Ivy figured her parents were somewhere off the coast of Mexico or another Central American country now, soaking up the sun on the first leg of their voyage around the world—which was partly the reason Shelly had eagerly jumped at the opportunity to get married before they left. Had she and Bennett succumbed to the moment, or was this a real marriage?
Shelly laughed. “At least he can’t call you easy.”
Ivy felt her face flush. The last two years had been a rollercoaster of life changes and emotional upheaval. After all Jeremy had put her through—especially the revelations that surfaced about his mistress Paisley—after he died, why did she sometimes reach for Jeremy in pre-dawn slumber? As much as she loved Bennett, she worried that her subconscious self wasn’t entirely ready for such a shi
