Room 419; A Gift from Drunk Me by Ann Mayburn

Author:Ann Mayburn [Mayburn, Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: childhood crush, steamy romance, surprise marriage, older man younger woman, surprise wedding
Publisher: Honey Mountain Publishing
Published: 2018-09-25T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

Deacon

The moment those sweet words ‘it could only be Deacon’ drifted from her full lips I lost the last shred of self-control I was clinging to.

She couldn’t say something that sweet without me wanting to kiss her. To sip from her lips, taste the honey of her skin. I managed to restrain myself enough to only brush my lips against hers, but we lingered for a moment, sharing our breath, and she snuck a lick of my upper lip. Little minx, she was playing with fire and she knew it.

“Greg,” I looked up at her dad, then her mom. “Tabitha, you’ve not only been my friends, you’ve been my mentors and I respect you. But you don’t need to worry about Ivy. I’m going to be the best husband she could ever want. I’ll work hard to make her happy, to give her the kind of life she deserves. I know she’s a handful—”

“Hey,” Ivy elbowed me in the side. “I’m not a handful.”

Her dad snorted and we glanced at each other and shared a look filled with understanding.

“I believe you, Deacon,” my mom said with a strained expression deepening the lines around her eyes. “But that doesn’t mean I have to like it. You eloped! Ivy wanted a big wedding, she’s talked about it all her life.”

“Mom, I wanted a big wedding when I was ten. I honestly don’t want to go through all the hassle of a huge wedding. Remember, I just had to deal with my friend Kim, aka Bridezilla. I saw what her big, fancy wedding did to her sanity. Trust me, rehearsal dinner with her wasn’t pretty. Deacon gave me exactly the kind of wedding I wanted. You’ve seen the pictures on Facebook, it was perfect.”

Greg crossed his arms and rolled his eyes. “What about that woman you were dating, Karen?”

“Karen and I were never really dating, it was just a storyline for my show.”

“I told you,” Tabitha muttered as she elbowed her husband. “Their relationship was obviously fake.”

“Whatever,” Greg muttered while giving me the stink eye.

With a sigh Tabitha reached out to Ivy. “Come here, my love. Congratulations on your wedding. I know it’s not conventional, but life rarely is. I love you so much, and I wish you and Deacon a long and happy life together. God, my baby is married!”

My wife let out an odd sound between a laugh and a cry, the two women hugging each other tight as they full out sobbed now.

Greg and I exchanged another look and he said with a growl, “If you call me Dad, I’m gonna punch you in the throat.”

I burst out laughing, while Tabitha and Ivy glared at Greg with identical expressions. “Yeah, you don’t have to worry about that happening. I’m still your friend, or at least I hope I am.”

He rubbed his head, the booze no doubt making him sleepy by now. “You’re pushing it, Deacon. You’re lucky you’re still breathing.”

Ivy made her way back to my side and slid a possessive arm around my waist.

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