Semua Bab Secret Marriage To My Brother's Best friend : Bab 271 - Bab 280

EpilogueTrevorSix months later,“To ‘A Night To Remember’,” the crowd celebrating with us choruses after the toast, and I angle my body towards Gracie, clink glasses with her, then allow my smile to widen.It’s her book launch, and we’ve decided to celebrate it at Espresso Books, the café that holds both our hearts.“I want to thank every one of you for being here tonight,” Gracie says to the crowd, and she gains their attention flawlessly.She looks amazing tonight in her flowing red satin dress. The flair of the hips hugs her figure perfectly, and the color blends perfectly with her creamy skin while matching her hair.Breathtaking,I think, without taking my eyes off her.Today and every other day in our lives, she’s the only woman I have eyes for. I never thought it possible to love and want one person so intensely that it consumes me.Knowing I can’t live without her no longer scares me. Gracie shows me every day how powerful love can be.“A Night To Rememberis a book I’ve dedic

“Well, this just extra proves it,” Langston yells back.“If that makes you feel tougher somehow.” I roll my eyes. But the truth is, I like this about Langston. He’s carefree and fun, always full of life. He likes to run his mouth too. His family, especially his youngest brother, Kaison, call him out on it all the time.Langston climbs out of the lake, his muscles flexing as he moves, and Ronnie follows.“I think I’ll just stay in here for a bit.” I could run over to the lake house and shower off, but then that would show weakness. And I can’t allow that, now can I? Anyway, I’m starting to get used to the water. Either that or my body is losing all feeling.Langston grabs the rope swing and launches himself into the air, just like when we were kids.He hoots and hollers as he sails over the water, landing with a splash that reaches all the way to where I’m standing in the water, thirty feet away.His head emerges, and he roars, beating on his chest like a barbarian landing his first ki

“Jenni and I are nothing more than friends. And that’s the way it’s going to stay.” Anyway, I’m pretty sure she’d laugh in my face if I asked her out, and I’m not in the mood to be humiliated.“Oh, Langston. Why do you have to be so stubborn?”I jut my chin out and fold my arms. “I’m not stubborn. I’m smart. I know when certain things should be left alone.”Something that looks like fear crossed with frustration creeps into Mom’s eyes.I furrow my brow. “Don’t make that face. It’s not the end of the world if some of your kids don’t get married.”“I just don’t see why you couldn’t have tried to work it out with your ex-wife,” Mom pouts. “I could have a whole slew of grandbabies by now. My one kid to get married and then ends it before any babies could come into the picture.”“I tried everything I could to make that marriage work. I can’t help it if Amanda wanted to leave.” And then, years later, Sarah decided to leave too, adding more salt to the abandonment wound I’ve been nursing for

JENNI My cat, Noodle, bats at the tassels on my boots as my mom launches into the reasons why I need a husband. It’s annoying. The speech, not the cat. Noodles is a troublemaker, but I adore him and he can do no wrong in my eyes. “We’re never going to have any grandchildren at this rate,” my mom says for the zillionth time. They’ve been in this competition with the Keiths for years to see who can have the most grandchildren. So far, my parents are losing, since Weston and Callie have Angel. My parents were star-crossed lovers. My mom is from India, and her family is very traditional and comes from old money. She was supposed to have this arranged marriage, but my mom, being the rebel that she is, fell in love with my dad instead, an American from Georgia. I don’t know why her parents were so mad. It’s not like my dad grew up on the wrong side of the tracks. He also comes from old money. My grandpa on my dad’s side grew up with Langston’s grandpa, who were both in commercial rea

“Well, yeah. We aren’t exactly friendly with each other. You plan on decimating my horse in this next race.”“But you know I consider you a friend, right?” I don’t know why this is suddenly so important to me.“You just said that, so yes.” Langston fiddles with his phone again.Is he paying attention? “So about that date…”“You’re asking me on a date. How forward of you.”“We’re not in the 1800s,” I tease. “I think it’s okay. Anyway, there’s nothing romantic about it. Just a little help from a friend.”“I like how you upgraded me now that you need something,” he teases back.I pretend to be offended. “How rude!”“But that being said… I’m willing to help you out.”“Why do I sense there’s a catch here?” What am I getting myself into? I’m not so sure I should trust Langston. The guy plans to decimate my horse in the races, after all. He’s the competition.“No catch. But I want to reserve a favor for later.”I stare at him. Maybe this isn’t such a good idea. Who knows what Langston would