214 My Wedding Planner

(Winona)

“I appreciate that,” I reply, my heart swelling with affection for him. “We can let things progress naturally. We’ve covered a lot of ground with Barnaby and with each other. I don’t think we need to overthink this.”

Jayden nods, his hand still holding mine. “I want you to feel safe and natural with me. Like it used to be.”

“I want that too. I don’t ever want it to be like our engagement party night again. But I do feel we are seeing life in a different light now.”

“For sure. Do we need to redo the engagement party then? Finish on a more positive note?”

“No. No going back. I mean, other than us arguing it was a perfect night.”

“True. Okay.”

“I think we should be planning the wedding.”

He smiles at me and nods. “Alright then. I’ll do that.”

“You want to plan the wedding?”

“Yeah, sure. How hard can it be?”

I laugh. “I guess you’ll be finding out.”

“I can plan it then?”

“Sure, why not? Knock yourself out.”

We sit in comfortable silence for a moment, just enjoying the presence of