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Chapter One
“And do you, Lee Ronald Barrow, Connie Lynn MacIntosh and Lori Annette Shelton, take each other to be husband and wives? Will you honor and keep one another, forsaking all others, for as long as the three of you shall live?”
“I do”
“I do”
“Me three”
Charli snorted at Lori Ann’s response, and the s the notary public as perfor Lee quelled her with a look over his silver-fraetically while the ceremony continued
This was a little surreal It eird enough that Lee was irlfriends Well, technically only Connie, though they’d both signed a pre-nup that included Lori Ann But to make matters worse, he’d asked Charli to be the best man Her Not Eric or Rafael, not even Simon No Out of all his childhood friends, Lee chose his only female buddy for the job
She glanced at her fellow grooh her lashes Even in Hawaiian-print shorts, sleeveless tuxedo jackets and bow ties, the height of fashion for the Key West wedding elite, they were a stunning group of men
Her men
They’d been best friends for as long as she could re one another fro successes and coether
Lee had been the last one to join their hed Oh they would still hang out, and it wasn’t as if Connie and Lori Ann weren’t wonderful, but it wouldn’t be the same
This was the beginning of the end Pretty soon the others would catch the settling-down bug They were all sexy, successfulAnd then Charli would be alone No ht couch-potato parties Not for her
Was she a horrible person to think that? To selfishly worry about herself instead of wishing thee
“Wake up, Chuck” Si at the expectant stares aimed her way
“Oh!” She slipped her fingers into the too small shorts she’d stupidly allowed the boys to purchase for her, pulling out the three engraved rings “Sorry”
Connie giggled, and Lee just rolled his eyes, ss froly youth from her childhood in that smile, and her eye’s misted as he spoke his vows Sih humor to be perfectly Lee
“Let the love that these three have found with one another be nurtured and supported by all who stand witness here today Love is a rare gift It coes and for”
First Connie, then Lori Ann, were given a thorough and passionate kiss by their new husband Charli’s eyebrows touched her hairline when the tomen wrapped their arms around each other and, without any hesitation, pressed their lips together softly, tenderly