I squeeze his hand.
“I’ll wait as long as it takes, as long as you’re mine,” Luka says.
“I am. Always.”
Epilogue
Reid
Iadjustthebowtie on my tuxedo again, but it’s still not sitting right. Why do they make these so difficult?
“Urgh, do I have to wear this thing?” I call out, and Benji and David both yell back.
“Yes.”
“I look like a waiter,” I call, and Benji appears in the doorway.
“Do you want help?” he asks and I nod.
“Am I making a mistake going tothis thing?”
“You love Luka, right?” he asks, swatting my hand away and taking over tying the bow tie for the millionth time.
“Yes, but he’s in the wedding party. I’ll be at a table with people I don’t know. Maybe I should just tell him I feel sick.”
“You are sick. Sick in the head if you think that will fly. They normally put the partners all together, right? Oh shit, you’re going to be sitting with the partners of Cosmo’s brothers. His brothers play Banana Ball. You can totally put in a good word for me.”
“And the truth comes out about why you’re so keen for me to go,” I laugh.
“Okay, your bow tie is perfect now, so don’t touch it. I also think it’s important for you to dance with your boyfriend, so make sure you do that too.”
“I don’t know how.”
“Please tell me you’re joking?”
“What? It’s not like I’ve ever actually needed to know. Do you know how to dance?”
He scoffs.
“Of course I do. Here, take my hand,” he says, holding out his right hand.
“You’re serious?” I ask, and he taps on his phone with his left then tosses it to the bed as the mellow tones of some romantic song start to play.
“Come on, we don’t have long enough to learn anything fancy, but you can at least get the basics of a waltz down.”
“Luka might not even want to dance.”
“Take my hand already,” he says, and I sigh and step forward and grip his hand tightly.
“Ouch, fuck, lighten up,” he complains, wriggling his hand to try to pull away.
“Sorry, how’s this?”
“Better. Oh shit, do you think Luka will expect you to lead? Who leads in . . .” His gaze drifts momentarily to the bed, and I pull my hand away and step back.
“Seriously, now you’re just being a dick.”
He shrugs with a smirk on his lips.
