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And for the last few weeks, I’d been too busy with wedding prep to spend much time at all with Jax and Grayson. Even with Anne and Lyn stepping in to help with the big things, my calendar had been full.
Partly finishing my wedding dress, which the guys hadn’t seen yet. I stood in my what wouldn’t be my bedroom after today, in Lyn’s house, smoothing out the gown and studying my reflection.
“You look gorgeous.” Anne tucked a loose strand of hair into the pins holding my updo in place. My hair wasn’t quite long enough for a fancy style, but she’d given me ringlets and made the currently pale pink color into a plaited design any woman would envy.
The hair color matched the embroidery and pearls I’d sewn into my gown. Lace hugged my torso, hips, and legs, and stretched into a short train behind me. It wasn’t the princess dress that child-me imagined. It was stunning and elegant.
Lyn and Anne had similar style dresses, but in rich green, and blue respectively, and minus the trains. I’d used the excess satin from my dress to make handkerchiefs for the guys’ suits. Chase insisted I give him a blue one.
“Are you nervous?” Anne fidgeted with her skirt, and shifted her weight from one foot to the other.
“Yeah. Not in a bad way. Like... I can’t believe this is happening, you know?”
She grinned. “I do know. Me too.”
Someone knocked, and she hurried to open the door.
My dad stood on the other side. “Are you ready?” He and Mom barely flinched when I told them I was dating two men, especially when they found out who. I’d taken the opportunity to point out to Chase that made him more uptight than our parents.
I nodded. “I’m ready.” I wanted this to be over with, and at the same time I wanted to savor every second of today.
Anne gave me a quick hug. “I’ll see you downstairs.” She hurried away to take her place in the wedding procession.
Lyn was loaning us her house for the day, including her kitchen and back yard. She’d wanted to cater as well, but I made her promise if she cooked, someone else had to do the serving and the work. I wanted her and Anne by my side through this.
I descended the back stairs with Dad, and heard the electric organ kick up with the wedding march. The marriage wasn’t state sanctioned or anything. We wouldn’t have an official license for the three of us. But we’d have the ceremony and the promises we made here, and that meant everything to me.
When we stepped out the back door, I couldn’t see anything but Jax and Grayson waiting for me at the altar. Their faces both lit up. They were my entire universe. The best thing that ever happened to me.
I was on autopilot during the preacher’s introduction. I managed my vows only because I’d practiced them a million times in front of the mirror. The rings they gave me had been made to intertwine with each other, and I couldn’t think of anything more appropriate as a symbol of our love.
The preacher said they could kiss the bride, and the both planted chaste kisses on my cheeks.
Then Grayson captured my face and pressed his mouth to mine, in a long, drawn-out promise that meant more than any recited words.
Jax coughed, clearing his throat, and stole me away for his own kiss. I was pretty sure people were cheering and clapping, but my new husbands were the only thing in my world right now.
Jax pressed his forehead to mine. “If you’re leaving that mattress behind, we’ve got one last chance to abuse it before the reception starts,” he whispered.
I grinned. “Let’s do it.”
This was nothing like what I’d dreamed of when I build my perfect life plan. It was so much better, and I was looking forward to every single minute of it.
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