Harlequin Romantic Suspense December 2015 Box Set by Rachel Lee

Author:Rachel Lee
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781459293823
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

EPILOGUE

Candace saw it—finally—as she stared into the mirror of the bride’s dressing room. She saw the beauty Garek saw when he looked at her—the way he always looked at her. Her breath caught in surprise and pleasure. Her skin was pale and flawless, her eyes such an enormous and brilliant blue.

“You are stunning,” Stacy told her.

The woman stepped up behind her and adjusted her veil. It was just a short little veil coming out of the hat atop her shiny black hair. Her dress was short, too, but with long sleeves and a lot of antique lace. She couldn’t believe how quickly Penny, Stacy and Nikki had helped her find the perfect dress. She couldn’t believe how quickly they had put together the perfect wedding.

“Thank you,” she said.

Stacy shrugged off her gratitude. “I’m just stating a fact.”

Candace shook her head. “I’m thanking you for so much more than the compliment. I’m thanking you for being my matron of honor.”

“Thank you for asking me,” Stacy said, and there was still the hint of surprise in her voice she’d had when Candace had asked her. Their history wasn’t pretty, but they’d overcome their differences. And Candace had replaced her resentment of the female Kozminski with appreciation and respect.

“I wouldn’t be here if not for you,” she said. “You found me—”

“Nikki found you,” Stacy said.

Nikki was a bridesmaid—dressed in the same blue velvet gown that Stacy wore. Candace hadn’t left her out. But her bond with Stacy was stronger.

“You’re the one who convinced me to come home,” she said. “To Garek.” More than the house he had bought, he was home to her. “You knew he had real feelings for me, and you helped me realize it was possible he could actually care about me.”

“He adores you,” Stacy assured her.

But Candace didn’t need the assurance. She knew how much he loved her. And as her father walked her down the aisle to her groom, she saw it—as she always did now—when he looked at her. She barely noticed how pretty the church looked—aglow with Christmas lights and fragrant pine boughs. She saw only her groom, standing tall and straight, in a black tuxedo. He was so handsome, so sexy. And so in love...with her, as she was him.

* * *

This was his real Christmas assignment—his Christmas day wedding to the woman he loved more than his life itself. He had been wrong—so wrong—the day he had proposed. He’d thought then it wasn’t possible for him to be any happier than he had been at that moment.

But he was happier now. So happy. And so in love. He took Candace from her father. The man wore his military uniform and a smile of reluctant approval. Garek, with his checkered past, probably wasn’t the man he would have wanted for a son-in-law. But there was no denying he made Candace happy. And he would spend the rest of their lives making her as happy as she had made him.

Garek held her hands in his.

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