Page 239 of Dirty Discipline, Vol. 2

I was surprised to see that Kendall didn’t have a drink in her hand and apparently hadn’t been drinking all night. I looked at Kendall searching for answers. I still hadn’t spoken to her since hearing about her and Matt. She smiled warmly and just nodded. I had never seen her so content, so happy and so stable. She no longer looked like a lost little girl, covering her fears and insecurities with a party façade.

Caine and I spent the next hour accepting everyone’s congratulations until Caine excused himself. He pulled Coley into the next room, leaving me with the happy guests. Rebecca took this moment to pull me into her arms.

“You did it right this time. Know that this one is for good,” she encouraged.

I nodded. “I do. He brings out the best in me and makes me feel happier than I could imagine,” I replied.

“It’s obvious by the way he looks at you that he is deeply in love. You’re really lucky to have found that,” Rebecca commented.

Caine and Coley reentered the party. Coley was beaming from ear to ear. She looked as if she had been crying.

Caine walked up to me and kissed me lightly on the lips. He looked deep in my eyes and asked, “Are you happy, Neely?”

I nodded my reply. Caine enclosed his arms around me and held me tight for several moments. Our embrace was interrupted by Coley, Rebecca and Kendall coming up to us.

“Neely, can we speak to you for a moment?” Coley asked.

I looked at my friends puzzled and slightly concerned as to why they all needed to speak with me. I looked at Caine to see if it were all right to leave him.

“Go ahead. Girl talk,” he encouraged.

I kissed him one more time and followed the girls into what once was my room.

“Is everything all right?” I asked concerned.

Coley shut the door behind her and answered, “Better than all right. I have something I want to give you, and I wanted the girls here with me.” She paused, visibly fighting tears. “I want you to have this.”

She handed me a simple platinum ring made for a man. I looked at it a bit perplexed.

“It belonged to my father. I want you to give it to my brother when you marry,” Coley explained.

Tears filled my eyes as I looked into Coley’s watery green eyes, which were full of love.

“Oh, Coley, thank you!” I gushed. “This will mean so much to Caine, and it means so much to me that you would think of this.”

The moment was interrupted by a knock at the door. Kendall opened the door to Matt, Vance and another man I had just met tonight named Max. The gentlemen walked in and announced that everyone was ready. Matt hooked his arm in Kendall’s, Max did the same to Rebecca, and Vance followed suit by hooking his arm into Coley’s.

I stared at my friends confused. Matt walked over with Kendall in one arm and extended his other arm to me.

“It’s time for a wedding. May I?” Matt explained as I looped my arm around his.

“What…a wedding?” I stammered.

“Yes,” Coley answered softly.

I couldn’t form any words as the group led me out to the brightly lit backyard. Everyone was standing around with a small aisle ending with Caine standing under an archway made of flowers and Chinese lanterns.

Matt led the group to the archway and softly handed me off to Caine. Caine took both of my hands in his and beamed.

“You said you wanted to be my wife soon.” Caine brought my hands to his lips and softly kissed them. “Will you marry me tonight?”

Never had I felt so much love in my life. Caine had planned a secret wedding. The romantic gesture was overwhelming. I wanted to melt into his arms and never have him let me go. The pieces were falling into place. The dress, the formal attire, his father’s ring, and this beautiful backyard were all planned by Caine to surprise me with a perfect wedding.

I nodded. “Yes, yes!” I exclaimed.

Caine turned us to face the priest. He nodded to begin the ceremony. I noticed that I had my friends standing on my side and his friends standing behind him. We were surrounded by love and beauty. I couldn’t have asked for a better setting.

The ceremony spiraled in a wave of love, promises and devotion. Words were spoken, but my mind and my heart were focused on Caine. Standing before me was the man of my dreams. The love I felt almost hurt with the intensity. The trance I was in was broken when I heard the words I so desperately wanted to hear.

“I now pronounce you man and wife.”

Caine pulled me into his arms and kissed me like I had never been kissed before. I could hear cheers and applause around me as his mouth devoured mine. He captured my breath with his, demanding everything I could give. I kissed him with all I had, giving myself over completely.

Caine was my husband. I was his wife. We were a family, a family with traditional values, an old-fashioned marriage, and a husband who spanked. We were going to be the married couple who everyone asks how they did it. How did the marriage stand the test of time? We were going to be the long lasting couple who would share a secret, a secret to a happy marriage. We would look into each other’s eyes and know the answer. A spanking marriage is a lasting marriage. For the most part, it would be our secret, our intimate way of working through conflict. A way to stay strong, committed and connected.

I couldn’t wait for the journey we would share together. Never before had I been so sure of my future, so sure that I would no longer be alone. I had such strength with Caine, happiness and resolve. I found what I needed in a man. I found what I so desperately needed to feel. I found my feminineness, my vulnerabilities, and my passion. With Caine…I found my love.

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