Blinding Trust (Mitchell Family, #7)(76)

Colt laughed and looked back at me. “You were worth the fight,” he whispered.

It made me blush. “You’re the best I’ve ever had,” I whispered back.



“We ain’t here to watch you two tell secrets!” Conner added.



I took Colt’s hands again and looked up at him. “It’s hard for me to put into words just how much you mean to me. It was easier when we were first married to just say what was on my mind. After all we’ve been through, it’s hard to find the words that can even compare to the way I’ve grown to love you even more. You say you watch me when I sleep. Well, when you’re not next to me at night, I can’t sleep. Sometimes hearing you snore comforts me. I feel like I need you to breathe. It’s as if my whole reason for existing solely depends on your love for me. I never could have gotten through the last few months without you. You weren’t just my caretaker. You were everything to me and the kids. There’s something that I want to tell you.” I turned to face our family. “I need to tell you all something, that I’ve never told anyone. It’s kind of embarrassing, but I think if you hear it, you’ll get a kick out of me telling you.”

Colt had no clue what I was going to say. I took a couple deep breaths and looked up at him. “When I was around twelve years old, I wasn’t exactly the prettiest of the girls. My hair was cut short. I had braces and everyone said I was built like a boy. Ty was the only guy that was nice to me, so I found myself hanging out with him all of the time. It just so happened that during that summer, his older cousin came to stay. Even at twelve, I knew beauty when I saw it. He was the most attractive human being that I’d ever laid eyes on. I swooned over him, along with all the other girls. The problem was that he made fun of me and so did the other girls. They said someone like him would never look at me. They said I’d never even get a boyfriend. I went home that night and cried my eyes out. I told myself that one day I’d be beautiful and someone like that gorgeous teenage boy would love me. I pretended he was my pillow and I made out with him every night.” I started laughing. “Ty solved the boyfriend problem but, I think he only asked me because he felt sorry for me.”

“Not true!” He added.

“Anyway, I never thought, in a million years that the same handsome boy would be the man that I fell madly in love with. I just wanted you to know that I pretended you were my pillow, even before I dated your cousin, even before you knew I was really a girl.”

Colt and everyone else started to laugh. He leaned in and kissed me.

“Oh and just so you know, you kiss way better than my pillow.”

“I’m goin’ to throw up in my boot!” Conner announced. “Kiss her and lets get to drinkin’!”

“Fine!” Colt leaned down and planted a beautifully long kiss on me. We could hear the kids laughing at us.



Our vows weren’t traditional. I don’t even think we said our ‘I do’s’. All that mattered was that we shared our love with our family.

As the night progressed, Colt pulled me to the side. “So, let me get this straight. Technically, I was your first kiss?”

“If you count frenching with a pillow.” I laughed.

Ty cut in, “Can you both stop discrediting me. I’m the whole reason you’re even together. I think I should at least be able to see the new boobs in person, for my part in all of this.”

Colt put his hand on Ty’s shoulder. “I’ve already thanked you. I’ve even apologized to you. Now, as far as you seein’ her new set goes, I think I’m going to keep them all for myself.”

“It was worth a try.” He walked away and smacked Miranda right on the ass. She screamed and turned around to give him a dirty look. Instead, he grabbed her and pulled her into his arms. She wrapped her arms around his neck and they started talking and smiling, like they were in their own little world.

Colt shook his head. “Sometimes, I still can’t believe he was your first.”

“He wasn’t a good boyfriend, but he was my best friend. Does it really bother you, after all these years?” It was weird Colt was bringing it up.

“As long as I’m your last, none of that matters.”

“You’re my everything. How’s that?”

“That’ll do.” Colt spun me around and planted another kiss on me. “I can’t wait to take that dress off of you again.”

“I can’t wait either.”

Christian walked over and pulled on my dress. Colt picked her up, even though she was getting way too big for that. “Mommy, when I get bigger, I want to get married here and wear a pretty dress , just like you.”

I thought about the dream I’d had and couldn’t help but smile. Maybe God had given me just a peek at what I had to look forward to. It gave me hope that I’d be able to live a long, happy life, with the man and family that I adored so much.





End of Book 7



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