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“I do.” She sucked in a deep breath and embarked on her own pledge. She’d practiced it one hundred times or more, but she’d wanted to get it just right. “Zane, you were once only a dream to me. And now you are my reality. When we’re together, I feel nothing less than loved and cherished. When we’re apart, I’m sad, but you’re still there with me, in my head and in my heart. I promise to always keep you there, to support you in all your endeavors, and most of all, I promise to always love you.”
“Zane, do you take this woman to be your wife?” Scott asked.
“Do I ever.” Zane didn’t wait for Scott to make the final proclamation. He gathered Allison in his arms, picked her up to her tiptoes and laid an incredibly hot kiss on her. It might not have been totally appropriate for a family gathering, but she was glad it was a taste of things to come. Their guests all clapped, hooted and hollered.
“Well, then,” Scott said. “That makes you husband and wife.”
After a few minutes of hugs and congratulations, everyone gathered to board the boat, with Zane and Allison last in line. They were actually hanging back a bit, taking their chance to wade through these warm waters, hand in hand, husband and wife. Zane pointed to the honeymoon cottage up on the hill. “I can’t wait to spend the next few days with you up there.”
“No storm this time.”
“Not unless I manage to brew one up on my own.”
Allison laughed and swatted Zane on the arm. “It’s going to be perfect.”
“It’s where we fell in love,” he said, pressing another soft kiss to her lips.
Allison knew then that all those years she’d lusted after Zane, it hadn’t been love. Now it was nothing less. In fact, it was everything she’d ever wanted. “It absolutely is.”
