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"No, I don't regret not going out for a bachelor party, dinner with Dwayne and Erica was perfect as it was," Julian replied. "Anything else?"
I laughed. "Actually, I think Yuki is more disappointed that she didn't get to give me a bachelorette party. Boy is she going to be surprised when we ask her to be the baby's godmother. Then she can throw me a shower."
"There is that," Julian conceded. "But you were going to ask me a question."
"Yeah," I said, rubbing his chest. "When did you know?"
"Know what?"
"Know that you were interested in me not as a sex conquest or some pawn in a stupid, malicious game, but in me?"
Julian lay there quietly for a moment, and I wasn't sure he was going to answer. "This is going to sound bad," he said, so soft I could barely hear it.
"I promise Julian, no matter what you say, I'm not going to get angry. You don't even have to tell me if you don't want to."
Julian shook his head. "No, it's just that it's embarrassing in a way. Obviously, you know when Gina and I had sex."
"At our parents' reception. Why?"
"Well, what you may not have noticed is that she and I disappeared from the reception just after the two of us danced. About twenty minutes later, we were naked and in the library, when I looked up as a song hit that struck a nerve in me."
"Oh?" I said, turning on my side to look at him, curious. "What?"
"A beautiful angel took the stage away from Meat Loaf and sang the one song I actually loved. I lost myself in her words, and in the fantasy that she could rescue me from the monster I was becoming. It was then, even as my body was with Gina, that my heart and mind started to change."
I grinned and kissed his cheek. "That's not embarrassing at all."
"Why not?" Julian said with a half grin. "Don't tell me you were imagining me when you were singing, were you?"
I grinned, kissed him, and turned over. "Okay, I won't tell you. Besides, we need to get some sleep. We're getting married tomorrow, remember?"
"Then why sleep now?" Julian asked, nuzzling my neck. "We can sleep in, get married, enjoy the family reception, and then go on our honeymoon. We can sleep on the train ride down."
I thought about it, then turned and kissed him. "Maybe a little bit of both? I've never made love on a train before."
Julian kissed me back, his hand caressing my hair, before breaking our kiss to look me in the eyes. "You saved my life, Krystal. You brought me back from the edge of self destruction, and you showed me love. Regardless of what the future may hold, I love you."
There was nothing else that needed to be said.
The End…
While this technically ends this series, there will be a Standalone novel about Dwayne and Erica Forrester. Julian and Krystal will be in it, and you’ll get to see more of their future in terms of career and family!
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I’ve always had a crush on my ridiculously handsome stepbrother Stefan. For years, he’s always been there, at my side. We’ve played together, laughed together and even cried together. But then our relationship really turned weird.
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