Chapter 32

POV: “Adelaide*

“Yes, I understand. Mmhm. Okay, Bye.”

I sighed as I hung up my phone, throwing it onto the coffee table. I threw myself onto the couch, my head hitting the firm legs of the man beside me.

“Bad news?” Damon asked, with a smile as he reached out to run his fingers gently through my hair attempting to soothe

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“The florist canceled,” I said, leaning into his touch. I curled into his lap, shutting my eyes as I sighed. “Apparently, Corinna’s booked every florist in the city for her wedding day.”

“Of course, Damon rolled his eyes, sighing heavily.

“Our wedding is going to be a disaster,” I groaned, covering my face with my hands.

“No, it won’t,” Damon argued.

“Oh, really?” I snapped, sitting up as I leaned my weight on my palms. “We don’t have a florist, we don’t have a caterer, we don’t have a decorator and almost fifty guests have canceled including both of our fathers. Safe to say, it’s already ruined”

“So?” Damon chuckled, wrapping his hand around my head as he quickly stole a kiss from me. “All I need is you. Who cares about anyone else? You’re all I’m going to see anyway.”

“Corny,” I deadpanned, despite the blush blooming across my cheeks. Despite the bad news, he had me smiling. He was way too good at this.

“But it’s true.”

He grinned.

I sighed, leaning my head on his shoulder. “We’re supposed to get married in two days, and nothing is going right.”

“Addie.” Damon started, tilting my chin up so our eyes met, “I only wanted a ceremony to stop the press from gossiping. I don’t care if I marry you in the middle of a hurricane or at the courthouse. As long as I can call you my wife. I’m happy.”

I smiled, leaning forward so our foreheads were touching, and I could see my reflection in his e eyes.

“Same for me,” I admitted. “I don’t care about any of these theatrics. I just want to be married to you already.”

“We should’ve just gotten married at the courthouse,” Damon commented. “That would’ve been easier.”

Both of our eyes lit up at the same time, a lightbulb clicking on in both of our minds as we turned to one another with wide

eyes.

you thinking what

kiss my nose. “We

I nodded fervently, a grin splitting across my face.

the empty house, scrambling to

the floor and then the pounding of feet rushing above us

entrance, breathing heavily with beads of sweat rolling down his

“What is it?”

eyes as held himself defensively

you to drive us,” I said, kindly as I pushed past him to head upstairs.

Peter asked, bewilderedly. He dropped his hands out of their defensive posture

threat.

wedding chapel.” I heard Damon answer behind

Peter

“We’re cloping!”

can’t believe this is happening.” Peter muttered with a

like you’re getting married in a chapel by an Elvis

lobby of

Damon said,

giggled, feeling like I was floating on clouds. Excitement and anxiety twirled

Steyn and Ms. Hildebrand?”

fell forward and Damon caught me, wrapping

Damon drawled, smirking

forward

the liquor we’d been drinking since we’d arrived, but I’d never thought a

me when we parted and I grinned-feeling like a schoolgirl with her first crush. I took his hand and the two of us

Impersonator greeted us as soon as we stepped foot inside the building. He had a ukulele with him and was dressed in the classic Elvis gear.

we followed him up to the podium. My mother’s dress was as comfortable as I thought it would be, not too tight and easy to breathe and walk in. My veil trailed behind us as Damon led me

not to laugh. A quick glance at Damon said

Bible was sitting on the podium as he stepped behind it, Peter standing

hand, sending him

one of his famous songs on the ukulele and then

celebrate these two people in the sacred ceremony of matrimony,” Elvis bellowed before the empty theater.

one another deeply. Peter shifted on his feet

didn’t care.

“take this beautiful woman to be your lawfully wedded wife? To have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and bad, for richer or poorer, for as long as

do,” was his

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