Awesome.
Not.
Connor smiled at her over his shoulder before walking over to get her. “Hey,” he said easily. “Come over and say hello.”
“I’d really rather not,” she said, careful to keep her voice down but her smile bright. “I’m not ready for this, Connor.”
“Okay, okay, I get it, but…it will look super awkward if you just turn and walk away.”
It was a chance she was willing to take, but it was only prolonging the inevitable.
Dammit.
So she let him lead her and Jonah over to his family. She wanted to vomit and silently prayed she wouldn’t do it at their feet.
How poetic would that be, though?
“Mom? Dad? You remember Lexi Scott, don’t you?”
This was it.
This was the moment she had been both dreading and dreaming about for years.
She just wasn’t sure if she was going to remember her manners or remind them of their bad ones.
Chapter Ten
How perfect was this? He couldn’t have planned it better himself.
Having his parents here right after he asked Lexi to marry him and she accepted was the best ending to the day.
Okay, maybe not the best—having her and Jonah move in with him was the best—but this was a close second.
Wrapping his arm around Lexi’s waist, Connor felt like he was on top of the world. His face almost hurt from smiling so wide.
“Of course,” his mother said with a serene smile. “It’s lovely to see you again, Lexi.”
His father mimicked her sentiment.
“It’s nice to see you both,” Lexi said after a moment, but he could feel the tension in her body. He knew she must be nervous.
“We just got back from Pennsylvania,” he told them. “We took the kids to one of those indoor water park resorts.”
“It was so much fun!” Annabeth chimed in. “Me and Jonah shared the room with the bunk beds, and I went down the biggest water slide!”
“That sounds wonderful,” his mother said as she smiled down at her granddaughter.
“Then we took a train ride. It was only an hour, but it was so cool! Jonah loves trains, and I thought he was going to talk about them the whole time, but he just kept looking around and inspecting everything. I can’t wait to tell everyone at school about our trip!”
“Mommy?” Jonah asked, tugging gently on Lexi’s free hand. “I need to use the bathroom.”
“Okay, let’s go home,” she said softly. Turning to Connor, she gave him an apologetic smile. “Sorry, but we need to go.”
“Oh. He can just use the one in…”
“It’s been a long drive, and he’s tired,” she quickly interrupted. “Enjoy catching up with your parents.” Then she turned to them. “It was nice seeing you both again.”
And now her voice was as stiff as her body was.
