Hero in Disguise (Reed Sisters: Holding out for a Hero 1) - Page 57

“We were conned,” Summer answered without hesitation. “Completely taken in by a couple of mild-mannered businessmen with the souls of adventurers.”

“They wear their disguises well,” Connie mused, turning her gaze back across the room to look lovingly at the two men who’d made such changes in her life and Summer’s.

“Very well, indeed,” Summer agreed. “Excuse me, Connie, my mother’s trying to have a conversation with Clay. I think she might need rescuing.”

Connie grinned. “Your scheme to fix Clay up with Autumn certainly bombed, didn’t it?”

“Did it ever. They’ve been chatting like old buddies from the minute they met. No chemistry at all.”

“Ah, well. Maybe you can fix him up with Spring when she’s able to visit you.” To everyone’s disappointment Spring had come down with a minor illness that prevented her joining the rest of her family for the wedding, but she had promised to visit Summer and Derek in a few months.

Summer burst into laughter. “Now that would be funny.” Her eyes danced as she thought of her quiet sister paired with Crazy Clay.

Derek turned in the direction of Summer’s laughter, his heart warmed, as always, by the musical sound. He could feel his mouth tilting into a besotted smile at the sight of the petite, glowing woman who had been his wife for almost half an hour. She looked so beautiful in her mother’s antique lace, tea-length wedding gown Already he was counting the minutes until he could be alone with her.

“I don’t know about you, but I always start to worry when the two of them laugh like that,” Joel murmured at Derek’s side. “What do you suppose they’re planning?”

“I don’t know,” Derek replied with his piratical grin. “But, whatever it is, we can handle it, my friend. Excuse me.”

His long, confident strides moved him quickly through the crowded room to his wife’s side. He smiled at his thoroughly charmed mother-in-law as he slipped his arm around Summer’s waist. “You and Connie weren’t laughing at Joel and me a few moments ago, were you, Summer-love?” he asked her softly.

She looked at him with innocent blue eyes. “Why, Derek, would we do that?”

He chuckled. “Frequently.”

“So,” she challenged him lovingly, “what are you going to do about it?”

With a quick glance at her mother Derek leaned over and whispered into his wife’s ear exactly what he planned to do about it. His suggestion was definitely at odds with his appearance of utter respectability.

Blushing scarlet, Summer smiled in eager anticipation.

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