as a millstone, weighing him down with protocol and obligation—as it had since he’d been fourteen years old.
Kate laughed that mirthless laugh again. ‘Funny thing is, I suspect it’s Ben’s clumsy attempt at matchmaking and it’s totally backfired.’
He gave a snort of disbelief. ‘You think so?’
‘The groomsman thing? The cooked-up excuse to get me to show you the land when there’s no real need for me to?’
‘My take on it is that Ben thought you knew more than anyone else about the plans for the new resort. You were the best person for the job. Why would you believe any differently?’
‘I guess so,’ she said with a self-deprecating quirk of her pretty mouth. ‘But the out-of-the blue request to be a groomsman?’
Sam snapped his fingers. ‘I get it—you were concerned an extra member of the wedding party would put your schedules out?’
Her smile was forced as she raised her hand. ‘Guilty! I guess I was a little disconcerted about that. But I mainly felt bad for you being coerced into being a groomsman on such a trumped-up excuse. You don’t seem to be comfortable with all the wedding stuff—I saw you yawning during the meeting. Then you get thrown in at the deep end.’
‘Ben didn’t have to coerce me to be his groomsman. I liked the idea of being your escort at the wedding.’
Wouldn’t any red-blooded male jump at the chance to be with such a gorgeous girl? Or had Jesse done such a number on her she didn’t realise how desirable she was?
Truth be told, if it hadn’t been for the prospect of more time with Kate, he’d rather have stayed a guest and stood apart from the wedding tomfoolery. Now he would have to spend the entire time with Kate, knowing she was off-limits. It would be a kind of torture.
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