Page 49 of Hollywood Fairytale

Now that Mason had a much bigger bedroom, I’d upgraded his bed to a full size, so it was much more comfortable to read to him at night. With all three of us on it I was thinking maybe I should have gotten him a queen or even a king. Mason climbed underneath his blankets and I tucked him in just the way he liked. It was close to the point he couldn’t move while sleeping, but he had a little wiggle room. I couldn’t imagine sleeping like that, but Mason didn’t sleep well unless he was thoroughly tucked in.

After getting him just right, Luke and I climbed onto his bed. I laid down beside him to pick up where we left off reading before his weekend with his dad, and Luke sat taking up a good portion at the bottom of the bed. Mason lasted a little longer than he normally did from the excitement of having Luke there with us.

Quietly we got up, I turned off the lamp, and kissed Mason’s cheek. I was looking forward to having Luke as a part of our nightly ritual and I knew Mason was too.

Now it was time for me to show Luke just how likable he was. Maybe I’d even ask him to put on his glasses.

22

Taylor’s eyestraced over the patio that overlooked the pool where we were having dinner. All of our friends and family were with us in Hawaii for our wedding. To keep the wedding private, Luke rented out the entire place for the rest of the week. Everyone was feeling free with the entire resort being ours.

“Wow, I still can’t believe you guys booked the whole place, but I get it. I think I’ve finally picked my jaw up off the floor after seeing Anna, Colton, and Reeves walking around earlier. They were very sweet about by my star-struckness.”

“Is star-struckness a real word?” I laughed at her.

“It is now, and it might be my perpetual state being friends with you and Luke if celebrities will be dropping by for holidays and birthdays.”

I could only shake my head. “I seriously doubt any will be dropping by, but after you’ve been around them for a little while you realize that they’re just like us. They’re normal people with normal problems.”

Side-eying me, she spoke out of the corner of her mouth. “Except that they have an abnormal amount of money.”

“Afraid they might hear you?” I whispered back with a smile.

“I don’t want to offend anyone.”

“You realize now that you’re back in Fairlane that you’ll be around Luke and he’s one of them, don’t you?”

“Luke is so normal except for his hotness.”

We both burst out laughing at her statement. I had to agree. Luke was pretty normal aside from how sweet and amazing of a man he was. There was a possibility that I was biased.

Biting her lip with a sad look in her eye, Taylor asked. “Did you invite Ryan?”

Letting a sigh out, I looked at everyone taking their seats. “Even though I hadn’t talked to him in months, I thought that maybe he’d finally see that Luke is the guy for me and that all the shit Ashlyn posted was a lie, but he didn’t even respond to the invite.”

Taylor’s face fell. “I’m so sorry. I know that you’re disappointed that he hasn’t come around.”

Wetness sprang to my eyes, and I bit my bottom lip. “I miss him. Ryan was there for me after the divorce and we got close again. He was my go-to-guy for when things went wrong with the house and they went wrong a lot.”

Wrapping her arm around my shoulders, Taylor pulled me in for a side hug. “Well, you don’t need him anymore. You’ve got a new house and in a couple of days you’ll have a new husband that adores you.”

“Can you believe it? Two years ago, I never would have thought I’d ever get married again. Hell, I didn’t think I’d ever date again and now I’m marrying the most amazing man in the world.” I closed my eyes and smiled. “One day I’m going to have his baby and Iknowthat we’re going to live happily ever after. My life became a fairytale.” Taylor looked over at me her eyes wide and her mouth parted. “What?”

“Are you really planning on having a baby?” she asked in a hushed voice.

“How could I not want to make a baby with him? To make another person that’s a part of him?”

Luke dipped down from behind me, kissing my cheek. My gasp then smile caused his lips to tip up as he sat down beside me. “What prompted your dreamy eyed look?”

“You,” I answered truthfully. “How much my life has changed in the last two years and how great it is now.”

Leaning in, Luke cupped my face and gave me the most tender kiss of my life. We didn’t care that everyone in the room was probably looking at us. His thumb caressed my cheek as his lips swept against mine one last time.

While I had a dreamy look before, I knew then that I had a starry-eyed gaze now. Luke had a tendency to do that to me and I hoped that it would never go away.

He kissed the tip of my nose and then my forehead. “You’re not the only one with a great life, beautiful.”

I could only smile at him.

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