As we walked with his mother into the kitchen, he took her in one arm as he pulled me closer to him with his other arm. “My two favorite women. I love you both so very much. I would be lost without you.”
Garrett leaned down and kissed his mother on the cheek, and then he let her go and turned me to face him. He laid the most passionate kiss ever on me. I was soon lost in his kiss until I heard Julia laughing.
Garrett barely pulled away from my lips, and he whispered, “You are my entire world. You’re the most precious thing ever to me.”
My heart melted, and I was pretty sure I turned into Jell-O in his arms.
“Oh, you poor thing, Emma Rose. This boy is so much like his father,” Julia said.
I peeke
d around Garrett and looked at her. “How so, Julia?” I gazed back into Garrett’s sparkling blue eyes.
“Romance flowed through his father’s blood. The things he said to me would make my cheeks flush in an instant.”
Garrett smiled bigger and winked at me. “I have a surprise for you.”
I did a little jump and clapped my hands. “Oh, Garrett, I love surprises.”
He kissed me on the lips and then pulled away, too quickly for my liking. “I know you do, Buttercup, but you’re going to have to wait until tomorrow afternoon.”
“Tomorrow afternoon? As in, after the wedding?” I tried to give him my best pout.
His eyes turned from love to lust in two seconds flat. He leaned down and gently bit on my lip. Then, he placed his lips on my neck and moved them across my skin and up to my ear. Everywhere he touched was on fire, and the dull ache in my lower stomach began to intensify.
“I have a surprise for you tonight, too, but that one is our little secret.”
Before I could even take in what he’d said, he turned and walked out of the kitchen and onto the front porch. I placed one hand on my stomach as my other hand grabbed on to the counter to steady myself.
Julia began laughing. “Yep, he’s just like his daddy.”
I leaned against the wall and watched my mother and David talk to their guests. I couldn’t help but smile every time my mother smiled. I hadn’t seen her smile like that in a long time.
Billy walked up to me and said, “Well, it looks like we got our wish.”
I gave him a questioning look. “Our wish?”
Billy was watching his father and my mother. “Yeah, you remember when we were little, we used to wish we were brothers. Our wish came true. Your mom makes my dad really happy.”
I nodded my head. “And your dad makes my mom happy.”
We both looked at each other and started laughing.
“Welcome to the family!” Billy said.
I shook my head and punched him on the arm. Then, his smile faded, and he looked down at the floor.
“What’s with the long face, Billy?” I asked.
He took in a deep breath and then ran his hand through his hair. “I did something I regret.”
My heart dropped, and I looked away. So help me God, if he says what I think he is going to say, I will kill him.
I slowly turned and looked at him. “If you are about to tell me that you cheated on Margie, you should probably think twice before you do it.”
Billy’s face dropped, and he took a step back. “What? I would never cheat on Margie, you stupid fuck.”
I let out the breath I had been holding in as I ran my hand through my hair.