Justice of the Peace Norris stepped forward. “Before we begin, Beau has something he’d like to say to Lottie.”
Beau winked at Hailey, probably because she had confusion written all over her face. “Be right back.” He pulled something from his jacket pocket and knelt before Lottie. “Lil’ Bit, I’m not just marrying your mama today and making promises to her. I’m making promises to you too. So if it’s okay with you, I’d like to make those promises in front of our family and friends.”
Lottie’s tear-filled gaze never left Beau’s face, and she nodded.
He blew out a big breath and smiled. “Good.” He took her hand in his. “Lottie, I wasn’t there when you were born, or when you took your first step, or when you said your first word, but I promise to always be there for you from now on, when things are fun and when things aren’t so fun. I promise to take care of you and teach you to take care of yourself. I promise to dance in the living room with you, take you fishing, and listen when you have secrets to tell. I also promise to give your boyfriends the evil eye and to clean my shotgun every time one of those rascals picks you up for a date.” Lottie’s laughter dislodged a tear that was hanging on her lashes. Beau wiped it away with his thumb. “And I vow to love you and cherish you and take you for ice cream every chance we get. I’m the luckiest man in the whole world to have you and your mama in my life.” He slipped a birthstone ring onto the third finger of her right hand and sealed his vows with a kiss to her forehead. “I do take you, Lottie girl.”
Lottie threw herself at Beau and squeezed his neck. “I do take you too, Beau. I do. I do. I do.” She pulled back and admired the ring on her finger. “Thank you.”
“You’re welcome.”
Lottie turned to Hailey with awe painted all over her face. “Look, Mom.”
Hailey took her daughter’s hand and inspected the ring. This man. How had she gotten so very lucky? “It’s beautiful.” She kissed Lottie’s finger. “He’s pretty great, huh?”
“He’s awesome.”
Beau stood and placed a hand on Lottie’s shoulder. “If it’s okay with you, I’m going to marry your mom now.”
“Yes, please.” Both Hailey and Lottie said at the same time.
The audience laughed, and more than a few of them were wiping their own tears. Beau clasped Hailey’s hand in his. “I love you.”
“I love you too.”
JP Norris cleared his throat. “Can we continue?”
Beau’s lips kicked up in a killer grin, and he raised one tawny brow to Hailey in question. “Are you ready?”
There was no containing the joy that spilled from her heart and spread across her face. She closed the distance between them and tilted her face to his. “I was born ready, Heartbreaker.”
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Jami Albright is a born and raised Texas girl and is the multiple award-winning author of The Brides on the Run series--a fun, sexy, snarky, laugh-out-loud good time. If you don’t snort with laughter, then she hasn’t done her job.
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