“We’ll just get divorced. You can even take half my stuff.”
That startled a laugh out of me.
“It’s not a joke, I mean every word.” David was staring into my eyes like I was his everything. “I love you… say yes.”
CHAPTER 26
AVRIL
I didn’t say yes,so much as I launched at him, kissing the man I loved like my life depended on it—the man I was going to fucking marry.
Well, fuck yeah!
David pulled away from my kisses, grinning widely. He held my hand gently as he delicately placed my new engagement ring on my ring finger.
I don’t know why I even worried about any of this—it was a perfect fit.
I don’t know what I was doing with my ex, with all of those other awful dates looking for the one… becausethis. Thisis what it was supposed to feel like.
Finally, finally, the words and the warnings and everything that I knew kind of clicked at once in my head.
Oh.
Thisis what my loved ones meant when they were trying to save me from myself or something. How it wasn’t about the wedding itself; it was about the person you were marrying or something like that.
I got it now. I really did.
If love isn’t like this, then I don’t want it.
CHAPTER 27
AVRIL
“Right,I don’t want anyone to be surprised, so I’ve called this quick family meeting. There’s just a slight change to the wedding plans, and I wanted to let you all know.” I folded my hands so no one could see that they were shaking slightly. Damn nerves.
I’d called every single one of my fathers and half my brothers to the living room. Getting all my brothers together was kind of like herding cats; they were always at the gym or trying to get laid, or getting mixed up in an anti-terrorist conspiracy or something. Figured I could talk to my mothers later, after I’d gotten the conversation with the dramatic males of the family out of the way.
I waited till they all settled down, as much as my family could settle and be counted on to pay attention. Pa Nix was on the edge of his seat, like he was ready to go to war for his kid. My older brother Gunnar looked like he was on the verge of taking a nap on the sofa.
“You really don’t need to call us all together because you changed the venue or something, we can just roll with it, Sis.” Titus was scrolling on his phone, not even looking at me. He’d been occasionally smiling with literal hearts in his eyes as he wastexting, so obviously the hunt for his pack mates had gone well. Which was good for him.
Though if he really knew what was good for him, he would pay attention to the wedding details so that everything went according to plan. God help me, if my wedding went to shit because my brother couldn’t keep his dick in his pants for five damn minutes, and let me iron out logistics, his head would be on a fucking plate, served with the wedding cake.
“Let’s get one thing straight, I wouldneverchange the venue. I’ve had the Crystal Chateau reserved foryears.” Honestly, I’d reserved it for longer than I’d even known my ex. It wasn’t a big deal or anything, but I had a working relationship with Terry, the owner. Honestly, unless the venue was literally on fire, the wedding was happening there. No questions about it. “No, but I thought I should mention that I’m making a slight change with the groom. Don’t want anyone to misunderstand when you see my new fiancé at the altar.”
Thatapparently was news enough that Titus actually looked away from his phone; his jaw dropped in shock.
He wasn’t the only one. It went so quiet in the room that one could hear an ant fart.
The silence was too good to be true—and it didn’t last long as all my dads and some of my brothers all started talking at once.
“What thefuckdid that little shit do to my baby girl?”
“How dare he break my little girl’s heart.”
“I’m going to kill him.”
“No,I’mgoing to kill him; you’re going to wait in line and kill him after—”
