Epilogue
Three months later
Dallas, TX
Jake
“ Baby girl, we’re going to be late.” I try to get the Mia to finish putting on her makeup.
“Patience is a virtue, my love,” She lectures.
I playfully roll my eyes. “There goes that word again.”
“What? Patience?”
“You know that’s not in my vocabulary.”
“That’s for damn sure since you had to have me after I just took a shower.”
“It’s your fault for being so goddamn beautiful.”
Life with Mia is nothing short of perfect. She’s the first thing I see when I wake up in the morning, and the last thing I see when I fall asleep. I fight with myself whether to ask her to marry me now or in a month when we’re at a location in Maui overlooking the sea. I’ve had my proposal planned for months, and the closer that day approaches, the harder it is for me to keep it to myself. Of course, all that planning wouldn’t have been possible to do alone.
Kami and Kiera would murder me if I ruined the surprise.
Kiera’s wrath, even when she’s twenty weeks pregnant, is terrifying. Pregnant women are no joke.
Mia and I are still trying, but no luck so far. Whichever comes first, the ring or a baby, doesn’t matter to us.
“Okay.” I hear the clicking of Mia’s shoes before she appears in front of me. “I’m ready.”
“Good. Let me look at you.”
Mia comes into view wearing her favorite shade of purple. A lavender floor-length dress that accentuates all her curves. My favorite ones especially.
“You know, I think I should help you get out of that dress and not go anywhere tonight.” I wrap an arm around her waist, holding her close against me.
She gives me an incredulous look. “You’d like that now, wouldn’t you?”
“You know my favorite outfit on you is nothing at all.”
“Later,” she whispers in my ear. The sooner I get her home from the rehearsal dinner, the better.
A few minutes later, we arrive at Ian’s bar, the Brick. I open the passenger-side door for Mia, taking her hand in mine and helping her out of my truck.
She’s all but running in her tall heels. “Hurry.”
“Baby girl, don’t run. You could fall and hurt yourself.”
She looks over at me with a hand at the door. “I’ve been in heels since high school. I’m not going to fall.”
“Whatever you say.” I’ve quickly realized that sometimes it’s best not to argue with female logic.
We walk into the crowded bar. Tables and chairs are occupied by a combination of Kiera and Jonathan’s friends and family.
“Mia, Jake,” Kami calls out to us.
“Hey, girl.” Mia and I walk to our designated seats. Mia is beside Kami, while I’m beside Jonathan.
An couple hours, food, a lot of booze, and some hilarious speeches later, we’re enjoying a late night of celebration. Mia and I are on the dance floor, dancing to a song sung by a woman about loving the fact someone calls her senorita . I move my hips with hers.
“Do you have any idea how much I want you right now?” I growl in her ear.
“I could take a wild guess,” she teases.
Hell, yes. “All this wedding stuff, and you in this dress, has me hard as hell for you.”
She smiles a coy smile before kissing my lips.
She rests her head on my chest. I notice Nathan in the corner—talking up a petite blonde wearing a bright blue pantsuit and heels. Whatever charm he’s trying to put on, she’s clearly not buying it.
Huh. That’s interesting.
“What’s the deal with your brother?” I ask Mia.
She turns her gaze to her brother. “Nathan? I’m not sure.”
“Who’s he talking to?”
“I think that’s the wedding planner.”
I’m curious to know more, but the stopping of the music, followed by a tapping of glass, grabs my focus away from the interesting pair.
“Everyone, can I have your attention, please?” Jonathan calls everyone to attention with the DJ’s microphone in hand. “Thank you.”
He then passes the microphone to his bride-to-be. “Thank you to everyone who came tonight and who will be at the ceremony. We are so grateful for you to be in our lives, especially now. With that said, we have an announcement we’d like to share.”
Perhaps my best friend couldn’t keep control of his excitement because then he grabs the microphone from her hand. “It’s a boy.”
I hear gasps throughout the bar, followed by claps and words of congratulations. I look over toward the soon-to-be newlyweds at a smiling Mia.
Caressing Mia’s face, I guide her to my gaze. She leans her head against my touch before slowly meeting my eyes.
“I love you,” I tell her.
“I love you, too.”
I don’t know what the future holds for us. But I sure know we will be together along the way.
See Nathan Knight conquer love when he takes on a feisty female who challenges his bachelor status - and his heart.