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“I do.” She leans down onto her knees too and grabs my face to kiss me. “Oh, my God, I do. I would love nothing more than to be Michelle Miller for real, this time around. I can’t believe you want me to be your wife. I’m so happy.”

I slide the ring on her finger and lift her upward. “Actually, I have something to show you, if you’d like.”

She cocks an eyebrow at me. “Oh, my goodness, you have more surprises? I don’t know if I can take it.”

I take her hand, admiring the ring on her finger and loving how it feels to have it there as I lead her toward the back yard. There we find Daniel, who’s ordained and standing under the archway waiting for us to be wed, and Michelle’s friends are sitting around to witness this day in what looks like the sweetest wedding scene ever. We don’t need a big, fancy day. We just need one another and everyone that we love. I think this is going to be perfect… at least I hope so.

“Oh, wow.” Michelle looks blown away. “Oh, wow, we’re getting married now? This is amazing.”

“Are you happy?” I have to check because if she doesn’t want this, then I’ll halt it now. “Is this okay?”

“I love it. This is wonderful, Jordan, the best wedding I could have ever asked for.”

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EPILOGUE

MICHELLE

I’m stunned to the core. I can hardly believe what I’m looking at. This is wonderful, much more beautiful than I ever could have imagined. The fact that it’s in our back yard only makes it even more incredible. And knowing that Jordan planned this for me all on his own, with my friends in on the secret but not quite telling me about it… which is incredible for them. They are usually such gossips who can’t ever manage to keep their mouths shut, but they did this just for me.

“This is so romantic.” I grab Jordan and kiss him softly on the lips, my heart fluttering as I do so. “I might not have ever been the girl who sat around dreaming about her wedding, but if I ever was, then this is exactly what I would have imagined.”

Other women might want thousands of family members surrounding them, and of course, I would love to have my people here if that were possible, but I can feel them, all of them. I can sense them with me, supporting me at all times. My mother’s spirit, watching over me and wishing me well, my father sensing that I’m happy at last, and my brother too.

My God, my brother is alive and I’m getting married. What sort of day is this? It’s absolutely incredible.

“Actually, just before we walk down the aisle, there’s something that I want to tell you.” I tug on his arm and keep it with me for a moment. “I came home with some news of my own, but you kinda overshadowed me with all of this.”

“Oh, no, I’m sorry.” He looks horrified, as if this beautiful evening he has set up for us is a bad distraction rather than the best thing in the world for me. “I didn’t mean to. I just thought that this would be nice… I didn’t mean to overshadow…”

“Don’t be silly.” I giggle, stopping him before he gets too far. I didn’t mean for him to panic like that. “No, this is just more good news to add to the day of incredible news. I can’t wait to tell you. This is really exciting.” I grab onto Jordan’s hands tighter, almost bursting with the thrill of this. “I just want to tell you this before we say our vows and everything.”

“You’re killing me here.” He’s shaking with the nerves that I have shooting through his body. “What’s going on?”

I take his hand and press it to my stomach. “I found out today that I’m having a baby. Our baby. We’re going to be parents.”

They say that things come in threes, and this is proof of that. But these are the three bits of best news that I’ve ever heard in my life. It feels like it’s all come together in the most incredible way possible, proving that despite everything, we’re meant to be together and happy. We’re supposed to move forward with this relationship and be together forever.

No one has ever made me as happy as Jordan Miller, and I know no one ever will. There isn’t another man like him on the planet.He truly is one of a kind. I couldn’t do this journey called life without him, and I wouldn’t want to.

“You’re… you’re pregnant?” Jordan is pale as anything, clearly very shocked by this news, but he’s happy too. “We’re having a baby? Oh, my God, that’s so awesome, Michelle. That’s the best news ever. We’re having a freaking baby. This is just… it’s the best news ever. I’ll admit that you’ve knocked me off my feet, but in the best way ever.”

He picks me up and spins me around, cheering the whole time. We might not have been actively trying for a baby, but we’ve also discussed that we would be more than happy for it to happen, and now it has. I barely even noticed that it might be possible, aside from a little bit of nausea hitting mostly in the mornings, until I suddenly noticed how late I am.

My God, when I was in the work bathroom with my friends, taking that pregnancy test at lunchtime, I didn’t think it was going to be my wedding day. Good thing I’m dressed up nicely, huh? Good thing I’m more than ready for this. It’s almost as if fate has me right where I need to be. I fucking love destiny for bringing me here to this beautiful moment.

“You’re going to be the best mom ever,” he tells me happily. “I’ll try my best, but you… wow, I’m lucky to have you.”

I grab him and kiss him. “You’re gong to be the perfect father too. I wouldn’t have a baby with you otherwise.”

We’re both all choked up and emotional. I don’t know if we’re going to be able to get through this in a moment. We might both end up weeping with happiness and emotion. I need to try and get us moving before we fall apart completely.

“So, do you want us to get married, then?” I chuckle. “Since you’ve set all of this up? It seems like the perfect time for us to celebrate absolutely everything, don’t you think? Especially since my friends are here and ready for it.”

“You wait here. I’ll go to the end of the aisle so you can walk up to me. Let’s do that bit right.”

He half runs to the other end of the aisle and turns to stare at me with sheer love in his eyes. I can feel the zinging of chemistry from over here, and it makes me want to race over to him and cling to him forevermore. Being pregnant only makes it even more intense. I can see our future spilling out in our minds and it looks amazing. Jordan and me, growing old together with our children surrounding us, with our grandchildren too. Just a normal, quiet life, the sort of life I never thought I would be able to have. It’s perfect. I’ve honestly suffered enough drama to last me a lifetime.

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