Effortless (Thoughtless, #2)(179)



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I started sobbing again and Kellan wrapped his arms around me. Grinning, he rocked me back and forth. “Should we go home and celebrate?” He wiggled his eyebrows suggestively and I laughed, Abby laughed too.

Shaking my head, I told him, “No…we’re going to go rent the best hotel room in the city.” Kellan lifted one eyebrow and I giggled. “I am not spending my wedding night in the room right next door to my parents.”

Kellan laughed and nodded and I hoped my dad didn’t kill my new husband when we came back home tomorrow. Or my mom…she was going to be pissed that she’d missed this. Although, I’m sure I could talk Kellan into a formal ceremony, just to please her. Personally, I didn’t need it. Our quiet moment on the dance floor of the bar where we’d first laid eyes on each other…was perfect.

Kellan started pulling us away, then looked back at Denny and Abby starting to slow dance on the empty floor. I watched them for a second, happy for them, happy for me. Kellan chuckled, then called out, “I could probably scrounge up a couple of rings if you guys want to get married, too?”

I thumped Kellan in the chest and Denny laughed. Abby raised an eyebrow. “Oh, no, I’m not getting married in a bar. I’m getting the whole shebang.” Denny looked back over to her and she lifted her other eyebrow, almost daring him to tell her otherwise. Wisely, Denny didn’t say anything, only smiled and hugged her tight.

Kellan laughed, then shook his head. Grabbing my hand, he pulled us from the bar into a future that seemed chock full of possibilities. We were young…we were in love…and we were about to go off into the unknown and make a treasure-trove of stories that we could tell our children about someday. But I embraced the sea of change before me, because there was one thing that wouldn’t be changing, and it was the most important thing of all.

Kellan was mine and I was his…forever.

***The End***

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Thoughtless (2009) For almost two years now, Kiera's boyfriend, Denny, has been everything she's ever wanted: loving, tender and endlessly devoted to her. When they head off to a new city to start their lives together, Denny at his dream job and Kiera at a top-notch university, everything seems perfect. Then an unforeseen obligation forces the happy couple apart.

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