Page 165 of Pucking Tangled
It was a vow. Spokenandshared.
They didn’t linger afterward. There were no photos, rice or confetti.
They climbed into Waylon’s truck and drove back to their house.
Brooke met them at the front door and whisked Mia away to the guest bedroom to change her clothes and redo her hair and makeup. And when Brooke was done, Mia’s dad was there, waiting outside the door to escort her to her men.
Dressed in a white dress, because it was what her men dreamed of, she walked across the backyard to where all four of them were waiting for her beneath the big oak tree that’d been wrapped in string lights.
This was therealceremony.
The one that mattered.
No officiant. No signatures.
Just her. Hermen.
And their families who supported them.
Casey stepped forward first and took her hand. “Mia, I always knew that I couldn’t do life without you. I just never imagined that our life would look like this. Thank you for taking the biggest chance on all of us.” He slipped a tiny diamond-crusted band on her finger, just above Waylon’s. “I promise to love, honor, cherish and respect you for all of my days.”
Mia slipped the custom five-stone band onto Casey’s hand. “Casey. Let’s be honest, you’re the first man I ever loved. You’ve always been there for me and then, without even knowing it, you gave me a gift that none of us expected. I’m yours. Theirs. Forever.”
They sealed their commitment to each other with a kiss before Casey stepped back and Luca took her hand.
“I never thought I’d be brave enough to want something like this,” he admitted, slipping the band he picked out for her onto her left ring finger. “But you made it easy to hope. You made me want things that scare the hell out of me. And I’d walk through every fear again as long as it meant I always got to come home to you.”
Mia’s hands shook as she placed Luca’s matching band on his ring finger. “Luca, your trust in me is what makes me want to be a better woman. Every moment. Every day. Your love is passionate, pure and innocent all in one. I’m forever thankful that you gave me your heart, and you’ve let our love multiply.” She nodded in Waylon’s direction. A silent affirmation of what the two men also shared.
Luca cupped her face and kissed her with the promises of a thousand sons.
Then Owen came forward, his hand finding hers. “You make me believe in things I stopped hopingfor a long time ago,” he said. His thumb brushed over her knuckles as he placed his simple band onto her finger. “And I’ll spend the rest of my life making sure you never stop believing, too.”
“You’re our anchor in every storm,” Mia said, sliding his ring on. “The steady presence and voice of reason when we need it. Owen, you’ve created a safe space that I never want to leave. I’ll spend all of my days cherishing that.” She kissed him to seal her vow.
Then Waylon, rarely quiet, stepped forward.
“I’m not good at pretty words,” he said. “But I know what peace feels like now. And it’s you. Always.”
Mia placed her palm on his cheek. “Waylon, everyday is an adventure with you around. You make me smile and laugh. And you let me see parts of you that no one else has. You’ve let me in and held me tight without ever clipping my wings.”
He slipped her five-stone engagement ring back on her hand and kissed her.
Casey, Owen and Luca joined hands with them. Together they vowed, “Today, I choose you—without conditions, without questions or doubts. For now, forever, and every moment in between. Together our love cannot be divided.”
Their families clapped and cheered.
Casey’s mom cried when she hugged Mia. His dad toasted with a beer and made a joke about “getting three more sons and a daughter for the price of one.”
Tessa and Tyson snapped selfies with the happy…newlyweds, and congratulated their brother on finding his happily ever after.
Dean and Celia Blackford handed out glasses of Keller Vineyard wine and blessed them with a heartfelt toast.
Mia’s parents couldn’t stop smiling and hugging their daughter.
“I’m just so happy for you,” her mom kept repeating.
Then the music started and, one by one, friends and teammates arrived.
