When You Are Mine by Kennedy Ryan

Author:Kennedy Ryan [Ryan, Kennedy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Literature & Fiction, United States, African American, Romance, Women's Fiction, Contemporary Women, Contemporary, Multicultural, Contemporary Fiction
ISBN: 9781455556823
Amazon: B00GWOFF5I
Barnesnoble: B00GWOFF5I
Goodreads: 18949109
Publisher: Forever Yours
Published: 2014-06-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

It’s disgusting how beautiful of a bride you are, Kerris.” Jo shared a small smile with Kerris in the mirror.

Kerris studied herself as a bride for the first time. The exoticism of her own face set in ivory satin and tulle snatched her breath. Her full mouth was painted a deep berry, like ripe fruit. Her amber eyes stared back at her. She’d been called beautiful more than once in her life, but now she felt it truly for the first time. She assumed every woman did on her wedding day.

“Cam may run up the aisle to snatch you.” Jo said it like a joke, but her face held no levity.

“He’s kind of doing that already, isn’t he?” Meredith zipped up her chocolate-colored maid-of-honor dress. “Isn’t he meeting you halfway?”

“Yeah, he is.” Kerris tugged at the neckline, needing something to occupy her. “I didn’t have anyone to give me away. He says it reinforces that we’ll have each other from now on.”

Jo met Kerris’s eyes in the mirror again, and this time the other woman barely caught the tears before they drifted down her cheeks. Kerris knew Jo and Cam were nearly as close as he and Walsh. She must be as happy as a sister would be to finally see Cam settled.

“You love Cam, right, Kerris?” Jo’s voice held such emotion, Kerris found herself blinking back tears, too. “You’ll take care of him, won’t you?”

“Yes, I’ll take care of him, Jo, and yes I love him.” Kerris felt this vow somehow was just as important as the ones she would exchange with her groom.

“It’s time.” Jo’s smile was a mere pull at the corners of her mouth. “Cam’s waiting for you.”

“It’s time?” Kerris’s hand flew to the ivory snood encasing her long, dark fall of hair, the netting barely containing it all.

She had forgone a traditional veil, and was glad to at least feel good about what she was wearing from head toe, including Iyani’s bracelet. She cast one more rueful glance at the cymbidium orchid Jo had insisted wasn’t in keeping with the army of lilies they’d ordered, its velvety yellow petals uselessly beautiful. She picked up the bouquet of lilies Jo had selected.

Kerris crossed the few feet of grass to Cam, who waited halfway down the garden aisle to take her to the preacher. Goose bumps broke out over her skin and a cold trickle of perspiration slid down the center of her back. It was early October, and they were experiencing a classic Indian summer. Summer and fall split custody of the weather, yielding defiant bright sunshine and cool air. It wasn’t just the light breeze cooling her, though. She looked into Cam’s face, so sincere and open and earnest in a way she didn’t deserve. Apprehension trembled along her nerve endings like a premonition. This was permanent. This was forever. An irretrievable promise.

Her eyes snapped to the tall, silent man already waiting at the clearing, facing Meredith. She felt the weight of a hundred pairs of eyes.

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