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And, of course, I blushed again Josh had always been a flirt withto the point where I wondered whether or not he was only being nice, or lances in ested he was seeing ht Not sure at all what to h

I stepped over to him and placed my hands on his arured “And you don’t look half bad yourself Can’t believe you even shaved”

“I can clean up nice when the occasion warrants it,” he said with a smirk

“And this occasion warrants it?”

“Sure does We’re about to ht’s over, anyone who’s anyone in Pine Shades or New York is going to know that you and I are getting hitched”

It was overwhel, and I was sure I showed it In fact, I know I did because Josh right away gave lanced over his shoulder to check to see if anyone was around before shutting the door behind him

“Don’t worry about it The hard part’s going to be the initial sell Once that’s taken care of and everyone buys it, the thing will take on a life of its own”

“That sounds scary in its oay”

“Nah—it won’t be Once the holidays are over, we can lay low for a week or so before ending it All in all, I’er than a couple weeks Then I’ll be out of your hair, and you’ll be well on your way to starting your own firood?”

And that was the first ti Josh again I kneas for the best I wasn’t planning on going back on what I’d decided But I’d gotten to the point where I thought I uy Sure, he was a cocky prick at times, but he had his moments

“You cool?” I must’ve appeared even more overwhelmed

I took in a slow, full breath and threw back ht ahead”

“You sure that’s it?”

I nodded and forced a smile “That’s it”