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“Where?” I lifted my head as I asked him.
“You’ll see,” he grinned, his eyes sparkling with excitement.
I narrowed my eyes as I pondered what he could possibly be up to.
When he pulled up at the nursing home I was still confused. “Why are we here?” I unbuckled my seatbelt and followed him into the building.
Breezing past the sliding glass doors, he finally answered me. “Mr. Jenkins said he better be invited to our wedding, so I’m breaking him out of this place and letting him come. The guy deserves a little fun in his life.”
I smiled up at the man I loved so much. He had such a big heart and he never ceased to amaze me. I couldn’t believe I used to hate him. I hadn’t known him at all and once I did get to know the real Jude, I saw that there was no one else like him. He was special and he’d always be mine.
“Hi, Trudy,” Jude greeted the lady at the front desk.
She looked up and smiled widely at us. “What are you doing here? Aren’t you supposed to be at your friend’s wedding?”
Jude nodded, and wrapped his arm around my waist, pulling me against his side. “Yeah, we were there, but now Tatum and I have decided to get married. Today,” he added bluntly.
Trudy’s eyes widened in surprise as she looked between the two of us. “Oh, wow. That’s exciting.”
“It is,” Jude agreed. “But I was wondering,” he lowered his voice and gave her his most charming smile, “if it would be possible for me to pick up Mr. Jenkins and take him with us. He was very adamant about being at my wedding and I want him there. Please, Trudy?” Jude batted his eyelashes.
I wanted to roll my eyes at his ridiculous display, but of course Trudy caved.
“I’ll see what I can do.”
Twenty minutes later we were on our way, Mr. Jenkins in tow, with strict orders to have him back by eight tonight.
“I knew you two would get married.” Mr. Jenkins smiled proudly in the truck—I was stuck sitting in the middle, practically on Jude’s lap. I didn’t know how he drove.
“I knew it too,” Jude agreed. “Even though Tate wanted to fight me the whole way.” Skimming his fingers along my neck, he murmured, “But no one can resist my charm.”
He was definitely right about that.
We got back to the mansion and went in search of our friends. Rowan ended up intercepting me and shooing Jude and Mr. Jenkins away. I watched them leave, laughing at Mr. Jenkins’ wide-eyed expression as he looked around the mansion in awe. It was pretty impressive so I couldn’t blame him.
“Who’s the old guy?” Rowan asked, watching them leave as well.
“Mr. Jenkins. He’s a patient at the nursing home Jude works at,” I shrugged.
“Oh, that’s cool,” she smiled. “It was sweet of Jude to want to bring him. Now come on,” she grabbed ahold of my arm, dragging me up the main staircase, “we found a dress for you.”
I was pulled into the bedroom we’d used to get ready in earlier. Olivia and Lily stood inside waiting for us.
I expected them to be angry about what Jude and I were doing—after all, Lily wasn’t family to me, and I didn’t really know Olivia all that well—but they were smiling happily and eager to help.
“Do you want to change your hair?” Rowan asked, already reaching to pull out the braid.
“I like it the way it is,” I assured her.
She immediately dropped her hand and went over to the chair in the corner. She turned back around to face me with a white dress draped over her arm. She bit her lip nervously and held it up. “I hope you like it.”
The dress was short and I knew when I put it on it would hit just above my knees. It was strapless with a sweetheart neckline and a silver sparkly band around the waist. The bottom of it flowed without being poufy. It definitely wasn’t the traditional wedding dress, but it was perfect.
“I love it, Row.” I reached out to touch the fabric. “This is perfect. How’d you find it?”
She shrugged. “It was mine. I got it for a homecoming dress in high school and never got a chance to wear it. Someone should.”
“Please tell me you didn’t leave your wedding to go get this,” I frowned.
