Page 9 of Her Fake Island Wedding

“Hey, you two! Having fun?” His smile was just slightly malicious.

“Your girlfriend’s been the one having fun, I think,” Bryce parried quickly.

Cory shrugged. “It’s the low season. She’s bored, and you basically dangled a fun project in front of her and gave her free rein to run with it.”

“Honestly, I don’t mind,” Lucy said. “Quite the opposite - I’m grateful! There’s no way I could pull off anything as convincing as what Terry and Jerome have been outlining to us, and Olivia’s obviously the one who got them enthused.”

“She does have a tendency to drag everyone along in her wake,” Cory’s grin was proud. “One minute you’re carrying on as normal and the next Cyclone Olivia’s blown through and everything looks wildly different.”

It was more than obvious that Cory absolutely adored Olivia. His face lit up when he spoke about her, and Lucy found herself envious of the obviously tight and passionate relationship the two of them shared. She wanted that, wanted to feel that way about someone, a lover who’d talk about her with that joy and adoration clear on his face for all to see.

Would her mother believe she was marrying Bryce if Lucy didn’t have that light in her eyes when she talked about him? Lucy had always been a romantic at heart, and her mother knew it.

Well, she’d just have to do her best, and spend the next couple of weeks getting to know every personal detail Bryce would share with her. She liked him, after all - perhaps a little too much - so spending time with him wasn’t exactly going to be a hardship.

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