Unplugged (Blue Phoenix, #3)(85)

Dylan catches her arm. “Are you sure?”

I prepare to head off and quickly, I didn’t realise she was that drunk. There’s PDAs and there’s completely inappropriate.

“Yes!” says Sky, “Come on!”

“We should go,” says Liam and I glance at his bemused face.

“No, wait, you have to see this,” says Sky, dragging Dylan’s tie from around his neck.

“I very much doubt I should see this,” replies Liam.

Dylan hooks his fingers through a chain on his neck and pulls it out from beneath his shirt. In the dim light, I can’t make out what’s hanging on the chain. Sky unclasps the necklace and tips the attachments onto her hand.

Rings.

Dylan takes one of them and pushes it onto Sky’s finger and she does the same to his. Onto their wedding fingers. Then they put their heads together in a conspiratorial giggle.

“Holy f-uck!” says Liam. “Did you get married?”

Sky rests her head on Dylan’s shoulder. “Yep.”

“When?” I ask.

“Last week. Everyone was so focused on your wedding, we thought we’d take advantage of the distraction,” says Dylan

“Why the f-uck didn’t you say anything? Where?” continues a stunned Liam.

“We didn’t want to say anything until you’d got married. We agreed to keep this hidden until tomorrow.” He pulls a stern face at Sky. “We haven’t worn the rings since we got back to the UK in case someone spotted them.”

“I know and it feels wrong not wearing your ring after the months of you whinging about setting a date,” says Sky. “Anyway, you’re usually the one who can’t keep his mouth shut!”

“I’m keeping them close to my heart,” says Dylan and kisses her nose.

“Nobody’s going to see now,” I say, “And I don’t care, I’m happy for you.” I lean down and encompass Sky in another hug.

I pick up a glass of champagne and toast Sky as an incredulous Liam grills Dylan. “Who’d have thought? Two Blue Phoenix guys married, their image is shot! Now the fun really starts,” she whispers, “We have to keep them in line.”

I laugh, knowing full well Sky already does a good job of keeping Dylan in line; this is the girl who tamed Dylan Morgan.

She tips her head. “Jem’s still with the weird girl.”

I look over to where Jem and Ruby continue an intent conversation, his hands over hers, faces close.

“Looks that way.”

“Does she speak to you much?” Sky asks.

“I’ve only met her a couple of times.”

“I hope he knows what he’s doing,” says Sky quietly, which surprises me because I didn’t think her and Jem got on well.

“Come on, wife,” says Liam, pulling me up from the chair.

“Excuse me?” I say and push his chest. “Wife?”

“You are, aren’t you? Come on, I have wifely duties for you to perform.”

“Just because I’m your wife, that doesn’t mean I’ll do what you want.”

Liam hoists me over one shoulder, and I find my head tipped down against his back. “Yes it does.” He slaps my backside. “Time to go.”

I don’t know whether to be embarrassed or amused and I fight against him, attempting to get off his shoulder. I already know how strong Liam is and how if he wants something, he usually gets it.

“Only when I let you,” I remind him, as he carries me out into the quiet of the snow-covered grounds.

Liam sets me onto the snow and I shiver as the snowflakes drift onto my bare shoulders. He kisses away the flakes settling onto my face, the way he did almost a year ago and rubs my cold back.

“I found him,” I say.

“Who did you find?”

“The snowstorm of a man who showed me how to love myself by being passionate about everything I am. Remember?”

The memory catches up with Liam too and he kisses my cheeks, nose, eyebrows, everywhere the snow lands. “I love you, Cerys Oliver.”

“And I love you.”

With the snow flurrying around us, we stand with cool hands on each other’s faces. The silent communication in this moment is that of two souls made for each other and with that connection, I trust Liam with my heart, my life, my everything. Some soul mates never meet, or their paths cross at the wrong time, and those people will always have an emptiness they’ll never understand. Liam came into my life years ago and left again. On the day he kissed me at Christmas, my life fused with his. With that kiss, our souls surrendered and our hearts aligned leading us to this moment and to our forever.

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Jem and Ruby’s story releases late December 2014