The other guests at the table were a newly married couple who couldn’t stop cuddling and had no interest in socializing. Kate was the only singleton and the seat beside her was noticeably empty. The DJ was playing amazing music that made her want to dance, but she wasn’t going to budge. It would be just her luck that the moment she left the table, Alec would finally show up. She nibbled on the fig and goat cheese tartine and forced herself not to take another sweeping glance around the lavishly decorated hotel ballroom in search of her missing dinner companion. Eileen had arranged for Alec to sit beside Kate, but he was too busy socializing to eat. Going from table to table, greeting guests and giving the welcome toast, he hadn’t sat down once. Nor had he given Kate another glance. Even when they’d processed out of the chapel, he’d kept his gaze away from hers. But all wasn’t lost, she thought, watching Alec down a glass of champagne and clap a kilted friend on the back.
