Page 55 of The Wedding Toast
Jacob laughed.“No, we’re good.”
Antonio slung his arm around Marcos’s shoulders.“See.I told you this was a good idea – that everyone would be happy.”
He turned his gaze on Callie.“Are you happy?No man with you?Would you like one?”
Callie laughed out loud.“Err, no thanks.”
He caught hold of her hand and started to lead her away.
“Antonio.”Becca wanted to laugh at the way the stern note in Jacob’s voice stopped him in his tracks.
He turned back with a smile.“Callie needs to have fun, too, no?”
Becca relaxed when Callie nodded happily and said, “I do, but I can have all the fun I need chatting to your wives, thank you very much.And honestly, Becs, you guys leave when you’re ready.I’ll be fine, I’ll see you in the morning.”
Antonio looked serious as he nodded.“We’ll all make sure she gets back safe.But you guys don’t need to leave just yet – it’s still early.”
Jacob tightened his arm around her shoulders as they watched Antonio lead Callie to where Mary Ellen was talking to Hannah and a woman Becca didn’t know, but who looked familiar for some reason.
“She’ll be fine,” said Jacob.
“Oh, I know.”She dug her fingers into his side.“You have to remember that Callie’s used to holding her own at Cattleman’s bar – these Napa guys are nothing to worry about after that.”
The way Jacob scowled made her want to take the words back.Cattleman’s was the place where that horrible Jamie person had tried to …
Jacob turned to face her and curled his arms around her waist.Resting his forehead against hers, he looked down into her eyes.“I love you, Becca.”
“Aww, I love you too.”
He chuckled.“I’m not going to give that little weasel any headspace tonight.”
“Good.”
“Do you want to dance with me – our last single-people dance?”
She laughed as he started to move her to the music.She’d been about to say that it was still a bit early and no one was dancing yet.But he was right, they didn’t need to wait, and they didn’t need anyone else to dance.She looped her arms up around his neck and pulled him down into a kiss.
When they finally came up for air, his eyes seemed to shine.
“What?”she asked.
“Remember our first kiss?”
She dropped her head and looked up at him through her lashes.“Sorry.”She’d gotten the wrong idea when he kissed her under Ava’s mistletoe while everyone was at his house.She’d thought that he was trying to get her into bed, and that everyone was laughing at her.
He shook his head.“Don’t ever be sorry.What I meant was that after that, I didn’t think I’d ever kiss you in front of these guys again – in case it made you uncomfortable.”
She wrapped her hands around the back of his head and pulled him back down.“And now you know you don’t need to worry about it.Now you know what they think – that they love you for making me happy.”
“I do, and also it doesn’t matter what anyone thinks.I love you, Jacob Jacobs.”
He pressed his lips to hers and then spun her in a circle before pulling her back into his arms.“And I love you, Becca Jacobs.Let’s dance for a while, then we’ll say our thank-yous and go.”
She looked around; several other couples were now up and dancing around them.“Okay.I wish tonight would last for days so that we could dance and hang out and still get home early.”
He chuckled.“I do too, but since we can’t have it all, we’ll just have to dance a little faster.”
Chapter Fourteen
