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Phoebe sucked in a deep breath and placed her hand on the smooth satin of her bodice Brianna nodded and picked up her own bouquet “Maid of honor first” She smiled as she disappeared out the door

Phoebe’s mother crooked her elbow “Come on, then Let me make Matteo Bianchi the happiest man on the planet”

Phoebe slid her ar corridor of the Ha with excitement; it was filled with their family and friends—just the way it should be It see

This was the way the house had always felt for Phoebe, as if it should be full of people, full of life, and finally Matteo had agreed

She reached the top of the curved staircase and paused for a second The whole wedding party was gathered in the huge hall, underneath the glass atriuht sky was black, but just as she reached the top of the stairs fireworks started going off outside, sending streaks of pink, blue and red across the sky

Matteo aiting His eyes only on her

The dark suit with yellow tie to reen eyes His hair was flopping around his forehead—just the way she loved it—and, as she and herfor hers

“You look stunning,” he whispered

“You’re not too bad yourself”

When he’d proposed a few o and asked her where she wanted to le doubt It had to be here It had to be in the family home And it had to be on New Year’s Eve, when they’d shared their first kiss

The library was too s place in the sitting rooardens and Mecox Bay

As they walked through to where the celebrant aiting, the glass doors were open to the garden and the white marquee outside fluttered in the wind

Vittore stood proudly as his brother’s best man, and Brianna served as her maid of honor as almost one-year-old Jay slept in his cradle in the corner of the room

Phoebe turned to face Matteo The celebrant looked at thein?”

More fireworks lit up the dark night sky outside as Phoebe slid her hands into Matteo’s And instead of sticking with tradition, they recited their vows together

“To have and to hold, from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part”

And Mrs Bianchi kissed her new husband as the ball dropped in Times Square and the world welcomed in the New Year

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