Wyatt groans, “Mama, please cease. I don’t want to listen to all that.”

She ignores him. “Gained’t take lengthy till you’re within the household means, expensive.” She laughs deep and heartily as I sit there surprised. “I can’t wait to carry my grandbabies.”

I’ve nothing to say to that, so I stuff my mouth with the fluffiest, most scrumptious pancakes I’ve ever had. A moan slips out because the buttery maple taste hits my style buds, and Wyatt shoots me a scorching look.

“Like I mentioned, received’t take lengthy,” Mama says, laughing as her eyes transfer backwards and forwards between us.

Mama was proper about one factor. There’s nothing left on the desk, and I’m stuffed to the brim. Wyatt completed off his plate and all the pieces else Mama and I couldn’t. I mentally calculate how a lot meals it might take to fill Wyatt and any hypothetical sons we might have, and it’s…so much.

Groaning at how full I’m, I excuse myself to the women’ room. Once I move the money register on the best way again, I see a Assist Needed signal propped in opposition to it, and I cease, my thoughts whirling.

The younger waiter who served our meals walks up behind the counter. “Can I assist you?”

“Um, perhaps.” I level to the signal. “Are y’all in search of a waitress?”

“Yeah, one of many waitresses is shifting out of city, so we have to rent a substitute. You ?”

“Yeah, I believe so. Um, what sort of expertise do I have to have?”

“Properly, first off, how outdated are you?”

“I simply turned eighteen.”

“Eighteen, huh?” His demeanor adjustments barely, his smile rising wider. “Properly, that’s all you want, no expertise required. I’m Matt. What’s your title, sweetheart?” He holds out his hand for me to shake. I’m unsure I just like the smarmy look in his eyes, however I determine I must be pleasant if I need to get the job.

Shaking his hand, I reply, “I’m Dolly, Wyatt’s fiancée.” Not. However he doesn’t have to know that. He holds onto my hand just a little too lengthy however lastly drops it after I tug it away, subtly wiping my hand down my denims.

“Properly, it positive is good to fulfill you, Dolly. Right here, let me get you an utility.” Matt disappears behind an worker solely door for a quick second, then comes again with an utility and pen that he slides throughout the counter. “Go forward and fill that out, and I’ll give it to the boss proper fast.” As I’m filling it out, he asks me, “So, you and Wyatt, huh? Isn’t he just a little outdated for you?”

“Nope,” I reply, popping the P. “He’s good.” I smile brightly at him, then return to filling out the applying.

I determine he’ll go away me alone after that, however he simply stands there grinning, undeterred, asking me every kind of questions on the place I’m from, how lengthy I’ve identified Wyatt, etcetera. I give him quick and obscure solutions, hoping he’ll take the trace and go away, however he doesn’t.

By the point I’m virtually completed filling out the applying, I’m unsure I even need the job if it means working with him and coping with his intrusive questions. Plus, I’d must work with Faye, who I’m fairly positive is in love with Wyatt and possibly hates me.

I might hate whoever he was with if he wasn’t with me, so I get it.

Matt is leaning over-the-counter now, resting on his elbows, his face too near mine as I hunch over to fill out the final query.

Wyatt walks up behind me, circles my waist with each arms and pulls me again in opposition to his chest. “Hey, babygirl. What are you doing?” There’s an edge to his voice, and after I peek at him over my shoulder, I see he’s taking pictures a not-so-nice have a look at Matt, who nonetheless hasn’t backed up but or stopped grinning.

“Dolly right here is making use of to be a waitress. I believe she’ll be an amazing match, don’t you assume?” Matt snatches the applying and straightens behind the counter earlier than I can reply to Wyatt’s query.

Wyatt’s arms tighten round my waist. “Is that proper?”

Oooh, I don’t just like the look he’s giving me now, so I draw back. “That’s proper. Matt mentioned I don’t want any expertise, so this’ll be good.”

Wyatt opens his mouth to say one thing, nonetheless giving me that look that claims he’s not too completely satisfied when Mama walks up.

“Thanks for purchasing dinner, son. It was scrumptious as all the time.” To Matt, she says, “You inform Granny I mentioned so. And inform her I mentioned ‘Hello’ and that I’ll see her on Sunday.” Then she loops her arm by mine and pulls me away. “Time to go. Bye now!” She waves to Faye, who I hadn’t seen standing on the different finish of the counter, as she walks me out the entrance door and to the truck.

I don’t perceive the look she offers Wyatt, and neither of them says something as he opens the door and boosts us each inside, with me within the center once more. Mama chats the entire means again to her home, although Wyatt and I don’t take part.

After we pull down her driveway and cease in entrance of her home, Wyatt hops out to open her door. Earlier than she lets him assist her out of the pickup, she turns to me and pulls me in for an extended hug. In my ear, she whispers, “Don’t you let him get away with that. You might be your individual lady, in control of your individual selections. You let me know if he offers you any hassle, and I’ll have phrases with him.”

I nod and smile gratefully at her, already in love together with her. She’d make an amazing mother-in-law if Wyatt and I actually have been engaged to be married.

Wyatt and I are silent on the drive again dwelling, although he retains me within the center seat with a hand on my thigh. After we get inside, he lastly speaks. “I don’t need you working on the diner. I don’t need you worrying about cash, not after I’ve informed you earlier than that I’m going to maintain you, and I meant it in each means doable.”

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