Page 125 of The Billionaire's Bride
"Welcome to the brotherhood of the Seven." She grimaces, "Each of them seems to try to break the record of the previous one, when it comes to organizing their wedding. And of course, each of them has to ask me to organize it. And of course, I can’t say no." She mock wipes her brow, "The number of grey hairs they have given me over the past few months is not funny."
"You like the challenge; admit it," I giggle.
"Yeah, right." She blows out a breath, "At least, I am not marrying one of them."
"No, you decided to set your sights on the older brother to one of them."
"Gah, stop it." She throws up her hands, "Liam’s getting married in a week, and that will be that." She dusts off her palms.
Summer peeks in, "Isla, I think Amelie needs your help with the catering."
"Of course, she does," She turns and marches toward the door, then points a finger at Summer, "You make sure she gets down to the back garden in ten minutes, you hear me?"
"Yes Ma’am." Summer chuckles as Isla throws me a smile, then disappears down the corridor.
"Whew, she’s in a mood." Summer saunters in, then sinks down into a chair. "How are you feeling?" She peers up at me. "No nerves or anything?"
"Nope," I smile, "I feel good."
"Good."
"Only thing."
She leans forward, giving me her full attention.
"He hasn’t yet told me that he loves me."
"Hmm." She places her fingers together. "But he asked you to marry him and pulled out all the stops to get this ceremony underway as soon as possible."
I nod.
"And he found you a ring that’s exactly the kind you’d have wanted."
"Mm-hmm." I jerk my chin.
"Seems to me like love."
"It is love," I declare. "It’s just, I wish he’d say those three words aloud, you know?"
"When Sinclair asked me to marry him, it was part of a transaction." She tilts her head at me, "Did you know that?"
"No," I blink, "but you two are so much in love."
"Oh, the alphahole was in love with me, all right. It just took him a while to figure it out. Hell, it took me a while to figure out what my feelings for him were."
"But it all worked out."
"And how." She laughs as she places her palms across her belly. "I can’t believe how thrilled I am to be carrying his baby."
"You’re glowing." I smile back at her. "You look radiant."
"I feel radiant." She grins back, before glancing away. "If only my sister were here to share my happiness."
"Karma, right?" I turn to face her, "Hasn’t she been away in Sicily, with her new beau?"
"That’s the thing," Summer pushes her hair back from her face, "I’ve never met this man, and it’s not like Karma to be away for so long."
"But she does call?"
