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After Stephanie left, I bounced on my feet and said, “I’m slightly terrified of meeting your siblings now.”
He shook his head. “Don’t be. You’re my wife, and they consider me the odd one who wanted to be a doctor instead of just using my money to make more money.”
His family had scared him.
I traced the line of buttons up his chest and said, “I’m glad you decided to be a doctor.”
Our guests were sitting outside on the balcony, since it was a warm evening.
Johnny led me to our seats and said, “Next weekend, if you don’t want to go to the picnic, I totally understand.”
I laughed and said, “Are you kidding? I’m looking forward to seeing you at a cookout with normal people.”
He kissed my cheek, and everyone said, “Aww.”
“Right. Tomorrow. The hospital board doesn’t know that being a Dawes lets me pull strings. I wanted to become chief without using my family influence, but now I intend to refuse the promotion, which entails attention to details and controlling other people’s schedules which now seemed like extra work, so I can just be with you and Bradley.”
I hugged his side and said, “Oh, Johnny, you can do whatever you think is best.”
He laced his fingers with mine. “I can’t wait to get you alone in Hawaii.”
I chuckled, as a few days ago, he’d said we could go anywhere I wanted to go, but his vision sounded perfect. I gazed into his dark eyes at the light in him as he stared back at me. “I’m looking forward to our life together.”
His gaze narrowed as he studied me. “One quick question.”
I tilted my head and tensed. “Yes?”
He kept his voice low and said, “I was thinking we could try to start that family we talked about soon, like on our honeymoon.”
Aww.I nodded and hugged him as I said, “I love you, and I’m in.”
Then he kissed me. Life was beautiful with him.
Chapter Twenty
Johnny
A week later
The hospital parkhad a playground and picnic tables under a small pavilion with a barbeque. I didn’t know if I’d ever gone to a public park in my life, but there I was, with my family.
Olivia brought her sister Georgie, who would take Bradley home in her private plane so that we could head straight to Hawaii. It was nice that Olivia trusted her family.
Since she’d been in my life, I knew she was what I’d craved but never found with anyone else. So I trusted her judgment. As we headed to the pavilion, my brother Max called me.
She kissed my cheek, and I stepped to the side to answer. “Hey, Max.”
He said quickly, “Damon’s on the line.”
Damon said, “We wanted to congratulate you and remind you of Mom’s—”
“Max, Damon, please tell Mom I’m still not interested in her babysitting services.”
I watched Olivia speaking to Georgie, who I'd invited to join us, and my co-workers were all taking pictures with her husband, the all-star baseball player of the year.
Max, the one that always calmed everyone down, said, “Okay. Personally, I think you’re lucky that you found a way out of here.”
Damon shouted, “Shut the fuck up, Max!”
