Buy it, brotherElias wanted to say.So that you can wear it the day you get married.
“Or.” Waylon stuck his pointer finger in the air. “I can have your woman steal one for me. Is she wearing your jeans right now?Dude.”
Elias was still chuckling when they got to the end of the hall and he saw her again. Wren stood at the receptionist desk, but now Gabe, Rochelle, and Sandra had joined her. They were all laughing at Stephanie, who appeared to be fanning Rochelle with a thick paperback.
Wren looked like she belonged there. Hell, like she’d been there forever.
In my life.
In my heart.
ELEVEN
Wren watched the guys disappear down the hall, wondering what their meeting was all about. She also wondered at the shocked look on Waylon’s face.
Did I read Elias all wrong?
Waylon was far from hostile, but Wren had learned to smell a confrontation brewing from a mile away and was quick to defuse the situation. She thought she’d been successful, considering they were all joking with each other, including Waylon.
“Don’t worry about them,” Stephanie said, breaking into her thoughts. “Let’s get you signed up.” She grabbed her keyboard off to the side and slid it across her desk until it was in front of her. “Gimme your deets, girl. Full name, address, phone, email.”
“Wren Stapleton.” She gave Stephanie the rest of her info.
“Any health concerns that might interfere with doing a physical activity?”
“Just my shoulder.” Her hand automatically went to her shoulder and rubbed it. “But that’s why I’m taking your class, to see if I can strengthen my shoulder and work out this knot.”
Stephanie looked up. “Noted. We’ll start you out slow in the beginners class. I can suggest a personal trainer as well.”
“Sounds good.”
Stephanie looked back down at her keyboard and typed away. “Allergies?”
“Just an allergy to fancy pants beer.”
Stephanie snorted. “Girl, I like you.” Her fingers kept flying as she asked more questions.
“There. All signed up,” Stephanie announced as she opened a file drawer and pulled out an info packet. She handed it to Wren with a smile. “Class schedules start on page five and go alphabetically, so you’ll just want to jump straight to page thirty-eight for yoga.” She tilted her head toward Gabe’s office. “I’m teaching a class later today but I imagine you’ve got other plans already.”
Do I?
When she’d joked earlier about Penny and Chuck being upset that Elias was leaving them, she’d casually suggested he’d be coming back to his house alone for dinner, giving him an out but hoping he’d correct her.
He didn’t. Instead he’d looked away and asked if she was ready to go.
Of course he’s tired of you.
It was plain as day on every man’s face when they walked in. Shock that Elias was still with the woman he’d gone home with on Friday night. Even more shock that he’d introduced her to Bear.
Waylon did everyone a favor and said the quiet part out loud.
The Lion bagged his prey and now I’m just going to bore him.
I should do Elias a favor and grab a lift to my car at Riversong so he can enjoy the rest of his weekend without me being all clingy.
Wren looked toward the front door, almost envisioning a car coming to pick her up before Elias came back out and things got awkward.
“Something wrong?” Stephanie asked. Her smile looked fixed in place while her eyes gleamed with concern.
