Crap. I was quiet too long. “No, it’s not. As long as you promise not to fall hopelessly in love with me, I think we can add in a few extra appearances.”
“You really are awesome.”
I wonder how long he debated asking me to do this for him. Or, if he’s impulsive like he was that night and texted me as soon as he had the thought. It doesn’t matter.
“Um, thanks.” I glance at the sandwich shop in front of me. “But I should probably get going. I need to get food before my lunch hour is up.”
“Oh, sorry. I didn’t realize you hadn’t eaten yet. We’ll figure out the details later. But seriously, this is going to make my family think of me in a whole new light.”
“It’s not a problem.” I feel like it should be, but my sister is always telling me to do things outside my comfort zone. That’s all I’m doing.
“Talk to you later.”
“Bye.” I end the call and hurry into the sandwich shop. There’s still forty-five minutes left in my break, but there are a few more things I want to sort out for work. They do things slightly different than the last company I worked for, and I need to make sure I’m doing everything right.
Hopefully the rest of the day is easy. As much as I love my new job, I’m looking forward to the weekend. Even if it will be spent looking at flowers.
“Can we eat before we look at flowers?” I whine.
Daniela woke me up before I was ready to roll out of bed. I didn’t have time for breakfast or anything. It’s like she doesn’t care about my well-being.
“We don’t have time.” She glances over at me from the driver seat. “Someone decided not to set their alarm this morning.”
“It’s not my fault I have a job that begins at eight and not later in the morning like you. I need my beauty sleep.” The window is cool against my head when I lean on it. Maybe the air conditioning blasting in my face will wake me up. Or put me to sleep. It could go either way.
Jacob laughs from the backseat. “I told her to make the appointment for later in the day.”
“I wanted to get it done early so we have the rest of the day to explore the town.” She shrugs her shoulders. “We still need to find catering and all that. This is the perfect time to do it.”
“Thanks for having my back.” I lean over the seat and smile at him.
My sister truly couldn’t have picked a better person to marry. He’s always thinking of others. Even the ride here, he told me to sit up front with Daniela. It’s not like I have a problem sitting in the back, but he wants to make sure everyone is comfortable.
“I got you, future sister.” He grins back.
“I thought your mom was coming.” Not going to lie, I’m glad she didn’t. She’s nice enough, but can be overbearing. I’m not used to having people in my business outside of my immediate family. Plus, I don’t feel like running interference today.
“She changed her mind last minute. Thank God.”
“You said it,” Daniela adds. I know she’s happy. She doesn’t dislike his mom, but she told me she’s driving her bananas with all the wedding stuff.
“I know she’s being a little too much.” Jacob reaches forward and places his hand on Daniela’s arm, giving it a small squeeze. “Believe me, I’ve had many conversations with her to back off some. I think it’s part of the reason she didn’t come today. Although she blamed it on not being able to count on some of the employees to run the store.”
I can see my sister melt at his admission. He has her back in the same way I do. It’s all I can ask for in a partner for her. She’ll be taken care of and have someone with her to battle whatever she faces.
“How much longer until we’re there?” I’m really not trying to hurry it along, but I am hungry.
She nods her head to the GPS on the dashboard. “We’ll get there when we get there. When I looked at the route, it didn’t seem too far from the road we took to the winery. Maybe another ten minutes past that?”
Her mention of the winery makes me think of Parker. We could always stop on the way home to show Jacob the location. I’m not sure if Daniela has even shown him pictures.
“We should stop so Jacob can see it. On the way back, of course, I still need to eat something soon.”
“Don’t worry, sister. The flower shop shouldn’t take long and then we’ll feed you.” She laughs and continues driving down the country road.
Despite the fact I’m getting hangry, it really is beautiful out here. There aren’t a ton of cars on the road, no tall buildings blocking the view of open skies, and no litter. Honestly, if I hadn’t just started a new job, this would be somewhere I’d like to live…eventually. Right now, I don’t want to be too far from my parents.
Buildings come into sight the closer we get to town. They aren’t skyscrapers or anything like that. They are what someone would typically expect to see in a small town. It’s almost like one of those cozy movies you see during the holidays. I didn’t realize places like this actually exist. Maybe we should have done a little exploring the last time we were here.
