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I continued to whisper. “You’d marry me tomorrow?”
His eyes held mine. “After our first fight, I told you I wished to kiss you for the rest of my life. I would’ve married you that day. The day after. Today. Tomorrow. I’ll marry you any day you want, and all the days after. You say it–”
“Yes.”
My heart skipped a beat.
He frowned a little. “What?”
Was I doing this? Yes. I knew it so assuredly, so strongly. I never knew anything with more certainty. “I want to marry you too.”
His eyebrows shot up. “I–when? Where?”
“Now. Here. I don’t care. Vegas.”
“Are you serious?”
I jerked my head in a nod. “I’m serious.”
He came in, his hands cupping my face. “I don’t think I’ve ever loved you more than right now. I mean, I’ll love you more tomorrow because it’s growing every day, but I love you. A lot,a lot. Right now. I–”
“Zeke.”
“What?”
“Shut up and kiss me.”
His mouth found mine, and the earth moved, and we kept kissing.
We flewto Vegas the next day, after I got time off from both my jobs, but we also had another ceremony the next summer in Fallen Crest. Blaise was Zeke’s best man. My mother was my matron of honor. We had a large party at Manny’s, then another at our house, and yet another at Fallen Crest Country Club. (Zeke knew the board members.) His family was there. Sophie was also there, and she had her own ring by then as well.
A certain cardboard cutout also made the bridal party. I’m not going to say which one.
There was a bachelorette party thrown for me by Heather, Tasmin, Aspen, Bren, Taylor, Samantha, Quincey, and so many others. Zeke had his own party too, and yes, Mason Kade showed up for it. Zeke was over the moon, but I knew the main two guys he really wanted there were his father and Blaise. My other bosses from the horse stable also threw a party for me, and they had a different group of friends celebrating us, but I knew them and loved them as well. All in all, it was a whole party extravaganza and so much not me, but it was me now.
It was me because besides loving Zeke, I’d let so many others in and this was what it was like to find your happily ever after. It wasn’t just the guy. It was yourself. It was accepting and welcoming love, and I was glowing.
And three months later I had another reason to glow.
I was pregnant. I was half considering ordering a baby cardboard cutout to give to Zeke when I told him.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I wrote the first 10k of this book as a short story for an anthology. Then, later on, I expanded the rest so it’s actually a very large novella. Because of that, I want to thank Zeke and Ava both for helping me write their stories. I knew bits and pieces of both as I wrote the Crew series, The Boy I Grew Up, and Rich Prick, but sometimes the characters don’t really show me their lives until I write their stories. And having written Aveke, I love love love both Zeke and Ava. There’s such a quiet courage and humbleness to Ava, and Zeke, I just love how he doesn’t care how he comes across. He’s true first and foremost to those he love.
Thank you to my readers because you guys have really helped me with so much support. Thank you to Crystal, Amy. Serena. Tami. Eileen. Kay! To everyone who proofread this one. I really and truly appreciate all the help you give me.
