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Romancing The Waitress Chapter Nine
"Do you, Madeline Taylor, take Drew McBride to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and cherish and obey till death do you both part?” Judge Martins — who was unsurprisingly a friend of Drew's parents — looked up from the book of vows to smile at her.Maddie paused, looking into Drew's eyes. On the way to Judge Martins' office, she and Drew got talking about what exactly this marriage would entail, and he mentioned that even though the marriage was not real in the true sense that a marriage should be, the vows were binding.She pointed out the impossibility of that happening since they were not in love and she was not going to be wrapping her arms around him in a burst of affection, and told him point blank that if he had been nursing a hope for that to happen, he could forget about it.He replied that even though there was no hope for romance ever developing betwee
Last Updated : 2023-08-29Romancing The Waitress Chapter Ten
They agreed to get takeouts and return to Drew's home — their home; she was still trying to get used to the fact that she was married. Crazy didn't even begin to define it.Aiden suggested Chinese, but she was in the mood for something greasy so she asked for burgers. Drew got chicken salad. She couldn't stop the snort that slipped through her nose when he made his order.His eyebrow winged up. "Have a problem with my food, Madeline?""Didn't take you for a salad guy. Last I remember, you like them" — her smile widened to a grin — "hot."He grinned back. "I do, but," he let out a faux long-suffering sigh, "this do usually happen once in a while."Another snort slipped out, ending in a smile. Aiden turned into Drew's compound, nodding at the black security guard as he drove past. He killed the engine and they moseyed into the house."Can you show me my room, please?" She asked Drew quietly."No, no, Madeline." Aiden stepped between her and Drew."Maddie." She corrected.The annoying gu
Last Updated : 2023-08-31Romancing The Waitress Chapter Eleven
Drew woke up to missed calls and messages. All from his uncle. Guessed Aiden's editor friend had published the press release Aiden sent her last night.After the "wedding breakfast", they had all gathered in his office and crafted the perfect press release that sold the story they wanted everyone to believe. Well, it had been Aiden that had done most of the crafting while he and Madeline laughed, cringed and told him outright nos.Let the games begin.Ignoring the notifications on his phone, he rolled off the bed and walked into the bathroom. When he was done with his ablutions, he headed out and found Madeline in the kitchen, nursing a cup of coffee and looking absolutely too pretty for seven am in the morning.She smiled at him and he had to fight the urge to walk over to her and see what her breath tasted like in the morning."Hey, good morning."He smiled back. "Good morning. Slept well?""Like a baby." She let out a soft sigh. "The bed is heavenly."He poured himself a cup of cof
Last Updated : 2023-09-02Romancing The Waitress Chapter Twelve
Drew's call came in a few minutes after her second class ended.She answered it. "Hey, wassup?"Aiden joined the call. "What's going on Drew?""Uncle Rich wants to have dinner with us." Drew said."Who's Uncle Rich?" She asked, just as Aiden asked, "what did you say?""Uncle Rich is my Dad's brother, babe." Drew answered them consecutively. "And I said yes, Aiden. What else was I supposed to say? He would get suspicious."The endearment distracted her for some seconds before what Drew said dawned on her. "So I'm meeting the family." She murmured."Yes, you are. Think you can handle it?"She gave a decisive nod. It was not like Drew was not going to be with her. She'll be fine."Wait, Maxwell is coming too?" Aiden look horrified."Of course he is. Do you think he'll miss something like this?""Who's Maxwell?" And could someone please explain to her what was going on? She really hated not knowing what exactly it was that was causing panic.Drew's gaze swiveled to her. "Maxwell is Uncle
Last Updated : 2023-09-05Romancing The Waitress Chapter Thirteen
Maddie stood back as Drew opened the door to admit his uncle and cousin in. Left to her, she would be in the kitchen, but Drew had insisted on her being by his side when he welcomed Rich and Maxwell.She understood the need to present a happy-to-have-you front, but she would have preferred that Drew and only Drew handled them.Rich was dressed so impeccably in a navy blue suit — and who wore suit to an informal dinner with family? — his salt and pepper hair neatly combed back, not a strand out of place. His icy blue eyes swept her form from head to toe and without a word looked away from her in dismissal. "Drew."Rich reminded her of an ambush predator's. Patient and calculative. She couldn't place her finger on why, but she disliked him already.The sound of a catcall jerked her attention away from the sterile greeting between uncle and nephew to where a younger man stood just outside the door."How were you able to snag such a sexy lady, cuz?" The younger man's eyes swept her form b
Last Updated : 2023-09-06Romancing The Waitress Chapter Fourteen
The stew was gone, the cornbread following in its wake. Even the apple pie Madeline had baked for dessert was all gone. Now they were nursing glasses of wine and listening to Maxwell ramble and make a fool of himself.Drew wondered when they would take their leave and if there was a polite way to ask them to leave. Excusing himself for a minute, he walked upstairs to his bathroom to relieve himself. When he stepped out of his room, he found Maxwell by the hallway, waiting for him. Now, father and son were lying in wait for him? Things had definitely gotten interesting."Maxwell." He said, the tone of his voice curious."Drew." His cousin stepped closer. "I cannot let tonight go without saying this. If you married because of the caveat your parents place on their shares, I don't think it is worth it, cuz."Hold up, Maxwell was acting nice?"Marriage is for a lifetime and that is a long time to be miserable. Look, the company is in good hands. It's still in the family, if that's what y
Last Updated : 2023-09-06Romancing The Waitress Chapter Fifteen
Maddie opened her eyes and immediately shut them in a cringe. Today was the day she and Drew went on their honeymoon.All for the sake of presenting and maintaining a particular front to the public. This act of pretending apparently cost more than she bargainned for.Even though they would be sleeping in separate bedrooms, they still had to take pictures of them doing stuff — romantic stuff — together, all to be uploaded on their Instagram accounts. Because, yowza! they were public figures, which meant the public were curious about them. And yes, it had been Aiden who had given the lecture.Drew had jumped onboard immediately. This was just another step in achieving operation "save McBride Foods."For her, not so much.There was something about creating a make-believe. The more you created it, the further you entrenched yourself in it and no longer could you tell apart what was real and what wasn't.And she didn't want that.She didn't want to be caught up in how wonderful he could b
Last Updated : 2023-09-09Romancing The Waitress Chapter Sixteen
Four days in Venice and she was in love.Not with Drew, but with the city. With the pizza and Burano laces. With the magical bridges and towers, and the stories that accompanied them. With roadside cafes and swanky restaurants. With the cheesy gondola rides and the precious visit to St Mark's Basilica.She remembered the first time Drew took her on a gondola ride. Drew asked the driver to take them through the popular spots. The man agreed and rattled off a price so high, her heart almost stopped beating. Drew didn't bat an eyelash.She tried bargaining the price but Drew stopped her with a touch on her wrist. "We can afford it, baby." He said. "Doesn't mean we should go spending the money unreasonably." She shot back."Define unreasonably.""This is unreasonably. The price is high, Drew. He are literally ripping us off.""I don't think he is, honey. He has to eat and if my money makes taking care of his welfare easier, then so be it."She couldn't find any perfect comeback, so she r
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Drew’s heart was full as he watched Aunt Lauren fuss over Madeline and their daughter. She, Uncle Keith and Aiden had come over immediately they got home from the hospital.He noted the look of wonder that came upon his wife’s face as she stared at the face of the precious baby in her arms.Melissa Vivianne McBride.Melissa because Madeline had always loved the name. Vivianne after his mother.He may or may not have choked up when she named their daughter after his mother.A tap on his shoulder turned his gaze away from the two people he had been staring at all day. “I have something to tell you.” Aiden said, his eyes so serious.He remembered when Madeline told him that Aiden would let him know what had been going on when it was time. It seemed now was time.With a nod, he stood up, mouthed the words, “be right back” to Madeline and headed to his study, Aiden keeping in step with him.He opened the door and allowed Aiden to step in first before bringing in the rear. “What’s it, Aid
Romancing The Waitress Chapter Fifty-five
“Wait, what?” Aiden’s eyes bounced between Drew and Maddie.Drew nodded. “You are going to be an uncle.”Aiden swallowed hard. The hard guy looked as if he was about to tear up. “I wanted to ask how but I remember how many times I had to excuse myself out of the room so that you guys could…”“Aiden!” Drew exclaimed while she just laughed. “We get it.”Aiden’s face softened in a smile. He stood up and pulled her up into a hug. Then he gave Drew a one-shouldered hug. “Congratulations, guys. I am so happy for you both. To think that I was so opposed to all these from the beginning.” His eyes got flooded with emotions. “I am so glad it all worked out. Does Mom and Dad know?” “Aunt Lauren was the first to figure it out.” Drew answered. “Even before we did.”Aiden laughed, then suddenly got caught up in his thoughts. When he pulled himself out of his thoughts, he flashed them a bright — perhaps a tad overbright — smile. “Whether a boy or a girl, I am the child’s godfather. You guys going t
Romancing The Waitress Chapter Fifty-four
“I am fine!” Maddie esclaimed for the umpteeneth time that day and it was only just one in the afternoon.“I will believe that when you stop sleeping like a log of wood.” Drew shot back.Her mouth rounded in an ‘O’ of surprise, then she burst into laughter. “That was not so very nice, Drew. You don’t go around telling a woman that she sleeps like a log of wood.”“Not when the woman is my wife and is stubbornly claiming that she is fine even though clearly she isn’t.”She had been sleeping alot recently. And she might or might not have just woken up from what was supposed to be a very short nap that elongated into a good sleep. But that was not the point. She was fine. “I am fine. Everyone has the right to feel overwhelmed once in a while.”“What is overwhelming you, love.?”“School. Classes. Reading. I am preparing for exams and I have been reading alot.”“Baby, you’ve been falling asleep while reading. The number of times I’ve had to carry you from where you had zonked out to the b
Romancing The Waitress Chapter Fifty-three
It was like he lost his parents all over again.Drew stared at the headstone marking the remains of his parents, and his heart constricted within him. His grip on the bouquet of flowers tightened. Never had he felt so much anger.As he read the epitaph, the words “they shouldn’t be here” kept echoing in his mind. And that did nothing to help his anger. Or grief.He wasn’t sure he felt grief. Not when it felt like his heart was a hollow basket, and the lacrimal glands in his eyes had gotten so dry, he was no longer capable of producing tears.Was this what grief felt like?A soft hand covered his hand holding the flowers. Feminine fingers pried his fingers from their chokehold, collecting the flowers in the process. Without a word, he watched his wife lay the flowers on his parent’s grave. When she turned, wrapped her arms around his waist and laid her head on his chest, he held her tightly. Like she was his anchor. And she was. In this time when he felt out of touch with everything,
Romancing The Waitress Chapter Fifty-two
Aiden looked like death warmed over. Maddie opened the door wider and stepped back. “You look terrible.”Aiden chuckled. “Thank you.” He sobered. “It is good to see you.”She smiled back. She really must have given Drew the scare.”This is where I belong.”“Glad you realized it before I had to lasso you and drag you back to my friend.”She laughed. “I would like to see you try. Drew is asleep and you look like you could use a good nap yourself. Why don’t you make use of one of the guest rooms?”Aiden nodded and started towards the stairs.“This was what you suspected, wasn’t it?” She asked, stopping him on his tracks. “That day I accused you.”“I won’t say accuse. It was more of a challenge. And yes, it is what I suspected. After his parents’ will was read and he disappeared to his mountain cabin, my dad mentioned it in passing one day that Rich had been the one to suggest that the caveat be tied to Drew’s inheritance. According to Dad, the caveat was supposed to be on all of his inhe
Romancing The Waitress Chapter Fifty-one
Since Maxwell lawyered up, the questioning as it were was over — or at least till his lawyer arrived. But Drew could not find the strength to move from the spot he had been standing since the questioning started. Maxwell’s confession was still echoing in his head. His parents’ accident had not been an accident but a murder. His parents should not have died.His throat closed and it was all he could do to breathe.The door to the observation room opened and Aiden walked in. his friend’s eyes were pained. He moved towards Drew. “it is going to be a long night. You should head home.”All he could do was nod.Aiden was quiet for some moments. “I am sorry you had to hear that.”He shook his head. “I am not. It hurts like dickens but it is better than never knowing.”Aiden’s hand came up to squeeze his shoulder in an act of comfort. “Take care. I’ll come by the house once I am done here.”He nodded. “I will have Max drop you.”He sure was not in the mental state to drive himself. “Thank
Romancing The Waitress Chapter Fifty
“So what do you have against Drew?” Kendall’s question traveled through the headphones into Drew’s ears.He wondered just how his sneaky cousin would answer this one. There was a pause, then Maxwell said, “I do not exactly have something against my cousin. I just can’t stand hypocrites. Smile in the public but is ready to kill in the shadows.” Another pause. “We are probably the only ones that realize what a scam Drew is.”“Why have you never confronted him or maybe reported him to your aunt and uncle? When they were alive, that is.?”“I never had evidence. Plus he was their star child. Their only child. They would never believe the poor brother’s child.” Maxwell’s voice dropped to a mutter. “Plus just because a person shared your blood or is married to one who shared your blood does not mean they are family.” Aiden looked at him. “Am I missing something?”He shook his head. “I am as lost as you are, Aiden.”Then in a voice that was loud enough for Kendall to hear, Maxwell said, “ca
Romancing The Waitress Chapter Forty-nine
Was this how death felt like?The existence of nothingness. Swimming in the pool of hopelessness.One might say she was exaggerating. But nothing could deny the fact that perhaps love was not for her. She could not stand the uncertainty. And the realization of that hurt.Probably hurt more than a real heartbreak.The person who said it was better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all probably never knew what it meant to live a life where the reality you knew was always been let down. That the mere thought of reaching for something as pure as love made you break out in cold sweat. And at the first sign or sound of betrayal the only thought that ce to mind was escape.She was her mother's daughter but she could not afford to become her mother.If only she could summon the strength to stop crying, pick herself off the bed and pack her stuff.The doorbell rang.She paused. Aiden was at the company and Drew would never knock. It could not be her Father. Gerald would not le
Romancing The Waitress Chapter Forty-eight
“It is not what you are thinking, Madeline.” Drew approached the couch slowly, his hand stretched out in a placating gesture.The hell is it not what I am thinking, Drew? She screamed in her mind, it is flipping written on your face.“How do you know what I am thinking?” She asked with a calm she was not feeling.“It is in your eyes, Madeline”“I want to ask you some questions and I want you to answer me sincerely.”“I will.”“This lady in the picture, do you know her?”Drew nodded. “Yes, I do.”She swallowed and added, “romantically?”“I knew her romantically.” He emphasized ‘knew.’“Your reaction does not exactly say knew.”“I blanched because I know how the pictures would look to you.”“Do not make this about me.”He folded his lips. Inhaled deeply. “This,” she raised the picture up, “did it really happen?”He shut his eyes. “Yes.” His eyes opened, pleading. “But…”“The yes would suffice, Drew.” She cut in. she closed her eyes. Tears burned her eyelids. God, she was a thousand tim
