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But none of us will ever know the truth so in my heart, I believe Vanessa is ht slowly lose ain

"What about your dad?" Fable asks, and I wonder if she’s a mind reader We’re so in tune with each other I wouldn’t doubt it for a second "And Owen? I want the it toher knuckles softly "Hawaii is just for us Our wedding is just for us When we co one, whatever you want We’ll celebrate with our friends" And family, I want to add, but we don’t haveto put soether for us, soht protest so it’s better not to mention it

Better not to mention Fable’s mother, either She doesn’t want her mohout Fable’s life, especially lately

I don’t like that woman Hell, I’ve never even h reason to feel this way

"Okay" She blows out a harsh breath, her lips turning into a trehts Ask Jen to take care of Owen, or aze catcheskiss I taste her, salty sweet I smell her I inhale her The cut in the corner of my mouth hurts but I don’t care "I love you" The words are ainst her lips, and she closes her eyes on a sigh, little tears like shiny dia to her lashes

"I love you, too" I kiss her again after she says those words, dabbing at the tears withtheht her tears more times than I can count I’ve kissed her for what feels like forever I’ve lost myself deep inside her body over and over

It never grows old Ever My stomach still flips upon that first touch of her lips onht of her sle ti it for ry, and defiant girl as so deterh shades of her still shine through

I loved that girl Fiercely And I love the woman she is now, just as fiercely She’s my fiancée, my future wife, the future mother of my children Fable is the woman ill always stand by my side

Forever

Chapter Two

Fable

Soratitude How thankful I aentle, sexy man walked into my life so unexpectedly It still feels like yesterday that I found hi outside for me at La Salle’s, the wind cold, his expression desperate I hated hieous He just wanted to use irl that I was, I let theirlfriend, I was so sure he was like the rest of theht he was insane I told him no Somehow, I let hih it’s stupid He loves h of hi that horrible, scary, exhilarating, life-changing week, I forced him to open up to me and I probably shouldn’t have done that …

But I did I don’t regret it, either I found out things I suspected but didn’t want to realize He was so closed off, such a h I had to find out what bothered hi was suspicious between him and his stepmother, and when she dropped that bohter …

Well I was too far in by thatin love with hiuy I wanted to be there for him, and I was

Then he left And nearly broke ether, he ran away, and then we faced our fears Together When you struggle for soht, you cherish it more You hold it close, nurture it, protect it, uard down That’s how I feel about my almost husband

For Drew and ether No matter what, it’s me and hiold-tinged-with-pink glow upon the shiray and blue backlit with orange, a dazzling sunset the likes of which I’ve never seen It’s beautiful I want to stare at it, get lost in all the colors and textures and scents and sounds, but I can’t I’ words of love and devotion andme, that secret smile on his face, his too blue eyes filled with so h, because I’ether and apart, to cry over and this is definitely not one of theht? Drew squeezesmy hardest not to, and I offer him a tremulous smile

We’re alone on Makena Beach on the south side of the island, our only witness the wife of thecereolden hue; his dark brown hair flutters across his forehead, ruffled by the gentle breeze that washes over us He’s wearing khaki pants that he’s rolled up a couple of times and a white button-down shirt, and his feet are bare Looking casual and beautiful and so painfully handso at hiently on the shore There’s sand in , white strapless dress is dae

But I don’t care I’ht up in thisbefore me Drew repeats the vows the ether as I listen to his familiar, deep voice, my vision blurred by tears I can’t stop them When it’s my turn to repeat those same sacred vows, my voice wavers, the words thick in my throat, and I see the shimmer of tears in Drew’s eyes, too

Oh God, we’re a couple of total saps, but I don’t care We’re in love, da and we’re reveling in the moment If ant to cry over our sacred vows to each other, over this, the ative

Drew’s intense gaze never leaves htly entwined as our hearts are I can’t believe thisWe make promises of love and devotion, both with our words and our hearts andvoice, and Drew s my hands The two of us, we’re destiny Fate Kismet Whatever you want to call it

The smile that breaks out across his face when I say those tords steals s to hier, the diaasp I hadn’t expected this and I send hi look, but he only smirks at me in return

My man is constantly full of surprises

"I love you," he whispers "I didn’t want you to ever forget it"

"With dia the h