Page 199 of Forever

He shrugged. “Nigel sorted out the logistics.”

“We helped too,” Mason said as he joined us. He and Bee were already in winter coats and snow boots too. “You’re staying with us tonight.”

“Oh.”Umm.I loved Mason and Bee, but I didn’t exactly want to spend my wedding night with them. I was thrilled that all of our friends were going to join us at the beach onSunday. But I wanted some alone time with Matt right now.

Bee laughed. “Notwithus. He meant at the hotel we live in. A separate hotel room. The honeymoon suite, actually. The owner owed us a favor after he took a week to fix…never mind. Not important. Are you guys ready?”

“Absolutely,” Matt said and kicked off his dress shoes. He pulled on a pair of snow boots too.

“This is going to be fun,” Rob said and walked over in a big puffy jacket.

“You’re coming too?” I asked.

“Not yet.” He winked at me. “But I’m sure Daphne will have me cumming soon enough.” He slapped her butt.

She looked truly horrified for a second and then laughed. “I have had too much to drink. And I get very handsy when I’m drunk. Wait, where did Sophie go? She was right here a second ago…”

“Don’t worry,” Penny said as she grabbed one of the jackets off the table. “We’re still on kid watching duty. But we figured it was safer to stay at the hotel than drive…crap, you’re right. Where did Sophie go?”

“Got her,” James said and pulled out her chair. Sophie had been sitting there pushing icing off her cake. She grabbed the cake in her hand as James picked her up.

It was like a big sleepover. But in separate rooms. And I could definitely get down with that.

“Is this okay?” Matt asked as he pulled me into his arms.

“It’s perfect.”

“Magical,” he said.

“Enchanting.”

He laughed. “Fantastical. Let’s find you and Jacob jackets that fit.”

It didn’t take long for us to all get bundled up. Nigel had even gotten us handmade mittens somehow. They were so warm and cozy.

“Wait,” Matt said. “We almost forgot something very important.”

He dropped to his knees again in front of me and started to lift up my skirt.

“What are you doing?” I tried to put my hands on his shoulders, but his head disappeared beneath my dress.

And then I felt his kiss on the inside of my thigh.

Jesus.

He grabbed my garter with his teeth and slowly pulled it down my leg.

Rob whistled as Matt’s head reemerged.

Matt winked at me and then turned around. He shot the garter into the air and even though Tanner tried to sidestep it, there was no room for him to move. It landed against his chest. He grabbed it, shook his head, and then handed it off to Rob.

“Dude, I’m married,” Rob said with a laugh and tried to hand it back.

“I am most certainly not the next man here to be married. Here.” Tanner grabbed the garter and handed it to my dad.

My dad looked equally bewildered.

I couldn’t help but laugh.

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