Chapter 778 - Wedding day (J&J) (7) (2/2)
Harriet looked at the door and blinked. She could not believe that they will leave without her.
A minute later, she heard the suite door close. They left!
Her attention went back to the laptop screen which showed profile of Benjamin Casano.
In less than a minute, Harriet booked a room in one hotel close to downtown Los Angeles, and she was on the phone…
”Mr. Casano?”
”Yes?”, man's voice responded.
”I know what you did last night… and unless you want your 11 year old cupcake to find out, you better do what I say…”
…
In the temporary design studio…
JoAnna and Ellie are behind a large curtain which provides privacy. Two of them are keeping the wedding dress a secret from everyone until the ceremony.
Emma, Brian, Tom and two assistant designers are listening to JoAnna and Ellie talk.
”Right now, you are the grumpiest bride I've ever seen.”, Ellie told JoAnna while trying to get her to stay still. ”If you keep on moving, I will poke you with this needle! By accident, of course.”
”Hmph! Grumpy? You don't know what is grumpy!”, JoAnna fumed. ”Sarah disappeared with her dress, and Sophia went down to mingle! Ah! And the wedding is almost here!”
Ellie hid her laughter behind a cough. ”Calm down… There is plenty of time. And I need only two minutes to finish putting this on your dress… but if you keep moving, the whole day will not be enough.”
”What is Sarah thinking? Leaving her phone behind…” JoAnna looked at her phone which showed Aiden's and Sarah's locations based on GPS tracking in their rings. ”…and I can see that she is with Aiden. Jeff said that two of them left the suite where guys are and went to their room… and that five minutes later only their clothes returned! Why are they acting like teenagers? Why can't they wait for after the ceremony?”
Emma burst into giggles. ”Teenagers? Considering where they are, I'm guessing that what they are doing is not rated as teen-approved.”
JoAnna poked her head from the curtain and glared at Emma. ”You are not helping!”
”Hey… you really need to calm down!” Ellie was losing her patience. ”What is the worst that can happen? Two of them don't show up in time for the ceremony? In that case, there will be one less couple to walk toward your altar, right? Punish them by not taking photos with them.”
”But I want them in the photos…”, JoAnna sulked.
Emma decided to offer a solution: ”How about this? At 2:45 PM if Sarah is still not here, I will go and get her. OK?”
Only then JoAnna relaxed a bit and nodded before her head went back behind the curtain.
”I will come with you!”, Brian told Emma and then awkwardly cleared his throat. ”There is a lot of people, you never know... A lady should not be unaccompanied.”
Emma blushed and Tom rolled his eyes dramatically.
Tom patted Brian's shoulder and spoke quietly, only for Brian to hear: ”You don't need an excuse to go with her. You are her date for today.”
Brian nodded happily. Yes, he is Emma's date for today. And if he wants to be Emma's date going forward... he has the rest of the day to make that happen.