‘Mama,’ Blake squealed in delight as he spotted me and held his arms out. I handed my bouquet to Izzie then took him off Castle, who mouthed “Stunning” at me, his blue eyes as watery as the vast undulating ocean behind him.
‘Hello, my darling boy,’ I whispered, giving Blake a lingering kiss on his soft chubby cheek. ‘Be a good boy and go and sit with your sister for a few minutes, Daddy and I have some important things to say to each other, okay?’ I asked. He nodded, but he was too young to understand what I was saying to him. Even if he could, he was such a placid baby he’d probably still do whatever he was told, we’d been so lucky with him. I set him down and Rosie gave him a big grin and held out her hand. He took it and I clutched at my aching heart as he toddled unsteadily at her side to the front row of white wooden chairs and she lifted him up onto one.
I took a deep breath and turned to face Castle, who immediately caught my hands in his and lifted them to his lips, kissing both of my wrists.
‘You’ve never looked more beautiful, Tiger.’
‘And you’ve never looked more handsome, my big, soft teddy bear.’ I giggled as a look of mortification settled on his face and everyone started laughing, including his security team. Alves even displayed some rare warmth and personality as he guffawed and slapped Castle on the back. He was actually a really nice guy, he was just paid to be formal and emotionless while he was on duty. The more I’d got to know him, the more I liked him.
‘It was bloody Tom, wasn’t it?’ Castle groaned.
‘I know, I know,’ Tom uttered from behind me. ‘I’m swimming back to the U.K. I’m so sorry, it just slipped out. Ooops, I’ve said that a few times before,’ he added with some nervous laughter. ‘I bet you have too. Oh God, not that I’m implying you’re tiny in the trouser department, or live up to your soft and cuddly moniker, or me for that fact. I’m not tiny. Or soft. Except for right now as you’re giving me that look that you give when you’re about to bark an order. Oh God. You’re about to bark, aren’t you? Actually, you know it’s kind of a turn on when you’re all hot and bossy. I might not be looking so tiny after all if you keep looking at me like that. And–’
‘And you have the nerve to call me the waffler?’ Janice called, making everyone laugh as she interrupted him from his nervous babblefest.
‘I’m anything but soft when I look at you, Tiger,’ Castle whispered throatily in my ear, making my stomach knot in delicious anticipation of what he had planned for our wedding night in private later. ‘Except for my heart, which couldn’t hold any more love than it does right this second.’
‘It had better swell and find some room for extra love, and fast,’ I whispered in return. ‘As this tiger will be expanding her pack next year.’
‘You’re pregnant again?’ he exclaimed loudly, announcing my secret to the whole congregation. The air was filled with the sound of a gasp on their lips as they waited with bated breath.
‘I am,’ I laughed, tearing up as there was a huge cheer and round of applause and I heard Rosie yelling “Yay!” in the background.
‘Tiger, I fucking love you,’ Castle exclaimed as he grabbed me and lifted me off my feet, crushing me to his chest as he spun me around, showing me with his deep and passionate kiss just how thrilled he was with the news.
And so was I.
It had been a long, painful, and hard-fought journey to get here, but life just couldn’t be more perfect if it tried. And it hadn’t escaped my attention that fate had played the perfect game of chess in manoeuvring me here.
From Knight to King then Bishop to Castle. Checkmate. Game over.
And the man who’d won me, Tate Castle, really was my knight in shining armour. He’d helped to show me that evil could be conquered, and what was truly inescapable in life was love.
The End
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