Page 154 of Holding You
EPILOGUE
RUBY
Hudson cried during the ceremony, and I won a hundred bucks from Miles, Luca, and my dad.
They misjudged him, but not me.
Sadie had shared enough during our girls’ nights and his opinions on this day—I knew my brother was going to shed at least one tear.
What I didn’t expect was for it to be the moment the doors opened and Sadie appeared. I thought he’d at least wait until they were holding hands at the altar.
“What are you going to do with your money?” Declan asks, handing me a glass of wine.
I smirk and then pull the money from where I’d tucked it into my bralette. My maid of honor dress doesn't have pockets, so I had to improvise.
“I’m not sure yet. Maybe take you and the kids to a fancy dinner.”
“I would never let you pay for that.”
“You can and you will if it’s what I want.”
He chuckles.
“You’re not wrong about that.” He slinks his free hand around my body, pulling me in for a kiss. “I live to make you happy.”
“Same.”
His lips meet mine, and I melt into him.
Kissing Declan never gets old.
His hand smooths over the back of my dress, falling dangerously close to my butt.
I laugh into the kiss, and he pulls away.
A throat clears next to us, and Sandy, from the kids’ school, glares at us just before she leans into Cami and starts talking.
“New rumor alert,” Declan whispers into my ear.
I kiss him again, slipping some tongue for dramatics.
“Let them talk.”
After I left Chicago, Max and I were home for no more than a week before Declan and Susie were back.
A couple of weeks after that, we were all moving into Declan’s house, and now the wedding of the summer is finally here.
Then Declan found out about the deal Barton offered me. It wasn’t like I tried to hide it, but I didn’t think it was something that needed to be discussed, since there was nothing we could do about it.
Except that when I refused to take money from Declan, he contacted everyone—and I mean everyone—that he knows and told them to consider working with me. Then he called Colt, who did the same.
Needless to say that if work continues the way it is, I’ll have that loan and the stupid interest added paid off in less than a year.
If you had asked me at the start of this summer if I thoughtI’d fall madly in love with Declan Young and watch him become friends with Max’s father, I would have laughed.
But it turns out, Declan and Susie were the missing pieces that my crazy family needed.
“Okay, okay, we get it,” Linc says, pulling up a chair at the table right behind us. “You’re in love, too. No need to show it off in front of all of us.”
