Page 56 of Sweet and Wild

“You’re not freaking out that I just ordered you to be with me?”

“Not in the slightest. There’s no one else I’d rather be ordered around by.”

“Good, because I plan on bossing you for a long time.”

Colt screws up his lips and then winces—likely from the pain.

If Colt can’t kiss me properly,I’m gonna kill West.

“Are you ruining my chance to ask you to marry me, Lemon Winchester?”

“Nope.” I shake my head and wrap my arms around his neck as he grips my ass through the scratchy wool. “I know you like to keep to tradition, but I’m just sayin’, don’t go plannin’ the rest of your life without me, Colton Hayes.”

He leans in and presses his forehead to mine. “There is no rest of my life without you, Lemonade.”

EPILOGUE

Lemon

Wyatt grins at me as I stand outside the barn, fidgeting. “What?”

“Nothin’, just … you look happy, Lemonade.”

“Well, that’s because I am. The man I’ve loved my whole life is standing on the other side of that door—he is standing on the other side of that door, right? I’m not walking into a room without a groom, am I?”

“Honey, Colton Hayes’s been waitin’ to marry you since the first day he laid eyes on you.”

“How would you know—you weren’t even alive then.”

“Maybe so, but I’ve seen it in his eyes every day since.”

I shove my bouquet at him while I fan away the tears that are threatening to ruin my makeup. “I can’t believe I’m getting married.”

Wyatt frowns. “Me either. Are you sure you don’t wanna run? We could have a horse saddled up in five minutes and be riding off to the airport with those tickets of yours to Barbados. Drink a little rum, meet some cute men?”

“No offense, Wyatt, but none of those cute men could even compare to who’s waitin’ at that altar.”

“Alright then. You ready?”

I smooth my dress and take back my bouquet. “I’ve never been more ready.”

After the first dance, Wyatt steps up to the microphone and I frown, holding my husband’s hand. “What in the world is he doin’?”

He taps the microphone and it echoes through the barn. “Howdy, everyone. For those of you who don’t know me, I’m Wyatt, the youngest of the Winchester children. I happen to be the best speaker out of the bunch so, you know, I get the fun job of announcing this special moment.”

“Did you know about this?” I whisper to Colt.

“Yeah, I knew.”

“As you all know, our daddy is no longer with us. God rest his soul. But it wouldn’t be right for our little Lemonade to have to sit out a daddy/daughter dance on her wedding day.”

“Oh my God.” I cover my mouth and try to fight back the tears that are threatening to spill over my lashes. I’m gonna kill them for making me cry in front of everyone on my wedding day.

“So, if y’all wouldn’t mind clearin’ the dance floor, we Winchesters are about to get wild,” Wyatt says with a wistful grin.

“Winchester wild!” West and Wade both answer the call by hollering the way only we Winchesters know how.

I shake my head at them, and Wyatt clears his throat. “We love you, Lemonade. And I know I speak for everyone when I say we’re so happy you and Colt worked your shit out. I don’t know how much longer this town could stand to see him moping.”

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