She smiled as if she didn’t believe me, but let it go. “Fine. But after this, I want details.”
There were no details to give but maybe that would change before the day was over.
“Come on,” I said, changing the subject. “Let’s get you married off. Make you legally Grant’s problem.”
She laughed. “How romantic.”
I snorted and straightened my dress.
Linking arms with one of the groomsmen, Hank, the local sheriff, we took our turn walking down the aisle. I focused on keeping a smile on my face. On not tripping over the hemof my dress.
But the second my eyes caught on Jasper in the third row everything else fell out of focus.
He looked too good. Button-down shirt. Tan dress pants. Total contrast to the tattoos peaking out of his sleeve and his long, dark beard.
I forced my eyes away.
There was delicate music playing in the background and flower petals scattered across the grass. Tuck—a little muddy from who knew what adventure — had a black bow tie around his neck.
Everything was perfect.
The display of photos around the space had me unexpectedly sentimental. Lives stitched together in ways people never saw coming.
I swallowed hard.
My period was over, so why was I so damned emotional?
It didn’t help that every time I looked at Jasper he was already looking back at me. Which I only knew because I couldn’t stop looking at him.
Fuck.
What is wrong with me?
The career I’d chosen meant I’d likely be walking the path alone.
I was fine with it.
Maybe, I just needed to get laid.
That wasn’t a terrible plan.
Get Jasper out of my system, then go back to fighting fires like always.
Applause broke through the moment and I refocused just in time to see Kara kiss the man of her dreams.
I clapped and cheered with everyone else, genuinely happy for my friend. Even as my interest in Jasper and what to do about it swirled in my mind.
For the first time in a long time life didn’t feel as simple as it used to.
Chapter Ten
Jasper
The applause washed over the clearing, then people rose from their seats and the hum of conversation started up again.
Kara and Grant were still at the front, hands clasped, smiling as if they were the only two people left in the world.
I clapped with everyone else.
