My Vegas Groom (The Greene Family #3) - Piper Rayne Page 0,12
leaves mine while he dodges questions from my family.
“Tell us about the wedding,” Posey says, and I’d like to kick her in the shin as I sink into a chair next to Logan.
Logan swings his arm around the back of my chair. “Nikki was a beautiful bride.”
I shake my head. “No need to bullshit them.” I roll my eyes. “It was a Vegas wedding. We were drunk and neither of us remembers it. There, you all know now.”
Adam outright laughs and Lucy elbows him in the ribs, so he feigns injury. Some of my family looks shocked, though most of the guys are still so enamored over the fact that Logan is sitting at the table with them, I’m not sure they even heard what I said.
“So tell me about my wife.” Logan leans forward, resting his forearms on the edge of the table while Jed brings him a beer.
I slide my finger across my neck to tell my family to shut up and give them the death glare. But none of them can wait for the other to go first, so they all start talking at once. Aren’t big families grand?
Chapter Six
“This seems like you’re buying me off.”
Logan
“Logan should probably be going now,” Nikki says, pinching my thigh under the table.
“Nah, I’m good.”
She eyes me impatiently. “You must be tired.”
I shrug. “Slept on the plane.”
She groans.
“Do you have a private plane?” her brother or stepbrother, I’ve yet to keep them all straight, asks. I need a cheat sheet if I don’t want to embarrass myself.
“I don’t own my own, but I did fly on a private jet.”
“Must’ve been nice. When we flew back, this guy brought a six-course meal on the plane with him. He sat across the aisle from us, and the main course was fish.” The bartender drops a few pitchers on the tables. “Can I get you something?” She sticks her hand out in front of me. “You probably don’t remember me, but—”
“Molly, right?”
Her eyebrows shoot up in surprise.
I point at her name tag. “It’s on your name tag.”
Molly laughs and so does the rest of the table, which only seems to displease Nikki even more.
“Give me your most popular beer,” I tell Molly.
“How about a Lucy Takes Flight? That way you can sample a bunch?” she says.
“That’d be great.” I glance at Nikki, who’s slouched in her chair with her head buried in her phone. “I don’t usually drink beer, but I have three months before my next fight.”
Nikki nods, disinterested. I might be in over my head here with her. Is it really worth fighting for her if she wants nothing to do with me?
“So, Logan,” her mom, Marla, pipes up. “Can you give us any insight on the marriage thing since Nikki’s decided to leave everyone in the dark?”
Nikki sits up straight. “Mom!”
“Well, you won’t tell us anything and I want the details of my daughter’s wedding.”
“I told you we don’t remember. We were drunk and the marriage will soon be annulled.”
“Is that why you’re here, Logan?” Marla asks me.
Nikki puts up her hand. “You don’t have to worry about his answer because I’m answering for us.”
“Actually, Mrs. Greene,” I say, “I’m here to try to convince Nikki not to annul the marriage.”
A smile creases Marla’s lips. “Please call me Marla and do tell me more.” She rests her chin in her palm.
“Okay, enough of this. This is our business, not any of yours.” Nikki stands and glares at me. “Let’s go talk then.”
Finally! It’s the reason I came here. Although her family seems great, I’d rather the two of us be on the same page in regard to this marriage sooner than later.
I stand, and Nikki stomps around me.
“This is the part where you follow her,” the sister with red hair says. “And if you need a place to stay, come by the SunBay Inn. I own it.”
I hadn’t really thought about where I would stay for the time being, so I nod in appreciation. “Thanks. Good to meet you all.”
Outside, Nikki allows me to walk alongside her, and we end up by the bay I have to assume this place is named after. A few people are around, but for the most part, we’re secluded and no one can overhear us. She walks to the water’s edge and picks up a few rocks.
“You can stop the Romeo act now,” she mutters.
“Romeo act?”
“You just pranced in here on your white horse, ready to save me.”