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“Anything.”

“I need a prenuptial agreement stating that I get nothing should Tanner and I divorce.”

If her face were a painting, it would be a Picasso. Her mouth and nose are on opposite ends. “That is the last thing I ever thought you would say right now. A prenup could take weeks to go back and forth. Is this because you don’t want him claiming your real estate like Aaron did? Girl, if you’re seriously questioning if you need a prenup to protect yourself, then we need to have a completely different conversation right now.”

I smile. “No. Not to protect me. All it has to say is that I’m waiving my rights to anything Tanner has prior to our marriage.”

“Anything Tanner has? Am I missing something?”

I look around this beautiful store where I’ve come to pick out a simple slip dress to wear under the lace jacket we purchased, only to find my best friend already here, and a goofy grin grows on my face as I suspiciously eye her. “How did you know I was here?”

“Tanner called. He thought you needed your best friend for the most important moment of your life.”

That’s all I need to hear. “That’s why. Type it up as formal as you can make it. Then, you can notarize it, right?”

“You know, most best friends are the maid of honor, not last-minute prenup organizers.” She pouts as I pull her arm toward the dresses.

“You’re lucky enough to be both.”

After we find the perfect slip dress, we meet Tanner downstairs, and I load our freshly purchased wedding looks into the trunk of the car. As a pre-wedding treat, we decide on dinner where Chris, Ryan, and Willa meet us along with April’s new boyfriend, Gil, and then the seven of us head to the speakeasy for drinks and dancing.

At the end of the night, we pull up to The Plaza where Tanner booked us a room for the night. I’m playing with the ring on my finger and twisting it in circles. My cheek is raw from how much I’m gnawing at it. As excited as I am to begin my life with Tanner, I feel like I’ve made a mistake in one aspect.

“Tanner—” I start.

He hushes me with a kiss.

“I know,” he says calmly. “And agree.”

I have no clue what he’s talking about because there’s no way he has any idea what is going on in my head right now.

“Did you think I’d marry you without asking your father for his permission?”

“How did you know?” I turn in shock.

“He’d already told me I had his permission, so he wasn’t surprised when I called him today to ask him officially.”

“Wait, he what?”

Tanner gives me a sexy smirk. “When I first met him, he told me I could sweep you away to San Francisco if I needed to, and he’d be okay with it. Even said he would help pay for us to come back and visit. I can’t help it; people love me.”

“Oh, jeez. I’m glad to see you guys were planning my future before I knew anything about it.”

“Only because we love you.”

* * *

I’m a ball of excitement and nerves.

The car pulls up to City Hall the minute our license goes into effect. He opens the door, stepping out and turning back to me, holding out his hand. I smile up at the man I’m so in love with, the man I am about to make my husband, and realize that today is the first day of the rest of my life.

We walk up the stairs, hand in hand, and enter the courtroom, my heart full of love. Especially when I see my dad in a dark suit and a debonair smile.

“You ready, sweet pea?”

Tears well in my eyes, and I blink them away as Dad gives me a hug.

With him as our witness, Tanner and I say our I dos without a dry eye between the three of us.