The Weekend Proposition - Ella Jade Page 0,32
know of her. Where did you find her?”
“It doesn’t matter.”
“I think it does. Her entire weekend wardrobe came from Kendal’s boutique. Every piece of clothing the girl has worn. Did you buy it all for her?”
“Does that matter?” Ava had entirely too much time on her hands.
“So secretive. Did you buy her?” Ava smiled. “I’ll figure out who she is, Spencer. You should probably cut her loose before I do.”
“Leave her alone.”
“I will if you will. Tell her you’ve had a change of heart and you want to attend the wedding with me. I’ll make it worth it for you.” She squeezed his bicep. “You know I will.”
“Stop making a fool of yourself.” He pulled away from her as his mother called to him.
“Spencer.” She came over and kissed his cheek. “We missed you today. I hope you and Coda had a lovely day.” She glared at Ava. “You’re not harassing my son, are you?”
His mother had never been fond of Ava. She tried to be polite while they were dating but once she was certain he and Ava had broken it off for good, his mother never held back how she felt.
“Of course not,” Ava said. “We were discussing our plans for the evening.”
“Where’s Coda?” his mom asked.
“She’s getting ready.” Spencer looked down at the small blue box his mother held.
“This was at the front desk.” She handed it to him. “I took care of the courier for you.”
“Thank you.” He took the package from her.
“I’m sure you bought this on impulse and made them jump through hoops to get it here.” She glanced at Ava. “I can’t wait to see Coda wear whatever it is.”
“Spencer does nothing on impulse,” Ava spat.
“Sometimes it takes a spectacular woman to make a man act out of character.” His mother smiled at him before turning her attention back to Ava. “Ava, I think the photographer is looking for you. I’ll walk with you. We can chat about certain etiquettes.”
Ava huffed and headed down the hall.
“Thanks, Mom.” Spencer kissed her cheek. “I’ll see you at the ceremony.”
“Anytime.” She nodded. “I know a piranha when I see one. Go give that bracelet to Coda. She’s going to deserve it after putting up with Ava’s tantrums tonight.”
“How did you know it was a bracelet?”
“My sweet boy, a woman knows.” She patted his arm. “The box is too big to be a ring.”
“Right.” He looked down at the package. “I’m going to go give this to her now.”
“I’m sure she’ll love it.”
He headed up the staircase and to the suite. As soon as the double doors opened he stopped in his tracks. Coda stood in a backless, silver gown, looking in the mirror, primping her long, mahogany curls.
“Hey.” When she turned to face him she gave him a bright, sparkling smile that told him everything he needed to know. She was just as happy to see him as he was to see her. “I’m almost ready.”
“You look stunning.” He took her hand and studied her beauty. “There isn’t a woman in this whole place who can hold a candle to you. How did I find you?”
“I think I was being entirely too loud in your private kitchen.” She laughed. “I’m lucky you didn’t throw me out.”
“Throw you out?” He shook his head. “Never. I’m the lucky one. You could have slapped me when I propositioned you. You must have thought I was crazy.”
“A little.” She shrugged. “I figured you were some eccentric billionaire with issues.”
“And now?”
“Now I know you’re an eccentric billionaire with issues.” She winked. “I like it.”
“No one’s ever teased me the way you do.”
“Good, then that will be my special thing for you.” She kissed him, and he held her close. “Did your package come?”
“It did.” He reached into his inside pocket and handed it to her. “It’s for you.”
“For me?” she asked. “What is it?”
“Open it.”
“What’s it for?”
“I wanted to give you something.” He led her over to the couch. “I called Kendal and asked her to help me pick something out that would go with your dress tonight. I went online this morning and chose a few things, and then asked her to pick something from those I wanted it to be perfect.”
“You didn’t have to get me anything else. You’ve given me enough.”
“Not like this.” He motioned toward the box. “This is different.” The bracelet had nothing to do with the proposal. There were no terms or conditions for this, he wanted to give her something special, so he did.
“Spencer,