Total pages in book: 57
Estimated words: 54287 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 271(@200wpm)___ 217(@250wpm)___ 181(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 54287 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 271(@200wpm)___ 217(@250wpm)___ 181(@300wpm)
My smile widens. “Oh yeah?”
“Yeah… wife. And I can’t wait to call you that for the rest of our lives.”
“I love you… husband.”
I groan. “Fuck, I love hearing that on your lips. I love you too, wife.”
EPILOGUE
DAVIS
“This is ridiculous,” Jason says.
I just laugh as I guide him toward the hair salon. “Come on, dude. We are past time to get our hair cut. Walker told us both that we needed to tighten this up.”
Abby is in front of us, leading the way. “I’m not going to lie. I’m going to miss the long hair.”
I put one hand at her waist. “I can leave it if you prefer.”
Jason overhears and stops in his tracks. “Yeah, let’s skip it. Come on, let’s go to Red’s Diner. My treat. I’ll buy you each a piece of the apple cinnamon Blaze cake that everyone keeps going on about.”
Abby threads her arm through Jason’s and walks him the last few steps toward the salon. “Jason, my friend Olivia is the best in town. We can’t cancel now. Plus, Davis has already promised us dinner at Red’s, his treat.”
Jason grumbles, but he follows right along with her. That’s the power of Abby. She eases even the hardest of hearts.
When we get inside, the salon is full of women, and they all stare. Olivia comes up to Abby and pulls her into a big hug. “There she is. It’s been forever since I’ve seen you. Heck, when was the last time I saw you? Oh yeah, the sex club.”
Abby grabs her friend and covers her mouth. “Seriously. Why don’t you buy a billboard and put it up on there that we went to a sex club? Geez, Olivia.”
She just laughs, and Abby shakes her head. “Anyway, you know Davis. My fiancé,” she singsongs and then pulls Jason toward Olivia. “And this is Jason.”
She looks at Jason, and her eyes widen. She walks toward him and puts one hand on his elbow and then puts her other hand on his to hold it. “Hey, Jason, you want to go first?”
His voice is gruff. “Yeah. Sure. Might as well get it over with.”
Olivia is unfazed. She laughs and then threads her arm through Jason’s. “Okay, so sexy and grumpy. My kind of man.” She pulls him toward her chair and calls over her shoulder, “You two have a seat.”
Abby and I go sit down, and she’s smiling widely as she watches her friend walk across the shop with Jason on her arm. I ignore the stares of all the women around us. “What are you looking at?”
She slaps me on the arm excitedly. “Did you see that? I’m pretty sure that Olivia is flirting with Jason.”
I watch the two of them across the room. It looks like Jason is flushed, but his face is grim. I knew he was uncomfortable about coming here today. “Maybe, but if so, she’s going to have her work cut out for her with him.”
She laughs, her eyes still on the couple across the room. “You don’t know Olivia.”
I thread our hands together and run a finger along the ring she’s wearing. “Have you picked a date yet?”
She turns to me. “About that…”
She looks unsure, and it automatically freaks me out. “You already said yes. I’m not letting you change your mind.”
She leans toward me and kisses me right here in front of everyone. “You’re so crazy. I’m not changing my mind, but I did pick a date.”
“Name it,” I tell her.
“The first Saturday in October.”
I think about today’s date and then try to compute it. “Wait. That’s next month.”
She nods. “I don’t want to wait. I don’t want a big wedding. I just want to be your wife.”
I lean toward her. This woman consumes my every thought, and I know that having my ring on her finger is going to give me some peace in knowing she’s mine. “I want that too. You just tell me when and where and I’ll be there. It will be the best day of my life.”
She kisses me again, and it kills me that I can’t kiss her the way I want to. When she pulls away, she whispers, “Our lives. It will be the best day of OUR lives.”