The seventy-five people sitting behind me.
All of it.Poof.Gone.
There’s just her walking toward me across the grass with the swans gliding behind her on the water like something straight out of a damn fairy tale.
Kelly is fire.
Soft and strong all at once.
Sexy as hell without even trying.
Confident in that quiet way that sneaks up on you and knocks the wind right out of your chest.
And so damn beautiful it hurts to look at her.
My heart slams harder as she gets closer.
Jesus.I’m the luckiest bastard alive.
Because in about three minutes, that incredible woman is going to be my wife.
Till death do us part, Honey.
Chapter35
Kelly
The sawmill is buzzing with activity today.
It’s Monday.Spring.And we are busy as hell.
Trucks are coming and going in the yard, the scent of fresh-cut pine drifting through the open office window while the hum of machinery echoes from the mill floor.
Candice is on the phone with a supplier, cheerful and efficient as ever, while Thatcher is arguing with someone about delivery schedules somewhere down the hall.
Business as usual.Which is good.
Because if things slowed down long enough for me to think too much about the weekend, I’d probably turn bright red right here at my desk.
I shift in my chair and wince a little.
Then I lick my lips.Because I know exactly why I’m sore today.
J.T.and I didn’t take a traditional honeymoon.
But my parents were still visiting after the wedding, and they insisted on keeping Evan at the cabin for a few extra days.
“You two deserve some time,” Mom said with a wink that made me want to crawl under the table.
So we had the house to ourselves.And apparently, my new husband took that as a personal challenge.
My husband.Gah!I will never get tired of saying that.
The memory alone makes warmth spread through me.
“Do you mind about the honeymoon?”I asked him late Saturday night, when the reception had finally ended and we were tangled in the sheets at home, both of us warm and exhausted.
J.T.had pulled me closer against his chest, his hand lazily tracing circles on my back.
