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“What do you…” the words faded out as I watched him pull the stunning floor-length dress from the bag and walk toward me.
I couldn’t speak.
Not even as Reed dropped to one knee and held the dress open.
I stepped into it, one foot after another, allowing my heart to lead instead of my head.
I didn’t want to overthink this, not like I usually would, scared of how it might affect our future. Instead, I wanted to live it and trust Reed.
I trusted Reed.
He pulled the straps up over my shoulders before he rounded my body, tugging the zipper up so it pulled the dress in, fitting the curves of my body perfectly like it had been made for me.
“Come on,” Reed said, grabbing my hand and pulling me toward the door. “We’re gonna be late.”
“Reed!” We hurried out the door, almost running Karl over in the process. “What are you talking about?” I couldn’t stop laughing, my giggles filling the halls as we rushed in the opposite direction down the large Rhodes Hotel hallways until we reached the room at the end, and Reed slammed his hand against the doors, throwing them open.
A handful of faces turned, all lighting up with the brightest smiles I’d seen in a long time.
Jade rushed toward me down the makeshift aisle that had been decorated with streamers from the fundraiser next door. They were tied to chairs that held a few people, including Aspen, who worked at Reed’s bar, and his friends, Drake and Cassie, who I’d met a couple of weeks ago and loved instantly. Bronson stood at the other end, holding some kind of book in his hand, looking formal and completely giddy at the same time.
I looked up at Reed with a wide smile. “I’m guessing this wasn’t exactly planned.”
“The dress, yes,” he answered, sweeping my hair back from my face. “This, no. But I had a bit of a realization tonight. And I wasn’t about to wait any longer.”
“This is insane!”
It was.
It was crazy.
And unexpected.
And shocking.
But I loved it.
I loved him.
“You ready, Mrs. Lawson?” he asked, holding his hand out for mine.
“I am, Mr. Lawson,” I answered, never more sure of anything in my life. “I am.”
Believe in fate or not, our worlds colliding had made me start to consider whether everything that had happened in our lives happened so we would find each other.
It couldn’t be a coincidence.
With how close our journeys were, how we’d both lost someone, and in turn, that loss had totally changed our lives.
Losing Gabe pushed Reed forward.
Losing Maddie pushed me back.
But we still met at the perfect moment.
And we were better and stronger because of it.
Together.
THE END
