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beautiful and extremely joyful, but in a way, she had an aura of maturity around her. It suited her.
    Surprisingly, it did.
    “I know, right? I went to my stylist the moment I got back. I needed a whole new look and wardrobe. After all, I’m a bride-to-be!” It took her a moment to acknowledge the man standing beside me. “Oh, I see you met Josh. He’s Eddie’s best friend.” 
    Yeah, well, hopefully their friendship didn’t reflect too much about Eddie’s character.
    “So where’s Ed, sweetheart?” Josh hugged her and kissed her cheek politely. It was the first time I’d seen him use anything other than a hand-on approach. Weird. However, we were standing in plain daylight in an open restaurant, and she was marrying his best friend, so maybe he did have some boundaries.
    “He’ll be right here. He went to park the car.” Laura couldn't keep from smiling as she talked about her fiancé. “You know how he is. No one gets to drive his car but him.”
    “Sure. He doesn’t like people playing with his things,” Josh commented as he took his napkin from the table and sat while placing it back on his lap. “Too bad for me, right Laura?” He winked at her.
    There was the man I knew, crossing the boundaries however he liked.
    Regardless, Laura didn’t seem to mind. “Josh, you’re such a flirt.” She brushed him off as she sat next to me. “Have you guys ordered something to drink? How about mimosas?”
    “Isn’t it a little early?” I knew she was excited about the wedding, but having champagne this early in the day made me nervous.
    Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for partying all day long. Especially when there was a good reason to do it. But somehow, this reunion was making me feel uneasy. That uneasiness bordered on turning into frustration and annoyance. I couldn’t shake the feeling that this brunch meeting was fated to be a disaster.
    “It’s fine, Kassie. We’re celebrating!” Laura was so full of enthusiasm and happiness, it was hard not to get infected. “If you’d rather have some Perrier, go for it. I don’t really mind.”
    Seeing her this happy was really revealing. Only a really good man could make her glow like this. I’d heard her over the phone, and her excitement seemed sincere, but now that it was up close and personal, I could only think about how good Eddie must be for her.
    “Have some champagne, babe. Don’t ruin the fun,” Josh told me.
    It wasn’t my intention to be a buzzkill. I just had a few reservations, namely drinking on an empty stomach and…well, Josh being so close to me.
    As if reading my mind, he took my hand in his. I pulled it back as fast as I could, and after a second I realized that was ridiculously rude. Laura noticed and frowned at me. Josh didn’t comment or try to hide the event with some kind of joke; he just stared toward the front door of the restaurant. Maybe he was finally getting it.
    “Oh, here he comes,” he said. Maybe he’d ignored me because he’d found Eddie walking toward us.
    Anyhow, I was happy to not be the center of his attention anymore.
    I turned around in my seat to see Eddie coming our way. Oh, shit.
    I wanted my eyes to be lying to me. The moment I saw Josh, I knew the day was going to be rough, but now…him? I couldn’t believe it.
    “You dog. You’re getting married!” Josh was the first to approach him. He gave Eddie a bear hug and a few slaps on the back. “I can’t believe I’m losing my wingman.”
    Funny, that’s how I felt about Laura. But at the moment, I could only look at Edward. And he noticed.
    He and I definitely had a history. A true history. In my threesome college experience, Edward had been the M in the F-M-F group.
    That’s right.
    He’d been my first love and had pretty much messed me up forever. It wasn’t something I even allowed myself to think about—the only moment of weakness I’d ever had with a man. I thought I’d left that part of my life behind me in Massachusetts after