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I have never been happier than I am right now, but I am already looking forward to tomorrow because with Elle, I am happier every single day than I was the one before it.
ELLE
The ceremony went by without a hitch, and the reception meal was perfect. I am always nervous when I plan a wedding, but this time, I was a wreck. I don’t know what I would have done if something had gone wrong at Jody’s wedding. She wouldn’t have been worried about it. She kept telling me it was only one day and she wanted to marry Josh because she will love him forever, not to have the wedding of the year, but still, I never would have forgiven myself if anything had gone wrong.
I was kind of out of practice, but I soon got back into the swing of it. It’s been almost two years since I planned a wedding myself. My business has grown so much, and I mostly work behind the scenes now. My company is a multimillion-dollar business now, an empire as Falcon puts it, and I employ forty full-time staff and hundreds of contractors.
It was nice to get back in the saddle for a short time, but I like being able to leave the day-to-day running to the staff and just oversee their work. Realistically, I could walk away and be a stay-at-home boss, and I know my business would thrive. It’s not something I planned on doing, but sometimes, things come up that weren’t necessarily expected, and sometimes those things are the best things to happen to us.
Jody and Josh had their first dance, the speeches have been done, and now the band is in full swing, and everyone is having a good time. I search the room for Falcon and spot him talking to someone at the bar. He looks good, better than good. He turns, feeling my eyes on him. He meets my eye and smiles. He excuses himself and comes toward me.
I take his hand in mine.
“Can we go outside and get some air?” I say.
“Of course,” he says, frowning in concern. “Are you alright?”
“Never better,” I assure him. “I just wanted to talk to you about something.”
He leads me through the crowd and out onto the veranda. The veranda is strung with lights that cast a warm glow over the guests. Falcon opens the little gate and leads me down a pathway. We sit down on a bench once we’re out of earshot of the guests.
I open my purse and pull out a tiny knitted bootie. I hand it to Falcon with a smile. He takes it and looks at it for a moment, and then he shakes his head.
“I fucking knew it. She is pregnant, isn’t she?”
I shake my head and smile.
“No,” I say. “But I am.”
“What?” he demands. “You are what?”
I look pointedly at the bootie in his hands, and the realization comes over him in a wave. His face breaks into a big grin, and he pulls me into his arms and kisses me.
“Elle, you make me the happiest man in the world every single day, but today, you’ve exceeded yourself. I can’t believe we’re going to have another baby.”
He stands up and pulls me up beside him. He wraps his arms around my waist and lifts me off the ground, spinning me in a circle as he kisses me.
He whispers, “I love you, Elle.”
THE END
