Total pages in book: 76
Estimated words: 69371 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 347(@200wpm)___ 277(@250wpm)___ 231(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 69371 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 347(@200wpm)___ 277(@250wpm)___ 231(@300wpm)
"We are just missing one thing,” Shelby notes, looking at Presley and trying to hide her tears.
"A husband,” my mother says, and we all laugh as I turn to walk out of the bedroom and stop when I see Luke there waiting for me. He's wearing black pants and a white button-down shirt untucked. The sleeves are rolled up to his elbows, his hair is pushed back, and you can see where his fingers ran through it. He's never looked hotter. His face is filled with a smile when he looks at me.
"Oh my God." Those are the only words he says as he wipes a tear away.
"You have one job,” Shelby warns. “One."
"I…" Luke starts to say.
"It's not like you've never seen her in a wedding dress before,” Presley says, and my mother moans. "What? It's true."
"I can't wait until it's your turn,” Harlow says to Presley, and she throws her head back and laughs.
"Please, after you three?" She points at us. “I'm dying alone with my ten cats."
"Why would you get ten cats?" Shelby asks, shaking her head.
"We are going to wait outside,” Harlow says with a smile. “Please keep all clothes on."
I can't help but chuckle as she walks out, and my heart speeds up when it's just the two of us. “You look beautiful."
"Better than the first one?" I ask, and he nods his head.
"This is you," he says, coming to me. "And you are mine."
"I am yours," I confirm to him, and he kisses my lips. “Now, can we go and make me your wife?"
"We can," he agrees, kissing my lips one more time. “All this time," he continues, holding my hand as we walk out of the house, "you were always going to be mine." I look over at him as he brings my hand to his lips. “And I'll cherish you forever."
Epilogue Two
Luke
One year later
"Honey, I'm home!” I shout as I walk into the house and slam the door behind me. Walking to the kitchen, I expect to see Clarabella sitting at the island, but all that is there is her purse. Her shoes are kicked off beside the island. “Hello!" I shout up the stairs, and after a minute, when I don't hear anything, I walk up the steps. I go straight to our room and see the bed is still unmade from the morning, the picture of us from our wedding above the bed, and every single time I see it, I smile. "Clarabella?" I call her name and see the bathroom door is closed.
"In here." Her voice comes out soft, and I walk over and open the door, expecting her to be in the bath. She isn't. Instead, she is sitting in the middle of the bathroom with her legs crossed and a brown bag beside her. There are open boxes next to her and in front of her are what look like five or six white markers.
"What are you doing?" I ask and see the worry on her face.
"Do you know what these are?" She points at the things in front of her.
I walk over and squat down in front of her and see a tear rolling down her cheek, and my whole body goes stiff. My stomach is in my throat, and my whole body goes on alert as every single possible scenario goes through my mind. “I have no idea," I say to her and reach out to pick up one. I turn over the white stick in my hand and see the word Pregnant in the middle of it. My eyes fly back to her.
"I know," she says softly. “I mean, I didn't know, which is why I decided I needed to take six. I don't know how it happened.”
"Well, we do have a lot of sex,” I remind her. “Are you sad about having a baby with me?" I can't even swallow the lump in my throat.
"No." She gets up on her knees. "I was scared you would be sad."
"What?" I say, shocked. "Why the fuck would you even think that?"
"I don't know. We never really discussed it," she says, getting up and pacing in front of me.
"Did you or did you not tell me you want babies?" I get up, still holding the test in my hand.
"Well, yeah, I told you that I wanted babies." She puts her hands on her hips. “But you never said you did."
"I married you." I chuckle. “Which means that I accepted everything you wanted." She just opens her mouth, and then I take the steps to her. “It's an honor for you to have our babies. There is no one else in the whole world I want to have kids with. There is no one else in the whole world I want to do life with except you." I hold her face in my hands and kiss her lips.