Total pages in book: 121
Estimated words: 122550 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 613(@200wpm)___ 490(@250wpm)___ 409(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 122550 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 613(@200wpm)___ 490(@250wpm)___ 409(@300wpm)
It felt fitting.
Was she ready?
Hell, yes. She’d been ready since she was sixteen.
“Let’s do this.”
They headed outside, her hand on his arm as he guided her down the aisle.
Ahead of her, Regent stood proud and tall. His face didn’t change his expression as she walked toward him. But she knew that didn’t mean he wasn’t feeling a lot.
He wasn’t always comfortable expressing his love in front of others, but he got mad if she tried to curtail her affection.
All of a sudden, she needed to get to him quickly. Breaking away from Scott, she raced toward him.
There were a few shocked laughs from their guests, but all Regent did was hold out his arms to catch her as she threw herself at him. He pulled her close and she let out a laugh filled with delight.
“Eager to get married again, my sweet baby?” he murmured.
“Eager to be yours in front of everyone.”
He kissed her lightly. “You already are.”
A throat clearing interrupted them, and she turned to see the celebrant smiling at them.
“That part is supposed to come at the end,” he said.
She grinned. “We just couldn’t wait.”
It felt like she’d waited forever for this day. She couldn’t wait a second longer to be Mrs. Regent Montclair Malone.
Jilly teared up as Mama walked over to her, holding her arms open. She wrapped her arms around her.
“I’m so happy for you, honey,” Mama said, pulling back to wipe at her own eyes. “I always knew he would be the perfect husband for you.”
“I still can’t believe you were playing matchmaker.”
“Looks like I’m good at it,” Mama said with a smug grin. “You were too young when you first had a crush on him. You needed to live a bit, and he needed to figure out what was important in life. Plus, I wanted to make sure he was going to grow into a man worthy of you. And he has.”
“She’s trying to matchmake everyone we meet,” Frank said, walking up to wrap his arm around her mother. “Come dance with me?”
“Certainly.” Her mom smiled at her as Frank whisked her away.
Jilly stood where she was for a moment, taking in everything. Two young boys ran through the crowd, wearing just their underwear, while a man raced after them, laughing.
The man was Regent’s cousin, Beau, and the two boys were his twin sons.
The three of them were terrors from what she understood. She didn’t know how Beau’s lovely wife, Scarlett, put up with him.
Jilly also wasn’t certain how Scarlett could be married to two Malone men. The woman was basically a saint.
Across the way, Butch and Tanner, two more Malone cousins, had challenged Maxim and Jardin to an arm wrestling match. She wasn’t quite sure who was winning.
Victor was watching them, his young son in his arms. Aston was cheering Maxim on with a big grin on her face as she stood next to Ryleigh Malone.
Another Malone girl. This time, from the Texas Malones. The curse had finally been broken.
On the other side of Ryleigh was Clem, Jaret’s wife. Now, Clem was a character. Apparently, she’d called Regent and asked if she could bring her pig to the wedding as it was experiencing separation anxiety at the moment.
The pig was standing next to Clem dressed in a tutu.
She’d been surprised when Regent had said yes to Clem’s request. But he’d told her that compared to his cousins, the pig wouldn’t be a problem.
And as Tanner Malone won his arm wrestle against Jardin and started pulling off his clothes in victory, she could see his point.
“Tanner,” Alec barked. “Put your clothes back on.”
“But it’s not a party until someone gets naked,” he called back before pulling his wife, Lilac, close.
“Aren’t they fun?” Flick walked up with her toddler on her hip and a grin on her face. “They always liven up a wedding.”
“Just as long as Beau keeps his pants on this time,” she replied. Maxim and Aston’s wedding three months ago had been interesting, to say the least.
Regent had tried to talk her into eloping after that one.
However, most people didn’t know that while this might be the big, traditional wedding, they’d actually been married in private several months ago.
Regent hadn’t wanted to wait to make her his wife. But all his siblings had already booked their wedding dates, and he hadn’t wanted to encroach on their big days. So they’d waited until now.
“I’d apologize for them all,” Mia said, approaching them. “But then I’d spend all my time apologizing and you must be used to us all by now.”
“I am,” Jilly agreed with a grin.
Mitch smiled at her from where he sat on Flick’s hip, his face covered in chocolate.
“Someone has been having fun,” she said.
“Yes, he found his way to the cupcakes.” Flick grinned. “I need to go clean him up.” She walked off with Mia, joining Hannah and Lara.