Page 35 of Love or Leave

Same age.

He took another drink, remembering that there was a sizable age gap between him and Cara. Not that it mattered, since she was one hundred percent off limits. And he was married. But it was easy to forget she was over ten years younger than him.

Actually, it was easy to forget about everything when he was with her.

He had to stop thinking like that.

"Doesn't matter," Adam said. "Jake's dating Brin."

"He is?" Ethan asked. "I didn't know that."

"Who's Brin?" Antonio asked.

"Brin of Brin's Café," Adam said.

"Oh," Antonio nodded. He'd stopped in there before, but he wasn't a regular. "How do you know literally everything?" he asked with a laugh.

Adam smiled. "I talk to people," he said before turning back to Natalie. "You'll have to find someone else."

"No, you won't," Cara said, jumping in to put an end to the conversation. "Why are we here?"

Chelsea cleared her throat as Adam moved to her side and put his arm around her shoulders. "We set a date for our wedding."

Natalie gasped.

"When?" Cara yelled.

"New Year's Eve." Adam said.

A chorus of excitement rang out as everyone hugged and voiced how happy they were.

"It doesn't give us much time to plan," Chelsea said. "And my schedule is so busy with the movie, but it's just going to be small, here in town, at the golf course."

"It's going to be amazing," Natalie said. "You haven't been dress shopping yet, have you?"

Chelsea shook her head and put on a blinding smile. "I was hoping to go with my bridesmaids."

"Does that mean we're bridesmaids?" Cara asked, her pretty eyes hopeful and her hands clasped together at her heart.

Antonio's face stretched into a smile and let himself stare at her for longer than he should have. But everyone was too excited to tell.

"Of course!"

The girls all jumped up, screaming and dancing together in a big group hug.

Antonio moved away from the piercing noise toward the guys.

"Does that mean we're groomsmen?" Max asked, his hands clasped together as Cara's had been.

They all laughed.

"Obviously," Adam said, and as much as they made fun of the girls, they all joined in a group hug around Adam, too.

"I already have plans for a bachelorette party!" Natalie called over to the fray.

"Dear God," Adam said to them under his breath with a shake of his head. "Can you imagine all of them out at a bachelorette party?"

Antonio looked over at the group of beautiful women and smiled. They were all stunning in their own way, but something about Cara made her stand out, as if she was under a spotlight that followed her everywhere she went.

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