“Later,” Tate responded, then slammed the door shut.
As he fished his keys out of his gym shorts, he regretted not going to the rehearsal dinner with Lucas. He should have gone. Fallon probably did want him there, plus he would have been able to see Aiden, Lucas’s son. He hadn’t seen the little guy in weeks, and he missed him. Aiden reminded Tate a lot of his sister Matilda when she was younger. She used to have tons of energy, and was full of life, just like Aiden. He missed her, along with his parents.
Yeah, he should have gone to the dinner.
Shaking his head, he climbed the steps to his front door, where he saw a box on the doormat with a bright green Post-it note on it. Frowning, he bent down and picked up the box, peeling off the note.
It would be nice if we met … Enjoy!
—Audrey
Audrey?
He opened the box and was pleased when he saw six cupcakes with big red hearts on them. A small smile came across his face as he picked one out before taking a huge bite. He loved cupcakes. When the amazing flavors of Red Velvet registered in his mouth, he almost moaned out loud. He really loved Red Velvet cupcakes.
But who the hell was Audrey?
Tate opened the door with his key and threw his stuff down on the floor before heading to the kitchen with the note and cupcakes. After laying the box down, he reread the note. When he saw Your neighbor at the bottom, he smiled again. Unfortunately, he hadn’t had the pleasure of meeting Ms. Audrey Parker. Hell, he still hadn’t met most of his neighbors. He had heard amazing things about her from Aiden and Lucas and wanted to meet her, but for some reason they hadn’t crossed paths yet. It was strange, since he had been living beside her for almost two months. He planned on changing that tomorrow at the wedding.
It was about time they met, and if she was as hot as Fallon, then Phillip might need to find himself another prospect.
Maybe there was another Parker sister.
Chapter 4
If she had to hear “We always thought it was going to be you getting married first” one more time, she was going to kill someone.
Audrey took a long sip of champagne. Maybe if she stayed drunk through the next couple of days, it wouldn’t hurt as bad. The jealousy would stay at bay. What kind of person was she to be jealous of her older sister, her best friend? It was disgusting, and she needed to stop that now, because Fallon was coming toward her with a radiant smile on her face and looking unbelievably beautiful. It was hard not to feel like the biggest piece of crap for being so envious.
Fallon was holding Lucas’s hand, of course, and they both looked like they had just stepped out of some high-society fashion magazine. Audrey leaned against the railing and smiled at her sister as Lucas wrapped his arms around Fallon’s waist. They both grinned over at her. “I have a feeling you’re hiding,” Fallon said.
Audrey laughed. “Your feeling is right. Those people are nuts,” she said, cocking her head in the direction of their family. “If I have to hear, one more time, that everyone thought I was going to be married before you, I am going to kill them … or myself.”
Fallon laughed as Lucas looked at his bride-to-be. “I don’t see why no one thought you would ever get married,” he said to Fallon.
She reached up to cup his jaw in her fingers. “When I said there wasn’t anyone else after you, I wasn’t lying.”
Seeing his sudden perplexed expression, Audrey quickly said, “There really wasn’t, Lucas. Fallon was a real prude, while I was busy enough for the both of us.”
A cocky grin crossed Lucas’s face, and he gave Fallon a sexy look before looking at Audrey. “You just haven’t found the right one yet.”
Audrey eyed him before shaking her head. “Fallon told you Levi and I broke up.”
Fallon look sheepishly at her as Lucas laughed. “She tells me everything.”
“There was a time when that wasn’t true,” Audrey countered.