He couldn't bring himself to wake Elodie. Instead, he gently draped another blanket over her and drove smoothly back to their place.

They'd actually been living at his family's old house for a while now.

It was all because of Nadia. His grandmother absolutely refused to let him take care of Nadia alone-she doted on the little girl too much to allow it.

In the end, he'd relented.

Besides, Nadia seemed to have taken an unexpected liking to Octavia. Octavia, who used to spend all her time out and about, now came home every day just to play with Nadia.

But with the wedding tomorrow, the old house was hectic-too many details, too much noise. Elodie was exhausted. So he decided to return to their own home for the night, letting her get a good night's rest before everything began.

When they arrived, Elodie was still asleep.

Jarrod got out, circled around to her side, opened the car door, and carefully lifted her out, tucking her arm around his neck.

She stirred, her eyelids fluttering open for a moment.

He met her gaze. "It's alright. We're home. Go back to sleep."

With a soft sigh, she nestled closer and drifted off again.

He carried her upstairs.

off her shoes and shrugged the heavy coat from her

the edge of the bed for a while, watching


her for a video chat, she'd be tapping away at code late into the night. These past few

for the fact that the wedding was tomorrow, he might have called the whole thing off, just so she could

once more, then pulled out his phone and

Elodie was woken by

"It's time. The hair

so we can start getting you

the day.

this late on

man next to her, who was still sleepily curled around her. Jarrod lifted

no time to worry about

was.

to greet and a long

scrambled out of bed, hurrying to


out I overslept on my wedding day, I'll never hear the end of

his lips. "Just blame it on me. Tell them I wouldn't let

bathroom, shot him a glare, and shut the door to start her

didn't waste any time either. He got up, tidied the room a bit, checked the

time Elodie finished her shower and got

buzzing with activity. More than a dozen people were

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