Til Death Do Us Part (Vegas Vows)
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I’d thought about telling them about the pregnancy scare but thought I’d wait until they were here, and how we decided in the next couple of years we wanted to start our family. I planned to bring Everly with me when I came back close to when they’d be heading back to Stockholm for them to meet her. Mom was already dying to meet her new daughter-in-law.
“Too bad the whole family couldn’t be here,” I muttered as I turned back around to find where Everly was. I spotted her immediately. She was laughing with Alex and her friends as if she’d been friends with them for ages.
“Yeah, but it is what it is. I’m used to it by now.” Pulling me into a side hug, he watched Mason and the kids play with Holden and Prue’s dog. “Maybe one day, you’ll move here.”
I wanted to say one day he, Alex, and the kids could move to Oasis, but I knew it wouldn’t be anytime soon. There was no way Mason’s biological dad would let him move. He’d never let them be happy like that.
“Maybe one day. Has Alex’s ex given you guys any problems about her pregnancy?”
“Not much more than snide comments. He knows I won’t put up with his bullshit so he’s been…tamer, I guess is the word I’d use. The only time he’s usually a problem is when we go to LA for the summer or wherever for a shoot.”
“What an asshole.”
“You don’t have to tell me. I just hate it for Alex and Mason. He’s the best kid I know, and I hate when I see the sadness his dad puts in his eyes when he shows how little he cares. On that note, I’m going to go check on Gracie. I don’t trust that damn monitor.”
I laughed at him because he was constantly checking on her, but it was sweet. He loved his family, and I knew he’d do everything in his power to keep them safe.
“I’ll see you later,” I called as I headed toward my wife, but got stopped by Jenner, Luke, and Alex’s friend.
“Hey,” he clapped me on the shoulder, “I heard you joined the club.”
Turning to him with my face knitted in confusion, I asked. “What club?”
“Waking up married in Vegas to a total stranger.” He smiled his megawatt Hollywood smile at me.
“I heard, and from the way you two were wrapped around each other earlier, I’d say it’s going pretty great for you.”
“Hands down, Abbi is the best thing that’s ever happened to me. Seems the same for you as well.” He smirked.
“I’ve got no reason to lie to you. I didn’t know it was possible to fall in love with someone in three months, but I have. The thought of her ever leaving my side makes me sick to my stomach. I’d fight the hounds of hell for her.”
“Make sure she knows that and show her every day how much you love her. Your brother is a good example.”
Luke was the best example. He’d found his home in Alex and there wasn’t a day that went by he didn’t show her how much he loved her.
I saw the moment I’d lost Jenner’s attention to his wife. “If you ever need anything, give me a call. I’m only a couple of hours away if traffics good, or if you two are ever up in LA.”
“Sure thing. Thanks.” I waved as he left, wondering if Luke or Alex put Jenner up to talking to me. Not that Jenner wasn’t a good guy, he was, but we’d barely spoken to each other in the past.
Arms wrapped around me from behind. “Are you doing okay?”
Turning into her, I bent down and breathed in Everly’s floral scent. “I am. How about you? I wasn’t sure you’d want to celebrate after this morning.” When Everly didn’t break down after we found out she wasn’t pregnant, I was shocked, but let her have her space to figure out what she wanted. Maybe she’d changed her mind.
“This is different. We’re celebrating something special, and while I’m sad, I realized it’s probably for the best. I’m too greedy wanting to have you all to myself.” She ran her hands up my chest and held onto the sides of my neck as she looked up at me. “But I don’t think I want to wait until I’m thirty to start a family with you.”
My hands drifted down to her ass where I let them rest. “I agree. I want to take you to exotic locations where I can look at my beautiful wife in a bikini for days on end, and to visit my homeland for Christmas for you to experience snow for the first time.” Dipping down to brush my lips to hers, I spoke against her pillow soft lips. “In the meantime, we can enjoy practicing until we decide we want to try for real.”
Throwing her arms around my neck, Everly brought her lips to mine. The way she nipped at my bottom lip had me hard in a nanosecond and not caring where we were. Pulling her with me, I walked us into the shadows of the house where I could rub the bulge in my pants against her core. Everly made the sweetest of sounds as I kneaded her ass in my hands while guiding her slit up and down my zipper until I felt her shudder in my arms. Getting her off was my favorite pastime and something I’d never tire of.
Kissing up my neck and along my jaw. Her tiny hand cupped one side of my face as she beamed up at me with a twinkle in her eyes. “Waking up in Vegas with you as my husband was the best thing to ever happen to me.”
“I agree, my sweet girl. Til death do us part never sounded good until it fell from your lips. I promise I’m going to love you until my last breath and beyond.”
Vegas Vows
Be sure to check out the other books in the Vegas Vows series.
To Have and To Hold by CC Monroe and KD Robichaux
For Better of Worse by Shaw Hart
For Richer or Poorer by Cameron Hart
In Sickness and in Health by K.L. Humphreys
To Love and to Cherish by Rebecca Wilder
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Acknowledgments
My family- your support means so much. Thank you for all of your encouragement and giving me the time to do what makes me happy.
Thank you, Shaw Hart for inviting me to write in Vegas Vows. Thank you CC Monroe, KD Robichaux, Cameron Hart, and Rebecca Wilder for being a part of this awesome series with me.
Wendy: You’re my champion. Thank you for pushing me when I need it, and for rooting for and every character I write.
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To my girls: QB Tyler , Carmel Rhodes, Erica Marselas. I love each and every one of you. Thank you for all of your support.
Thank you Kristen Breanne for making my story into a book.
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About Harlow
Harlow Layne is a hopeless romantic who is known for her contemporary writing style of beautiful slow-burn, sweet, sexy and swoon-worthy alpha and fast pace, super steamy romance in her Love is Blind series.
When Harlow's not writing you'll find her online shopping on Amazon, Facebook, or Instagram, reading, or hanging out with her family and two dogs.
Indie Author. Romance Writer. Reader. Mom. Wife. Dog Lover. Addicted to all things Happily Ever After
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Willow Bay Series - Forbidden
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Anthologies
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