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“Gage forgot to bring the rings with him.We asked Ethan to collect them after he got into New York, on his way here.”
“Honestly, you Black brothers should never be in charge of wedding rings.”She looks across at our mothers and the girls and says, “Blair.”
Blair’s head instantly turns to us.She frowns when she sees me.“Where did you come from?And why are you in here?Jesus, Callan, I will have to get the sage out now.”Then to Olivia, she says, “What?”
“We need some rings.Can you go and source some?”
“Oh, yes, absolutely.I’ll just go across the road to the jeweler, shall I?”She gives me a stern look.“How could you forget the rings?Seriously, you give a man one fucking job and he can’t even get that right.”
“Callan,” Mom says.“What happened?I thought Gage had the rings.”
“It’s okay,” Olivia says.“We just need to borrow some rings.”
The door to the room opens as she says this and Kristen joins us.Eyeing me, she says, “He’s still not here.”
Bradford follows her in.“I can’t get through to him.I’ll keep trying, but wanted to let you know.”
When Gage and Hayden also stride in, Blair says, “Yes, okay, let’s bring the entire Black family in here.This room is so big we could invite cousins in too.”
The room erupts into conversations between my brothers and our mothers with some grumbling from Blair and Sasha over how squished we all are now.
“I’m sorry, Ace.”I pull Olivia into a corner.
She puts her arms around my neck.“We don’t need rings to get married.It’d be nice though if Ethan was here for you.”
It would, but not even his absence today could upset me.Not when I’m marrying the woman I love and making her mine forever.
As the conversations grow louder around us, I say, “I was thinking about kids today.”
Her face lights up.Olivia has always wanted children.“And?Are you thinking what I’m thinking?”
“That depends if you’re thinking you want five kids.”
She blinks.“What?No.Jesus, Callan, who in their right mind would want five children?Well, I mean, besides your mother.God, if we had five boys, I would end up living in a corner of our house, rocking myself into oblivion.”
I grin.“I’m fucking with you, Ace.I was thinking three kids.”
As I say this, Ethan’s voice filters across the room and I turn to find him standing in the doorway.
His eyes meet mine and a grin spreads out across his face.“I’m sorry I’m late, but it’s been a fucking day.”
I glance down.“Why are you holding a puppy?”
A blonde woman steps next to him and shoots me a smile.“Because we just saved it.”
“Holy fuck,” Sasha exclaims as she stares at the woman.Then to Ethan she says, “Why is Madeline Montana standing in this room with you?”
“And why is she wearing a wedding dress?”Blair frowns.
Ethan looks at the woman standing next to him and grins.“That’s your name?”
Sasha is aghast that he didn’t know her name.“How can you not know her name?Everyone knows her name.”
Before anyone can clear up the confusion of my brother showing up to my wedding with a woman he doesn’t even know and a puppy that looks like it’s in need of a meal, my father joins us and looks at me.“Let’s get you married, son.”
Olivia’s hand slips into mine and she squeezes it.Brushing her mouth against my ear, she says, “I love you, Callan Black, and I would love to have three kids with you.But first, we need to get married so we can win our karaoke competition tonight.”
I grin at her.“You actually think any of my brothers aren’t going to come out fighting tonight?”
“You forget who your partner is.I can sing anyone under the table.”
I chuckle.“Yeah, baby, you absolutely can.”
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