by JB Heller
I smiled at the sight of her. “I couldn’t wait to see you, so I came home early.” It was partially true.
Her answering smile obliterated my earlier nerves. “Come inside, baby. I’ve got something for you.” She dropped the nappy bag she had on her shoulder when she noticed the flowers on the coffee table. Her confused gaze moved from the flowers to me and back again as she adjusted Belle in her arms. “Do you like them?”
“Do I like them? Are you crazy? Of course, I like them. They’re gorgeous,” she said.
I took her hand and led her over to the couch and waited for her to sit. When she did, I dropped down on one knee in front of her, and she gasped. Her doe eyes widened. “What are you doing?” she asked.
“Proposing.”
A big fat tear leaked from the corner of her eye as she stared at the little red velvet box I held up in between us. “Yes. A million times yes, Kai. Oh god, I love you.”
“I haven’t asked the question yet. I had this whole speech prepared to convince you to marry me.”
“You don’t need one. You are the best man I’ve ever known. I love you with all my heart, and I can’t imagine a life without you in it,” she whispered.
I took the ring out of the box and slid it on her petite finger. “Perfect.” I said when I saw it sitting in place.
“I’ll never take it off,” she promised.
Belle started to squirm in Mia’s lap where she way lying. I scooped her up and held her close to my face as I breathed in her baby scent. “Hey, baby, what do you think? Should mummy and daddy get married and have a bunch more babies?” She squirmed some more, and I pulled her away slightly so I could kiss her teeny, tiny little nose.
I cradled Belle in my arms and looked back to her mumma. “Mia, you are my life, you and Belle, you’re my future. And you’ve become my family, too. And I’m not the only one who feels like that,” I said as our hiding guests took their cue to join us.
Mia watched as the room filled with our extended family. “You should know marrying me means marrying into all this.” I gestured to everyone gathered behind me. “You became a part of us six months ago. And none of us will ever let you go.”
Mia’s brown eyes filled with tears, and as they spilled over her cheeks, she launched herself at me, only slowing just before impact so as not to squish our baby. Her arms wrapped around my neck, and she kissed my face all over. “You have given me everything I ever wanted. You showed me kindness, you taught me love, and you gave me a family.”
EPILOGUE
SIX MONTHS LATER.
“You ready for this, mate?” Gabe asked me.
I frowned at him. “Of course, I am. I’ve been ready for this for six months.”
“I was just checking,” he said.
Axel was chatting up one of Mia’s long-lost cousins we’d managed to track down when we started planning the wedding. We didn’t invite Mia’s mother, but Mia had mentioned remembering an Aunt who would send her cards for her birthday and the holidays, but her mother had never told her anything about her.
It turned out Mia did have a family, quite a big one actually. Her mother came from a well-to-do family but got into drugs when she was young and burned all her bridges as far as her family was concerned. Except for one of her sisters who continually tried to reach out to her, but her pride wouldn’t allow her to accept any help.
She’d doomed not only herself with her pride but Mia too. The woman was nothing but selfish, and I didn’t want her around my family. But for Mia, I’d looked into her extended family. Mia had been ecstatic when I told her about them, and over the past few months, she had developed a relationship with a few of her cousins.
And right at this moment, Axel was trying to convince one of them to let him in her pants. I stalked over and pulled him back to the gathering of groomsmen by his ear. “Hey, what’d you do that for? I was making progress,” he whined.
I narrowed my eyes on him. “If you fuck it up with her and it affects her relationship with Mia, I’ll kick your arse.”
He rolled his eyes. “Fine, no banging the family. Geeze, you guys are no fun.” His eyes travelled around our little group. “Cut me some slack. You all have smokin’ ladies by your sides, and I’m still flying solo.”
Bray raised a brow. “Not our fault you can’t pull.”
Axel’s reaction was priceless. “Yes, it is! Women don’t even see me when I’m with you lot.”
Dex cut in, “And that’s our fault, how?”
Axel flipped him off. “Maybe yous could take it down a notch in the macho alpha male department. In case you haven’t noticed, I’m not exactly a macho man like yourselves.”
“Maybe you should take it up a notch,” Gabe threw in.
Axel crossed his arms over his chest. “Whatever, fucksticks. I’m awesome.”
“Sure you are, and that’s why you’re still single,” I said.
Before he could respond, the music announcing Mia’s arrival started, and we all moved into our places. Gabe stood by my side followed by Axel, then Bray, and Dex. Sloan walked down the aisle towards us first. She looked elegant in a strapless silver dress that flowed softly around her hips and ended at her knees.
Stella was next, wearing the same kind of dress as her twin. Then came Gracie and Tessie in little silver dresses with matching shoes. They walked towards us hand in hand. Next was Ivy holding my beautiful baby Annabelle. She looked more like her mumma every day. Even her eyes had turned the same shade of melty chocolate brown as her mummy’s. Both Ivy and Belle wore gold dresses.
Then I saw Mia walk around the corner and into the garden we were all gathered in. She was stunning. Her hair hung in loose waves around her shoulders and down her back with a small tiara on the crown of her head. The dress she wore was also strapless with sparking beads around the top above and below her breasts. Then it fell loosely around her hips stopping just below her knees.
The most beautiful part of all was her brilliant smile. It lit up her entire face, taking my breath away and filling me with renewed purpose and reinvigorating my love for her.
Nothing in my life had been as right as this moment.
The celebrant rattled off the usual spiel about becoming man and wife, but I didn’t hear any of it. My sole focus was on Mia. I couldn’t take my eyes off of her. She kicked me in the shin when it was my turn to repeat my vows, and only then did I pay attention to the celebrant, causing Mia to giggle.
Hearing Mia promise herself to me in front of all those gathered made my heart soar. As soon as the words ‘You may now kiss the bride’ left the celebrant’s mouth, I wrapped my arms around her and seared her lips with mine, only freeing her from my possessive kiss when wolf whistles erupted from the small crowd.
Mia didn’t seem to mind, though. She grinned up at me and whispered, “Later.” She then shot me a stealthy little wink before our friends and family invaded our space and began wishing us well and congratulating us.
What more could I ask for? When I thought the best life had to offer me was my best friend and his family, Mia had come along and taken my world by storm. She was my everything. Now and forever.
I was ecstatic for Kai and Mia. They had both lived shit lives until they found each other. I looked around at my unconventional family, we were all a little fucked up in our own special ways, but they had all found that one person that made getting out of bed in the morning worth the effort.
It wasn’t that I was jealous or anything, alright maybe I was a little jealous. But as time passed and I watched my friends find their piece of happy, I was beginning to feel like I never would.
I was tired of being alone. I was sick of being the third wheel. I wanted my own piece of happy too. I just had no idea where to find it.
THE END
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
JB Heller is an average Aussie housewife with a wicked sexy imagination. She and her super sexy husband are the parents of three little minions, two Great Danes and one constantly terrified cat.
She spends her days running around after her raucous children and jotting down stories in her flower embossed leather notebook, (She is very particular about her stationary.). However, the kids often run off with said stationary so she is forced to use her iPhone, iPad or whatever she can get her hands on (Damn kids!).
When the kids are taking their nap, nine times out of ten, JB can be found sitting at her computer typing as fast as she can, while she can, usually with her phone wedged between her shoulder and ear bouncing ideas off her sister.
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