Lost in Time (Forever and Always #20) by E. L. Todd Read Free Book Online Page A

your share of drama.”
    “Don’t remind me,” Flynn said sadly. “At
least I got a lot of make up sex and pancakes out of it.”
    “Pancakes?” Mike cocked an eyebrow.
    “It’s a long story,” Flynn said with a
shrug.
    Ryan was the only one who didn’t look exactly
thrilled.
    “What’s your problem?” Sean asked.
    “I don’t have a problem,” Ryan snapped.
    We all looked at him incredulously, not
believing him.
    Ryan finally connected his gaze with mine.
“I’m just surprised you didn’t tell me…”
    I didn’t think he would care. “Well, it was
spontaneous. I didn’t even know I was going to ask her. It just
came out.”
    “How?” Sean asked.
    “At Mike’s wedding.”
    “What?” Mike looked at me like I was crazy.
“You proposed to her on my wedding day?”
    “Yeah. We were on the beach…doing you know
what…and it just happened.” I shrugged, not ashamed. “We didn’t
tell anyone because we didn’t want to ruin your wedding or your
honeymoon. So now we’re making it official.”
    Ryan relaxed at the revelation. “Oh. That’s
cool then.”
    “You’re such a girl,” Sean jabbed.
    “Me?” Ryan asked with a laugh. “You’re the
one that’s always crying.”
    “I don’t cry,” Sean snapped.
    “Come on,” Mike said. “You’re the crier of
the group.”
    “Am not,” Sean argued.
    “Anyway,” I cut in before the fight could
escalate. “That’s the story.”
    “Do you have any details yet?” Flynn asked.
“Where and when?”
    “No, but we’re doing it at city hall,” I
said.
    “What?” they all said at the same time.
    “Am I not paying you enough?” Sean asked.
    I laughed. “We don’t want to have a big
wedding. We just want to get married as soon as possible. We lost a
lot of time.”
    “Oh.” Ryan nodded then winked. “Shotgun
wedding. Got it.”
    “Monnique’s pregnant?” Mike blurted.
    “No,” I said immediately. “Well, not that I
know of. We just want to have our closest friends and family
present. Something simple. But we’ll have a nice honeymoon.”
    “Well, I’m happy for you guys,” Flynn said.
“This happily ever after has been a long time coming.”
    Hazel came over to me then hugged me tightly.
“I’m so happy for you.”
    “Thanks.”
    She held onto me, her face against my chest.
If Flynn was jealous, he hid it. “So, when you two were getting it
on at the beach, you were proposing?”
    “Yep,” I said. “It’s perverted and romantic
at the same time.”
    She laughed. “It’s just romantic—only.”
    “Thanks.”
    Mike held up his glass. “To Cortland and
Monnique.”
    “I’ll drink to that.” Flynn clanked his glass
against Mike’s then down the amber liquid.
    Hazel clapped her hands. “I’m so glad that
everyone found their special someone.”
    Ryan sighed. “Looks like I’ll be the last one
to get married even though I was the second one to propose.”
    “See, you’re getting upset like a girl,” Sean
jabbed.
    Ryan’s eyes burned in annoyance. “No. We just
didn’t have to rush a wedding because my baby isn’t pregnant, we’ve
never broken up and gotten back together so we don’t feel rushed,
and we’re planning a real wedding and taking our time. You guys are
all just impatient.”
    “Actually, you won’t be the last one.” Mike
nodded to Hazel. “Don’t forget these two.”
    “We’ll see about that…” Flynn gave Ryan a
wink.
    Hazel blushed.
    “I wish Janice and I would just get married
at city hall.” He rubbed his chin. “Maybe I can knock her up…”
    “Dude, pregnant chicks are hot,” Mike
said.
    “Ditto,” Sean said in agreement.
    Mike nodded to Sean. “How’d the operation
system go?”
    Sean suddenly paled. “We’ll talk about work
stuff later.”
    “That doesn’t sound good,” I said.
    “I don’t want to talk about it.” Sean drank
his glass.
    “Well, it’s safe to say we didn’t get it,”
Mike said with a sigh.
    Sean glared at him. “I said let’s not