Needing Happily Ever After - Elena Aitken Page 0,24

want to thank you, Faith.” Damon spoke up. “You’re working so hard to make this happen quickly and I know you’re still new to the whole thing.”

“Don’t worry about it.” She waved her hand. “It’s my pleasure. Besides, it gives me a chance to practice all my new mad wedding skills.”

Everyone laughed, including Logan, who actually snorted next to her. She turned to glare at him. “What? I am figuring it all out.”

“Right,” Logan said, trying not to choke. “You have mad wedding skills.”

“I do.”

She didn’t, but the last thing she needed was Logan pointing it out to her.

She turned her attention back to Damon and Katie. “I promise I will plan the perfect wedding for you two. Right down to the dress. And speaking of the dress…”

“Oh no.” Katie waved her hand.

“Oh yes,” Faith insisted. “You need a dress. Hope would kill me if she knew I let you get married in some random sundress. We’re going to the city tomorrow,” she continued. “And we’re going to buy you the perfect dress.” Faith knew she was talking out of her ass, especially considering that she had no idea where to even begin looking for the right wedding dress. But she’d figure it out by the morning. “Debbie, you should come, too.”

Just as Faith was hoping she would, Debbie jumped at the chance. “Yes!”

“But I have an exam in the morning.”

“Perfect. You’ll already be in the city.” Faith winked, and Katie laughed with a resigned shake of her head.

“It’ll be great,” Damon said. “You deserve the most beautiful dress. Go, have fun.”

Katie’s face showed myriad emotions, and there was some kind of look exchanged between the two of them that Faith couldn’t quite figure out. But then again, she was definitely no expert on relationships, and finally Katie smiled. “Okay,” she said. “It sounds like fun.”

“Great! As for the rest of the details…”

“Honestly, Faith. You go ahead and do whatever you think. We completely trust you.”

Damon nodded. “We do.”

Damon reached over and took Katie’s hand in hers. It was such a sweet gesture, and Faith couldn’t help but feel the slightest flicker of…what? Was it jealousy? Want?

No. That was ridiculous. She didn’t want what they had. She didn’t want a relationship. She definitely didn’t want to get married and sure, they thought they were in love. But despite the occupation she found herself in, Faith still didn’t believe that love was a real thing. At least not a real thing that would last.

She forced a smile on her face. “Well then, I’ll do everything I can to make sure it’s a beautiful day and you won’t need to worry about a thing.” Secretly, Faith hoped that she could pull it off. Most of the weddings that season had been lined up by Hope before she’d gotten sick and taken off on her whirlwind honeymoon. They’d been designed and planned and basically completely thought-out already. All Faith had to do was execute them. She was great at following instructions when it came to all this. But actually planning a wedding? That might be a stretch. And as much as she didn’t want to admit it, and no matter what she’d just told him, she was really going to need Logan to help out for this one.

Faith glanced over at him and, just as she’d expected, his mouth was pressed into a hard line. His jaw clenched and she could see the little muscles flexing as he was clearly working hard not to say what he really wanted to. Despite herself, Faith couldn’t help but notice just how damn good-looking the man was when he was being fiercely protective of his little sister. Sure, it was annoying, and Logan definitely was annoying. But…

She looked away and focused on her dinner before she could let her brain entertain any thoughts about Logan that didn’t involve how much of a pain in the ass he was.

Katie dumped an arm full of dirty dishes onto the kitchen counter and let out the breath she felt like she’d been holding since dinner had started. She had definitely not been looking forward to telling her family about the pushed-up wedding date. She put both hands on the edge of the sink and dropped her head down.

“So that wasn’t so bad, was it?” Damon stacked another load of dishes next to hers as he followed her into the kitchen. “Your mom actually handled things better than I thought. She seems excited.”

“She is.” Katie turned to look at him.