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“They say love happens fast. And you know I’m a romantic.”
“Sure, but not a get-married-in-a-week kind of romantic.”
“I’ve been talking to Levi for a while, actually. We just decided to make it official for ... other reasons.”
Me not having money.
Levi hating Calvin.
Calvin trying to take the house again.
“Wait, you always have some secret guy you’re messaging. Was that Levi?”
Oh, God. V. It was wrong on so many levels to use him for this, but he was the out I needed.
V was not Levi, and I had a feeling he wouldn’t want to be associated with the guy who broke my heart, but I needed to cover my ass with my perceptive sister.
“Yeah, that was him.”
“Huh,” she said. “Did he apologize for that thing he did?”
No.“Yeah, of course he did. It was one of the first things we talked about.”
“So is this like a shotgun wedding because you’re pregnant or something?”
“No!” Being pregnant would have meant having sex, and I definitely didn’t need to be imagining sleeping with Levi. “We just didn’t want to wait any longer.”
“And where is this wedding?”
“At Gram’s house.” I said it without thinking and regretted it the second it came out of my mouth. I hadn’t talked to Levi about where we would get married, but he’d sent me a list of places he liked. And they were all way nicer than my house.
“Really?” she asked. “You did always want to have it in her backyard.”
“Yeah. And my future husband is supportive. Because why wouldn’t he be?”
“Exactly,” she said. “Are you sure about this? You sound ... weird.”
See? Too perceptive.
“Yeah, I’m fine. Just stressed with wedding planning.”
“You could have given yourself more time.”
A half-strangled laugh escaped me. “Come on, it’s me we’re talking about.”
“Fair enough. Plus, I get to see Levi in person and be sure his intentions are pure. I’ll definitely be there.”
“Really? Can you get it off work?”
“Let me worry about that.”
“But you work retail.”
“And I can still take time off for my sister’s wedding. I’m not missing this.”
I winced. I had hoped she would.
“Is our family invited?”