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The right way this time.
One ticket is for you and one is for Ryder.
If your answer is yes, open the box and make sure you pack this.
I drop the tickets and tear open the tissue paper. What lies inside the box is a stunning candlelight gown with beading that will show off my lithe figure. I stand and hold it up to myself. He has great taste.
“Girls!” I yell, and the front door opens.
“Oh, it’s gorgeous.” Bella’s mouth drops as she stares at it. “So what’s your answer?”
“It better be yes!” Lulu says, rocking the baby and patting his bum.
I nod, unable to form the words. All of them run toward me, jumping up and down.
“Okay, but you’re going to have to say it at the altar too.” Lulu laughs.
“Let’s get her to the airport,” Annie says.
“Where’s Ryder?” I ask, scrambling to get all my stuff.
“He has a cab and is ready to go,” Lulu says.
“Wait. Did you all know?”
“Of course we did. Do you think I’d let you be ambushed? Hello… best friend card.” Lulu rolls her eyes.
Before I know it, we’re all leaving the house to head to the airport.
“Wait. My parents.” I stop before I get inside the cab.
“They’re fine. You’ll see them when you get back. I’ll fill them in,” Lulu says.
* * *
Two hours later,I’m at the airport with the carry-on Ryder packed for me trailing behind me. Good luck to me.
Ryder’s beside me and delaying us, still trying to decide what meal he wants to bring on the flight.
“We’re going to miss our flight,” I say.
I have no idea whether Dom is waiting for me in Vegas or what he has planned. I’d hoped he’d be at the terminal, but he wasn’t, and when I called him, he didn’t pick up. I’m still crossing my fingers that he’s on the plane because I want to kiss and hug him and tell him how sorry I am too.
“We have five minutes.” Ryder spares me half a glance and continues to stroll through the store. “C’mon. You’re going to have to pick something on the plane.”
He says nothing, and we end up at our gate as the employee is getting ready to close the door to the jetway.
“See!” I run, flagging her down. “We’re here!”
She stops and smiles, holding out her hand. I give our boarding passes, relieved when she lets us pass. We rush down the jetway. God, if Dom is on this plane, he probably thinks I’m not coming.
“Ryder,” I say through gritted teeth.
“I’m coming.”
As I step through the door to the plane and into the aisle, I see Dom sitting in a first class seat with a sea of empty chairs behind him. The curtain has already been drawn between first class and economy. Relief causes my body to sag, and I smile at the man I love.
“Have fun, you two.” Ryder slides by me down the aisle, bumping me until I fall into Dom’s lap.
