Still a Bad Boy: A New Adult Romantic Suspense (16 page)

Kendall

Months Later

I turned side-on in the mirror and put my hand on my belly.  Anybody else might not have known the difference but, in the last couple of days, I could see it.

Growing inside me was the son or daughter of Jace Barlow.  I was going to be a mommy.

After all the death and destruction I’d witnessed, and even participated in, it was so incredibly uplifting to play a part in the creation of new life.  A lump formed in my throat, and I blinked hard, wafting at my face with one hand.  The last thing I wanted was to streak my make-up with tears.  Not today.

Regaining some measure of control of myself, I pressed two fingers against my lips and transferred the kiss to my stomach.  Instead of crying, I spoke to my unborn child for the first time.

“One time, in a cabin in the woods, I promised your daddy something.  I’m going to promise you the same thing.  I love you, baby.  I’ll kill for you, and I’ll die for you.  Nobody will ever hurt you while I breathe and have the courage to do anything about it.  I love you
so
much.”

A knock on the door made me look up, and my dad poked his head in.

“It’s time, you’re fashionably late.”

“OK.”

I took a deep breath and pulled the veil down over my face, before picking up my bouquet and following my father out the door.  My heart was fluttering and I had to fight back the tears of joy time and time again.

I couldn’t believe it was already my wedding day.  Part of me was still that girl trapped in Woodville, surprised anybody wanted to marry me at all, but this wasn’t just anybody, this was the greatest man I’d ever known.

Jace had hired out The Plaza and spared no expense in preparing the venue for our special day.  Waiting behind those giant wooden doors for the first notes of the song that had made billions of girls sigh dreamily was utterly surreal.

Now, it was my turn.  On the other side of those doors was
the
aisle.  At the end of the aisle was a tall, handsome, muscular billionaire who was going to promise to love me and forsake all others forever.

Afterwards, we’d celebrate with friends and family, then our limo would drive off into the sunset along streets lined with a biker gang revving their engines.  Officially, they were there to peacefully protest big business.  In reality, Jace had paid a hefty sum and a fulfilled promise for added security along our route.

Our private jet was going to take us somewhere that Jace had kept as a surprise, so I had no idea where my honeymoon was going to be, but the look in his eyes told me that this was one bride who was not going to get much sleep on her wedding night.  I couldn’t wait.

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