Page 31 of Hitched to the Mountain Man

"Happy?" I ask, though I can see the answer in Savannah's eyes.

"Beyond happy." She rests her head on my chest. "Who knew the best business deal of my life would turn out like this?"

I laugh, spinning her gently. "I think we both got more than we bargained for."

"No regrets?"

"Not a single one." I kiss her forehead. "Marrying you is the smartest thing I've ever done. Both times."

She looks up at me, love shining in her eyes. "I'm glad I ran that day. Glad we got to do this right."

"Me too." I pull her closer. "Though I would have married you any way I could get you. Business arrangement. Elopement. Whatever it took."

As the song ends, Riley and Jax dance over to us. "Mind if we steal the happy couple for a moment?" Riley asks.

"Did you see your cake yet?" Riley asks excitedly as she leads Savannah toward the dessert table. "I used that recipe you loved from the dinner last week."

I watch them go, these two strong women who've changed the Reeves brothers' lives so completely.

"Never thought we'd both end up here," Jax says, clapping my shoulder. "Committed men. Respected members of the community."

"Stranger things have happened," I reply. "Though not many."

He laughs. "You know, when Riley first showed up at my wilderness program with that clipboard and those regulations, I was sure she'd shut me down. Instead..."

"Instead, she saw the real you." I finish for him. "Funny how that works."

We share a moment of understanding, two brothers who found love in the most unexpected places.

When Savannah returns to my side, her eyes bright with joy, I pull her close again. "You have me now," I remind her. "Forever."

Forever. The word echoes through me, a promise I intend to keep. What started as a marriage of convenience has become the most inconvenient, challenging, wonderful thing in my life. And I wouldn't change a single moment of how we got here.

Because sometimes, the most unexpected beginnings lead to the most beautiful endings. Or rather, beginnings. Because this, our real wedding day, isn't an ending at all.

It's just the start of everything we were always meant to be.