Lamar sat beside her. “Will it be the same for me and my son if we have a boy?”
Nydia laced their fingers together. “So, you want another child?”
“Of course I do,” he said, giving her an incredulous look. “Did you think I’d marry you and deprive you of children?”
Her eyebrows lifted. “Children, Lamar?”
“Of course, sweets,” he said. “If it’s all right with you, I’d like to have at least two more.”
Nydia rested her head on his shoulder. “If that’s the case, then we have to start baby making on our wedding night. I’ll be thirty-four in July and after we have the first one my biological clock will begin ticking.”
“Not to worry, my love. Maybe you’ll have twins, which means we’ll have two for the price of one.”
“Bite your tongue, Lamar. Can you see me carrying a couple of babies? I’ll probably look like someone who swallowed a whole watermelon.”
Lamar buried his face in her hair. “You’ll look incredibly beautiful. You really shocked me when you came at me like a rabid lioness protecting her cub,” he said after a comfortable silence. “That’s when I knew you really love Kendra.”
“Of course I love her, Lamar. She’s my daughter.”
“Once I put the door on we’ll leave and look at rings. Have you decided what you want?”
“I’d like something in rose gold to match my bracelet.” Nydia planned to wear Jasmine’s wedding gift at Sabrina’s baptism and Lamar’s Christmas gift to her for their wedding.
“I want you to remember one thing, Nydia. I will try and give you whatever you want.”
She smiled. “You may come to regret those words.”
“Nunca, mi amor.”
“Haven’t you heard never to say never?” Nydia whispered as she brushed a light kiss over his mouth.
“No. Now you’re going to have to let me know when you want to get married.”
“May,” Nydia said without hesitation.
“That’s less than three months.”
Nydia smiled. “I can count, Mr. Pierce. We’ll just have a short engagement. Jasmine dated Cameron for the first time in May, and by August she was Mrs. Cameron Singleton.”
“Don’t tell me you’re competing with your fellow innkeeper?”
“There’s no competition between any of us. I just don’t want to get married in the summer with the heat and humidity. And Hannah projects the inn will be open for business by that time. I’ll let her know that I want to hold the ceremony in the garden and the reception in the ballroom. I’ll also see if she can set aside most of the eighteen rooms in the inn for our out-of-town guests.”
“My mother, sister, and her family can stay here.”
“Who are you going to select as your best man?”
“Cameron. And I’d like my partners to be my groomsmen.”
“I suppose I’ll have to select two bridal attendants. I want Jasmine to be my maid of honor and my sister-in-law Sandra and Kendra will be my attendants.”
Kendra reentered the bedroom, grinning from ear-to-ear. “Miss Ramona said she and I are cool.”
Nydia moved over to allow Kendra to sit between her and Lamar. “Your dad and I are planning to marry in May, and I’d like you to be one of my attendants.”
“Really?”
“Yes really, Kendra.”
