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"Now I know you’re lying," she says with a laugh and"Hey there, handsoreat Are you nervous?"

"Nah, Levi’s been feeding me whiskey"

"Levi!" Mom exclaims

"What? It cal," Wyatt says "And we have fifteen o," Dad says, leading us through the inn and out to the area where they’ve set up about two hundred chairs for the ceremony The reception will be held in a massive tent about a hundred yards away It’s already lit up, the tables set, and I can see several people bustling about inside, putting the finishing touches in place

Dad escorts Joy to their chairs down in front Joy is my date, and she’s been close towith Mouests are seated, with a few stragglers hurrying in to find their seats But before long, the music starts Levi walks in first, then I escort Mom to her seat and join Levi at the front

Wyatt follows behind es, and the girls start towhite dresses drop rose petals down the aisle Rather than h the ceremony, they sit with their parents in the first row

Jules walks in next, followed by Anastasia The dresses they’re in are the same color pink but different styles

And, finally, the es once more, and everyone stands to see Amelia as she’s escorted in by her dad

I know this is especially exciting for Lia Her dad had a ery that saved his life, and I’hter away to lance over at Wyatt, who has tears in his eyes He couldn’t tear his gaze away from her if he tried

And I can’t bla in the front row next to Mo me I wink at her, and she winks back

When Aives this woman to this man?"

"Herthe tireen

Of course, it doesn’t help that she’s dancing with Will Montgoed to his cousin, and I can aduy Very down to earth and friendly despite being the highest-paid quarterback in the NFL He’s happilytheir second child sometime after the new year

But he has his hands on my Joy, and that makes me want to punch him in the face

He twirls her out, then back to his body, h of that

I set downWill on the shoulder

"Mind if I cut in?"

"Sure," he says with a grin "Nice to meet you, Joy"

"You, too," she says as I pull her into my arms and move her around the floor "Why did you do that?"

"Because I wanted to dance with you"

"But that was Will Montgomery My favorite football player of all ti Montgomery"

"I’ve met him He’s happilyat o deal "I don’t want to marry him, I just wanted to dance with him"

"And you did Luke Williarin "I’m too intio to their concert ere finishing our undergrad?"

"You didn’t make me"

"They weren’t your favorite But you still went, and it esome"

"I’m sure Leo wouldn’t mind if you said hello"

"But you wouldand brush a strand of hair behind her ear "I’d rather be the only ?"

"No, I suppose not If any of these girls tried to touch you, I’d cut them"

Her voice is coh and sweep her in a circle, enjoying the way she sly As it seems it always is when she’s within twenty yards of me, my dick is twitchy, completely aware that she’s near