Page 89 of The Omega's Secret Baby
ELIAS
Eight monthslater
Thirty minutesbefore the wedding ceremony, Jake came bursting into the dressing room where I was checking my white suit in front of the mirror. “Daddy!”
“What’s up?”
“Dad asks if you’re ready yet.”
I tried to straighten my hair a bit, but it was no use. “Almost.”
“You look funny in that suit,” Jake said.
I chuckled. He was right. I did look a bit different from usual, but it was customary for omegas to marry in white. I didn’t care about the tradition so much, but Matt said he liked the color on me, and after I’d made him waitthis longto get married… he could totally have me whichever way he wanted me.
“Do you have the rings?” I asked Jake.
“Of course I do!” He puffed his chest out, ever so proud that we were trusting him with this task. And he wassocute in his navy suit, trying to look important.
“Good.” I went down on one knee to hug him. “Now remember what I told you.”
“I know! Walk slowly with the rings to the altar. No running. No jumping.”
“Good boy.” I kissed his hair and let him go. He was getting so big now. I couldn’t believe he was eight already, soon to be nine.
Which meant this wedding was nearly ten years overdue.
When it was time for me to walk down the aisle, my brother walked with me, giving me away in place of the parent I hadn’t spoken to in forever. But it seemed only fitting that Griff should be here with me. I owed so much to him. I couldn’t wait for the day I got to return the favor.
“Good luck,” Griff whispered as he let me go.
But who needed luck when he had the most handsome man waiting for him at the altar?
Matt’s whole face lit up as he met my eyes. “You look stunning.”
“So do you.” I gave the compliment back with a smile. Matt was wearing black today, and I’m sure we contrasted nicely. The wedding pictures would be beautiful. Actually, everything looked great.
Matt had rented the town hall for this wedding, and Griff had been in charge of the decor. He had a real hand for it, using bright flowers and pastel colors to transform the hall into something that looked straight out of a fairy tale.Only the best for my brother,he’d said, even though he wasn’t the one paying for this.
Not that money was an issue when you were marrying the richest man in town. Matt might have quit his job, but he still had so much in savings and investments that we weren’t going to be scrounging for money anytime soon. Still, we’d kept expenses relatively low. We had no one to impress. Matt’s family hadn’t shown up, only some colleagues and old friends—and Frederica, who’d insisted on sitting in the front.
Andmyguests… Well, there was a row of people with cats and dogs from the shelter that made me smile when my eyes wandered their way. Fiona was there too, of course, sitting with some of the friends I’d made at college.
It was perfect. It was more than I’d ever dreamed of.
After all the gossip I’d had to endure, who’d have thought that someone was ever going to make an honest omega out of me? And all while I went back to college and left the child rearing to my mate!
“Ready to get this show started?” Matt asked with a small smile.
“You bet.”
We turned to the officiator.
“We are gathered here today to celebrate the union between an alpha and an omega, to support and love one another in the way only true mates can. But today is not about duties or obligations or fulfilling your role in society. Today is about love, for nothing is more powerful than a bond forged by love. The love they hold for one another as well as the love they show their children every day. It is this love that will carry them through the trials and tribulations of life, and nothing brings me greater honor than joining these two in marriage today. Now let us hear their vows.”
I looked at Matt, taking a deep breath because everything about this ceremony was making me teary. I wasn’t going to cry, though. At least not until we’d exchanged rings! “Matt,” I started, fiddling with the piece of paper in my hand. I’d written down so many words to say to him, but now I felt none of them were quite enough for what I wanted to express. “You have no idea how much I love you,” I said, before my silence grew even longer. “And I don’t have the words to tell you. Growing up, I always had this perfect vision of what my life was going to be like. I was going to be a vet and I was going to show everyone that omegas could be more than parents, and then you came and threw such a wrench into my plan.” I had to laugh and he smiled as well. “It’s because of you that I became a parent, but I also became so much more than that. You showed me that it’s not important what society expects of me as long as I love what I’m doing and I love who I’m with. The only thing I want to prove anymore is my love to you, and I’m going to keep doing that until the day that I die.”
When I finished, Matt actually looked like his eyes were a little wetter than usual too! I grinned at him. Go me, nearly making an alpha cry.
