Total pages in book: 29
Estimated words: 26959 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 135(@200wpm)___ 108(@250wpm)___ 90(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 26959 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 135(@200wpm)___ 108(@250wpm)___ 90(@300wpm)
Kristie giggles.
“Yeah, definitely. You’re the girl who married her bodyguard, and he’s sooo hunky too. Let me know if Karl has a friend for me!”
I laugh, smiling at my pretty friend.
“Well, Karl works alone most times, but I thought you were seeing someone. Aren’t you? Didn’t you meet someone at your sister’s wedding in Austin?”
She pauses, two spots of pink appearing on her cheeks.
“Oh that!” she says. “That wedding was a total shitshow. I’m sorry I didn’t update you on it, but yeah, family is family and mine is a mess. But this isn’t the time to talk, Ains, because Karl’s waiting. Oh my god, they’re starting the wedding march. Go, go!”
Then, she practically pushes me into the garden as the music swells. I smile beatifically, breathing in the clean spring air while nodding at our guests. But it’s the handsome man at the end of the aisle who makes my heart race. He’s dark and gorgeous, with blue eyes that positively sizzle as they meet mine across the way. Even better – this man is all mine.
I walk down the aisle slowly, our eye contact never breaking. Then, when I get to the chuppah, my fiancé invites me to step inside.
“Welcome, sweetheart,” he greets in a low voice. “Are you ready to start our lives together?”
I take Karl’s big hand in my small one, smiling up into his handsome face.
“I was born ready, big guy. Make me your wife.”
Then, we’re joined in a ceremony of love and happiness, that celebrates the old as well as the new. It blends religious tradition with modern dynamism, and I’ve never felt more loved, comfortable, and at ease. Even better, I’ve had so much good fortune in my life that I hope every woman in the world gets to experience a bit of the same. Right now, I’m focused on Kristie because I know something’s going on there. My pretty friend has been really evasive whenever she talks about her stepbrother, and I could swear that there’s something illicit going on there. Oooh, imagine that – a stepbrother dating the young woman who joined his family as a little girl. Taboo? Yes. But what will happen? We can only wait and see.
In the meantime, I smile at my handsome groom as he bends to kiss me.
“You’re mine,” he rasps. “All mine.”
“Yes,” I breathe against Karl’s lips. “Yours.”
Then, I’m swept into his embrace, those powerful arms holding me close to his broad chest. This is where I belong ... and this is always where home will be.
THE END