

She frowned at him "Why shouldn’t I be out here?"