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been stopping her from concentrating on an article she had been planning. “I'm the bride. It's supposed to be all about me. Let me think about what I want, Cole. I wasn't expecting to be proposed to and I never ever thought about what sort of wedding I was going to have. Believe it or not, getting married was never my priority before I moved here.”
     
    “No,” Cole said. “What was?”
    “Well this, this job. Being a journalist, that's what I planned to be.”
    “And not Cole Tyler's wife.”
    “Well,” she said, smiling sweetly and leaning across the desk so their faces almost touched. “That bit was a bonus.”
     
    “Good, because I've got the numbers of the top five wedding planners in New York.” Cole stood up.
     
    “You interview them and see which one you'd like the best.”
     
    “Cole,” Lacey was exasperated. “I just thought I'd look in a few magazines and talk to Elaine about it.”
     
    “That's fine, Lacey, but I'm paying for this so don't think you have to cut corners, okay? The bigger the better for me.”
     
    “Okay, Cole, but will you just give me some space so I can consider what I want and take it from there. It's not like we've even set a date or anything.”
     
    “Okay, okay. I'm sorry to be so pushy, I just can't wait, that's all. Maybe we should set a date. Soon.”
     
    “Well, how soon is soon?”
     
    “I was thinking, maybe next spring. We can see if there's anything open for Valentine's. That would be good, right?”
     
    “Right.” Lacey picked up her pen.
    “Anyway. I'm working late tonight. Give you a chance to talk to Elaine. I'll speak to you tomorrow.”
     
    He walked to the door and turned back. “Oh, I was thinking about asking your brother to be best man. Or maybe he could walk you down the aisle as you haven't got anyone else.”
     
    “Maybe I can walk myself down the aisle, Cole, but whatever it is, can you let me decide?”
     
    “Sure, sure. Have fun talking to Elaine, I'll let you get on.”
     
    She shook her head. In many ways she was happy that Cole was so excited, but she thought it should be the other way round. As she went to write her next sentence, she wondered to herself why that should be.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Chapter8
     
    Lacey took a deep breath as she stepped out of the office later that day on her way home. The autumn air was still quite warm and the city traffic was noisy. She was glad not to be feeling pressure from Cole and stopped on the way home to pick up some bridal magazines.
     
    When she got back to the apartment, it seemed like Elaine had read her mind.
     
    “Look what I got!” Elaine jumped around in front of here and waved a glossy magazine in front of her nose. Lacey pulled the exact same publication out of her bag.
     
    “Snap!” she said and laid out the rest of the bridal magazines on the coffee table.
     
    “Great,” Elaine said. “I've been looking forward to this. I was starting to wonder if you weren't taking this engagement seriously.”
     
    “What do you mean?” Lacey asked her.
     
    “Well, you haven't talked about your plans for the wedding, not once. If it were me, I'd have had a dress fitted by now.”
     
    “I know, but there was never any mad rush to get things going. I mean, it's not like we'd set a date yet.”
     
    “But you have now?” Elaine was excited by the prospect.
    “Well, Cole was hinting at Valentine's Day.”
    “So, we've got four months to plan a wedding. I can work with that. And I'm guessing money is no object?”
     
    “Not according to Cole.”
    “He seems more excited than you.”
    “I am excited, I really am, but I just needed this. Just us girls, planning and getting crazy. That's what it's all about. I had to tell Cole to back off a bit.”
     
    “But he loves you, Lacey.”
    “I know he does. So anyway, tonight, I've got some breathing space. Tonight I get to talk all about me.” Lacey laughed and threw up her hands.