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Sure enough, I could barely make out a headline at the top of her screen stating that Noah Tripp eloped the night before.
“Mom is going to kill you… if I don’t do it first. So? Who is she? Who is this Rosa girl that you apparently love so much you had to marry her without telling anyone in your family you were evendatingher!?”
“Well,” Noah took my hand and pulled me forward, curling his arm around my waist. His touch was heavy and hot against my hip and it sent my senses into overdrive. “Callie, I’d like you to meet Rosa… my wife.”
Chapter 8
Noah
This was honestly a complication that I hadn’t considered. I’m not sure why. It would have been a pretty damn good bet that my family would be upset by this.
Then again, it isn’t exactly news for me to do something stupid as hell like this.
Little Boy Blue fucked up royally. Again.
Callie stood there in front of us, seemingly shell-shocked. “She’s here?” Then, she slowly looked at Rosa. “You’re here.”
“You think I wouldn’t bring my wife to my sister’s wedding?” I joked.
But Callie didn’t laugh. She just blinked.
Shit. Okay, my twin wasn’t exactly in the joking mood. I would have chuckled if I didn’t think it would send Callie into another rage. My twin can be a terrifying force when she wanted to be.
I reached out to take her hand. “Callie, it’s not what you think?—”
“How could you do that without me there?” My heart squeezed at the pain in her voice. “I mean, yeah, Cam and Steve and even Ronnie I could understand… butme? And mom?” Sheshook her head and looked again at Rosa. “I’m sorry. I’m sorry to be doing this in front of you. I’m sure you’re incredible and awesome and talented, but my twin brother got married without me.” Her voice cracked.
Lying about this marriage was going to be harder than I thought. For twelve whole months.
Callie was right in a lot of ways. I could lie about this to almost anyone… but not her. Not my twin. Everyone else would forgive me … but not Callie.
That girl can hold a grudge like no one I’d ever seen before.
I squeezed Rosa’s hand. “I’m going to tell her the truth.”
Rosa's eyes widened and she looked between Callie and me, panicked. “Noah–”
“She’ll be an ally,” I said. “And if I’m being honest, I think we’ll need the help.”
After a long, slow breath, Rosa gave me a single nod. “Okay.”
“Callie,” I said. “This marriage, it’s … it’s not real.”
Callie blinked, the information washing over her. “You’renotmarried?”
“No… we are married. But it was stupid. We just got really drunk in Atlantic City and apparently, we woke up… married. We’ve never even been on a date before last night.”
It took a second, but Callie’s eyes widened. “Ohhhhh. Are you getting a divorce or that non-divorce thing Catholics do?”
“Annulment,” Rosa chimed in. “And… no. At least not yet.”
Callie’s brows dipped again. “I’m confused.”
With a sigh, I launched into our plan, telling Callie all about the bachelor auction, Rosa’s practice, and our idea.
If I thought Callie looked shocked before, she seemed downright astounded now.
And apparently speechless. I didn’t think I’d ever seen Callie speechless in my entire life.
