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I wrap my arm around Luke’s and give him a gentle squeeze to let him know I am ready. My heart is pounding as we start forward. Nick’s gaze never leaves me, and only becomes more intense as I grow closer and closer to him.
    His right fist is balled tight at his side. I know that to be a sign that he is restraining himself from moving forward. I totally understand. I can feel the pull that is drawing us together. If Lucian weren’t holding on so tight to me, I would lift this dress and run right into Nick’s arms. Yup, there was no way I was waiting any longer to marry this man.
    After what seems like forever I make it to the alter. I barely register Luke actually declaring that he indeed is giving me away to this gorgeous man, standing before me. What I do notice, however, is the sparkle in Nick’s green eyes as he searches my face.
    He reaches to thumb away the one disobedient tear that spills over onto my cheek. I turn my face into his palm. Nick shakes his head as if to clear it.
    “You are so stunning,” he breathes. “If I had to relive a moment over and over again it would be this one. Getting to see the love of my life come to me looking like an angel. I can barely breathe; I love you so much.”
    “I love you, too,” I whisper.
    “How are you feeling? Are you ready,” Nick asks nervously searching my eyes once again.
    “Yes, I’m fine, Nick, now marry me,” I beam up at him.
    Nick throws his head back and laughs. “So impatient my little butterfly,” he chuckles. He lifts his hand to finger the butterfly on my collar. “Forever mine.”
    “Forever and always yours,” I whisper back.
    I giggle inwardly as I think of the disdain on my mother’s face as she tried to talk me into taking my necklace off for today. Little does she know the necklace only makes today that much more special to both Nick and I.
    Nick places his hand on the small of my back and turns me toward the altar. My smile widens when I see Kimmie’s dad standing before us. I didn’t think Kimmie would be okay with her dad doing the wedding. Pastor Clove hasn’t always been at the top of Kimmie’s happy moments. Her father is known to be stern and from what Kimmie says controlling.
    I have seen how Kimmie’s mom softens him up when it comes to Kimmie. Honestly, I think he is taking the pregnancy really well. He was all smiles for Kimmie and Luke yesterday during rehearsal. I shrugged it off because Kimmie’s dad has always liked Lucian. I guess he has hopes for him and Kimmie.
    I watch the light brown man before me smile at me, with the pride I used to dream I would see on my father’s face, the day I got married. Kimmie’s dad has always been supportive towards me. He was there for me when Kimmie told him my dad died. He had started to call and check on me weekly just like he did with Kimmie.
    I look around at the people who have come to support us today and then I look back at Nick. For so long I have felt like an outsider. I’ve felt alone and unwanted at times. Now, as I look around me, I see that I never really noticed the love and support that I have always had. It has only grown in the last few years of my life.
    I take a shaky breath as my eyes start to fill again. I am overwhelmed by the love I feel surrounding me. Everyone here is special to either Nick or me and some to both. Invites were not wasted on people that would only want to come to be nosey. I feel a little ping in my chest as I think of the one person that I wanted here but didn’t know how to ask.
    Nick wrinkles his brows as he watches every nuance of my face. He reaches for my hand and squeezes it, then he nods towards the guests seated behind me. I turn my head slightly and sitting in the back is the person I had just been thinking of. Mark! Oh my God, and is that Bailey?
    I smirk as Mark wiggles his brows at me. It is the first time that I have seen that carefree smile of his in months. And to see the waitress from Smoke and Sheets, sitting beside