to offer. Yet, here one of those scruffy baker men, Evan or Grant, had showed up in my dream because Vic had mentioned them earlier today. I had to admit, the dream had been really hot. The experience had seemed so real. And the love making was, well…
I shook my shoulders. Get a grip, Judith. It was just a dream. Tonight I would be meeting Brad…smooth, elegant, sexy Brad, the man I was really here for.
CHAPTER FIVE
I looked at my watch for the fifteenth time. Brad was still not here to pick me up and the wedding was starting in less than twenty minutes. What was keeping him? I tried texting him but he didn’t respond. It was awkward standing outside of the hotel waiting for him.
I heard the door to the Big Bull open. “Is everything ok, Judith?” Vic asked as he looked out and spotted me. He walked over to where I was standing. He was wearing a pair of dark denims and a crisp white shirt—nice, but pretty casual for a wedding.
“Not really,” I felt a bit sick to my stomach. “I don’t know why Brad’s not here. He said he’d be here over an hour ago. He doesn’t answer my texts…”
“And you’ve been waiting all this time…?”
“Yeah…” I felt like I’d been stood up.
“Maybe something came up. Why don’t you text him that you’ll meet him at the church. I’ll drive you and then you can go to the reception from there with him.”
“Are you sure?” I asked, relieved. I really did not want to miss a minute of Sherry’s wedding. I had a lot to report back to the office about what her dress was like, what type of flowers she had…all the nitty gritty details. Plus, I couldn’t wait to see her!
“Of course, let me get the car.”
As Vic went to get the car, I smoothed my hands on my dress, wiping off the little bit of moisture on them. Things weren’t going as planned.
In a few minutes, Vic was back with his sedan and I climbed in front next to him.
“Is Max coming?”
“He’s already there. He’s one of Adrian’s best men.”
“One—how many best mans do you have at a wedding in Shifter Villages?”
Vic snorted. “I dunno…this is the first wedding the town has had! But there are two at this one…me and Max.”
“You? You’re a best man!”
“Yeah, but I’ll be walking Sherry down the aisle.”
“What!”
“She’s never been close to her parents, and she said I changed her life with the Marriage Mates site. So, she asked me to walk her down the aisle to Adrian.”
“Wow…well, we’d better get there then.”
As Vic gunned the car, I stared out the window. It was upsetting that Brad had not turned up. This was not a good start to our relationship. But, I had to give him the benefit of the doubt. There was probably a good reason he was late. When we got to the church, Vic went off to find the groom and I found a seat at the back of the church so I could flag Brad down when he came.
I glanced around the church. It was filled with men. These were not your average guys. They were huge, muscular, brawny shifters. I swallowed as I noticed a few of them eyeballing me. I thought Vic was dressed casually, but he was dressed up compared to these guys. Most of them were in clean, but worn jeans and tees. There were a just a few women and they were all dressed casually. I felt out of place in my red silk dress and black patent heels. This was quite a change from the weddings I was used to. As I looked around the room, I caught site of Evan and Grant a few pews over. They looked just as they did in their photographs…scruffy, dirty blondes with stubble and messy hair. I couldn’t help but think of my earlier dream and I had a flash of one of the twin’s faces buried deep between my legs. I caught Evan staring at me and I quickly looked away.
Just as the wedding march started, I finally got a text from Brad. He said he was running late but would meet me at the reception. Thank God he was ok. Now I could relax and enjoy the ceremony.
As the music