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Joel laughed wrapping her in his arms as he kissed her again and again. They were both breathing heavily when they parted, and Joel dropped feather light kisses across her face as he cupped her chin and tilted her head back to look into her eyes.
“You just can’t say yes to me, can you?” he asked. “You managed to accept my proposal without using those three little letters.”
“How about ‘I do’? That’s three letters,” she countered with a smile.
“Why don’t we save that one for the wedding? Speaking of which, any preferences on when? I’m thinking the sooner better if you’re about nine weeks along.”
“Eleven technically but who’s counting?”
“Huh? The cave-in was just over two months ago.”
“Well technically you’re two weeks along at conception. Don’t look at me like that I didn’t make rules and though it’s called ‘nine months’ it’s actually forty weeks,” she told him watching the questions that flashed across his face.
“That makes no sense.”
“Well if you think about it there’s an extra week in at least two ‘months’ during the time you’re pregnant and when you take off the first two it’s down to thirty-six and divided by four it’s…”
“Nine months, okay. So, now that I’ve had an anatomy lessonwhendo you want to get married because I’ll be damned if I let you wait until after the baby’s here or let you drag it out while you try and find a way out of this.”
“Never going to happen. Face it Joel, you’re stuck with me.”
“As long as you look at me the way you are right now, I’ll die a happy man.”
“Don’t you dare talk about dying. It’s taken me ten years to find the tiniest bit of happiness, real happiness, and I’m not going to let you off the hook. You have ten years to make up for Joel.”
“Which I’ll be more than happy to if you’d just tell me when.”
“Well, there isn’t a waiting period to get the license and since everyone I’d want to invite is already here, minus a spouse or two, what would you say about next Saturday? I know this amazing house with a garden big enough to accommodate everyone and the best part? It’s free.”
“Paige, are you serious? You don’t want the big drawn out affair?”
“I don’t care about the opulence of it, all I want is you. I’ve been dreaming of you slipping a wedding band on my hand for eleven years. I’d say it’s about damned time it happens, wouldn’t you?”
“Exactly, I want you to have the perfect wedding because it’s the only one you’ll ever have. I’m not letting you go again.”
“It will be perfect Joel. I would fly to Vegas with you right now and go to one of those Elvis impersonator wedding chapels and not complain one little bit. As long as you’re there it’ll be perfect.”
“Are you sure? What about the white dress, bridesmaids, flower girls…cake?”
“Don’t worry it’ll have all of that. Come on Joel, it’s me. I have connections out the wazoo. I can pull off a wedding in a week to rival anything. In fact, I’m sure Caroline can get me the perfect dress by then.”
“Caroline?”
“Spears…the fashion designer. Really Joel?” she mused with a laugh at his blank expression. “She’s the hottest designer out there right now. Her things cost a fortune, but they fit like a glove no matter who you are, even if it’s a shorty like me.”
“You’re not short. You’re perfect for me,” he teased pulling her up against him and proving how well their bodies meshed together.
“Mmm, Joel…as much as I want to, we have a backyard full of people anxious to know why I’m suddenly happy. What do you say we head out there and tell them the good news?”
“You want to tell them about the baby?”
“Maybe we should leave that for the wedding. I’m sure we can come up with something to hold them off for a week…in fact, I think I know what. Come on,” she said scooting off his lap and hold out her hand to him as she checked the text that had just appeared.
“You’re not going to tell me?”
“You’ll see soon enough,” she smiled pulling him out of the room behind her, their fingers laced together with a strength that she knew wouldn’t break.
Chapter 24
