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“Hayley and Grams.Thank you for loving and supporting Renee on her journey to become the amazing, beautiful, absolutely perfect woman she is today.”
I swear I can hear a collective sigh from all the women in the room.
He shifts his attention to our parents, our father with his arm wrapped around Mama’s shoulders as she wipes away happy tears.“To Mama and my dad, thank you for being you.For raising us kids to be strong, supportive, loving—yes, even Luca—and independent human beings.Your marriage, and the way you surrounded us all with a house full of love, have shown us the kind of relationships we should strive for.And now us kids have found our soul mates because of the amazing example you’ve shown.”His eyes lock on mine, pride shining in his gaze.I nod, unable to wipe the huge grin off my face as I drop my mouth to press a gentle kiss on the curve of London’s neck.
“Hey, not all of us need to be coupled up,” Val calls out.A round of laughter and snickers fills the air in response.
“OK.As Val so rightly pointed out, notallof us Rossi siblings are spoken for now, but as my sister has always said, she’s married to her job and that’s the only partner she’ll ever need.”That brings more laughter along with an “amen” from Val.
“Finally, to my wife-to-be, Renee, my showstopper, my new dawn, and the best part of every day,thank you for loving me, for supporting me, and for being the brightest star in my sky and the soft landing spot I need when life gets hard.Tomorrow you’ll get my vow, but tonight I’ll tell you my dream.It’s you.It always will be you, and I’ll never stop trying to be a better man, a better partner, and a better husband for you.I love you more every second of every day, and I can’t wait to be called Mr.Hamilton-Rossi tomorrow.”
Renee launches herself at my brother, crushing her mouth to his as he tightens his arms around her and seals their last night as an engaged couple with a kiss.
My father steps forward and holds up his glass.“Please raise your glasses as we toast Marco and Renee.”
We all lift our hands in the air as Renee and Marco finally pull apart and the crowd of theirfamily and closest friends clap before moving towards the tables to get ready for dinner.
Before I do that, I’m caught up in my own honeymoon phase and delirious loved-up state of life.I slide my hand to Lonnie’s hip and turn her around to face me, dipping my lips to brush against hers before sliding my tongue inside her mouth for a teasing taste.Leaning my forehead down to touch hers, I relish in this new version of us that I very nearly missed out on.
“Thank you for loving me too,” she whispers, her voice thick.
“Thank you for waiting for me to realize everything I’ve ever wanted was right beside me all along.”
“You’re welcome?”she says with a laugh.
“With pleasure sounds better,” I rasp.“A lot of it.”
She shrugs and shoots me a wry grin.“I think I can deal with that.They do say you’re only as young as you feel.”
I run one hand down her back to grip her ass as the other cradles the back of her head.“I’m good for a good long while then, aren’t I?”I say before I kiss her again, but this time I do it long and hard, not giving a single damn as to where we are or who is here.
My girl deserves nothing less.
