The single tear that trailed down his right cheek.
Oh, my sweet, sweet man.
Lila, Tatum, and Everly were already standing there as Talia walked down the aisle as my maid of honor.
Beside Carter stood Garrick, Ethan, Alec, and Dominik.
And no, I hadn’t missed as Garrick’s eyes had followed Tatum, and Dominik’s were currently following Talia.
The two of them had come to some sort of deal after I had bitched him out.
And it was weird.
I shook my head to clear it of those thoughts the moment Talia took her place.
I felt my dad’s eyes on me and turned my head to look up at him.
He winked down at me and said, “The day you were born, I promised myself that if this moment ever came and I thought for even a nanosecond that you weren’t going to be happy, I’d have a getaway car at the ready.”
I smiled and tried to hold back my tears. “Really?”
He nodded. “Yeah. Really. Nothing I won’t do for you, baby. But that man standing up there, I have zero doubts that he won’tmake you happy. That he won’t bust his ass to make sure you have everything you could ever want or need. And now, I see he’s getting a tad bit impatient.”
I looked at Carter and saw that my dad was right.
His eyes were narrowed, and his fists were clenched at his sides.
I chuckled and then said, “Well, let’s go.”
And together, my dad walked me down the aisle to my forever.
***
Carter led me out onto the make-shift dance floor as the opening chords started to play.
He tilted his head, and the moment it hit him, he started laughing, pulling me close and gathering me in his arms.
The song I had chosen was none other thanTake My Breath Away by Berlin.
“Of course, you would choose our song from our favorite movie,” he said as he whispered in my hair.
It was only a few moments before his family figured it out, and I heard them all laughing.
We danced to that song, and then once it was over, he pulled me in even closer, pressed a kiss on my forehead, and said, “Told you it was okay for you to choose our song, but I wanted to dance to a second one. This is my vow to you.”
I stared into his oceanlike-colored eyes and felt that flow through me.
And when the song that he had chosen started, he once again used his thumbs to wipe away my tears.
Then I was back in his arms, swaying and dancing toEverything I Do by Bryan Adams.
I sat there feeding cake to my husband as he returned the favor when he jerked his chin at something on the dance floor.
Looking over, I wasn’t surprised to find Tatum and Garrick slow dancing toFrom This Moment On.
Then I looked for Lance, her boyfriend, and when I didn’t see him, I lifted a brow at Carter.
He shook his head, “No clue. Do know if Granger was here, he’d beat the shit out of Lance.”
