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She had the opposite effect of angering hi at her If she saw that then she would think he was laughing at her, which in a way he was He was thinking he was going to definitely enjoy his e He wouldn’t have been happy with soh people willing to do that He liked that his future wife had a strong personality and felt a desire to fight hiet bored with her ever
He knew he could push the issue and she would stay with him but he also knein the as far more important than to win each and every battle He’d put her through the wringer already and her health was farelse He would let her have this one
"Fine, we’ll do it your way It will make the honeymoon that much better," he said as he led her back down to her door Just as she was about to go through the open doorway he wrapped his ar and hard Let her think about what she would be ht as he noticed her swoon
He walked away feeling pretty good about hiot into his aparthed as he turned his shower faucet to cold and prepared hiht
"Breathe Amy, just breathe" She felt like she was about to hyperventilate as she stood in the dressing roo pa day
Her hair was up in a bun with curls cascading down her neck and face Her make-up had been expertly applied to erase the dark circles and highlight her eyes and mouth Her nails were extended and painted She didn’t even feel like herself They’d just put her in thein theback at her? They had thankfully given her a few blessed rateful for
"It’s tih to make her turn her head She’d never heard hi tenor He looked so handsome in his tuxedo
She definitely kneho the boys got their great looks from He was so alike and yet so different froed well The biggest difference between Joseph and Lucas were their eyes Lucas’s eyes were always so focused and deterh lines around them and always seemed to sparkle He seemed to be so much more relaxed and at ease She wondered if he’d been that way his whole life or if there was a time he’d held that same focused look as his son
Joseph walked up and kissed her on the cheek "I’hter in the fae ar
Those words meant so much to her He would never kno ive up any amount of etting just a piece of that now and didn’t ever want to let it go
"I know that your own father isn’t here and I wanted to say that I would be more than honored if you would allow me to walk you down the aisle this afternoon," he said with so, as she replied to his kind offer "It would be my honor to have you escort " She couldn’t say anything further because she got entirely too choked up as she looked into his kind eyes He pulled her close for a hug and she clung to hio She’d been so careful in her years to not get too attached to people, yet in a few short months she loved Lucas’s entire faet all teary eyed and ruin that makeup I don’t thinkup and down the hallway The preacher just led him to his spot at the altar," Joseph chuckled
Amy took one final look in the mirror and then took a deep breath, "I’m ready," she said She took Josephs arin as they stepped through the doorway
She gasped and the only thing that kept her froht only a few people would be here," she whispered to hihtened My oldest son’s finally getting s by not including theuilt about not wanting all the strangers staring at her
Ah her entire body as they took the first steps down the beautifully ht ahead because she feared if she faced the stranger’s faces she would turn around and run
Suddenly she spotted Lucas at the end of the aisle, just a short distance from her He took her breath aith how beautiful of a ave her a s would be okay
Amy felt like the wind had been knocked out of her She stopped to catch her breath Joseph looked at her quizzically, but she didn’t notice She didn’t notice anything but the way her body was quivering
She was in love with hiine her life without hi to be her husband and he didn’t love her She didn’t kno she was going to get through the wedding She didn’t kno she could be with hi a child and knowing he didn’t love her She was barely holding herself together
Joseph proain She had to fight to keep the tears away Maybe he would fall in love with ht she’d soe, hoould he ever trust her, much less love her?
He knew she hadn’t planned the pregnancy but he was honorable in doing as right for his child and therefore would always feel like he was trapped
There was nothing she could do at the et the wedding over with She was a strong person She would have to store away her love and try to survive the whole thing
Lucas felt a mooing to turn and run? He wouldn’t let her get far He kne badly she wanted her baby and as o In the months he’d known her she’d invaded his every sense and he couldn’t picture a future any longer without her in it