Love's Second Chance (Second Chances #1)(43)

“It’s good to see you, Rebecca,” I greeted her warmly. “I hope you kept everyone in line while we were gone?”

Waving me off, she scoffed. “The people here know they better listen to me. You have nothing to worry about Mrs. Matthews.”

Galen pulled me close and whispered in my ear, “I really love the sound of that … Mrs. Matthews.”

I giggled. “Well, get used to it because you’ll be hearing it a lot.”

“How was the honeymoon? What did you guys do?” Rebecca asked eagerly.

“We went snorkeling,” Galen mentioned off the top of his head.

“Oh, and don’t forget the deep-sea fishing,” I quipped sarcastically. From the expression on Galen’s face, I knew he was picturing the way I looked on that boat in his head. We had to cut the fishing trip short because I couldn’t handle it anymore.

Galen turned to Rebecca and chuckled. “Yeah, Korinne here couldn’t handle the ocean. The poor thing looked green the whole time, so we had to go back to shore to let her off.”

“Yeah, and I remember your precise words, ‘Look at the horizon’ you kept telling me. Looking at the horizon didn’t do a damn bit of good for me!” I snapped. “I had never been so sick in my life!” I turned back to Rebecca. “Other than that fiasco, we had a great time. We relaxed on the beach and ate tons and tons of food. I got sick a few times, but I think it was the aftershocks of the boat. I haven’t felt right since.”

“Well, I’m glad you two had a good time. Oh, and by the way, the wedding was beautiful. Korinne, you looked amazing,” she mentioned sweetly.

“Thank you.”

“I had never been to the gardens before, but I’ve seen numerous pictures of that place. The flowers were so beautiful, and you didn’t even have to buy them since they were already there for decoration, but all I can say is that you two were breathtaking. I think the newspaper had a field day with it, too,” Rebecca added.

“Yeah, we saw that when we were at the airport. I didn’t realize I was such a hot commodity around here,” Galen teased while nudging me in the arm.

“Well, not anymore! You’re a married man now. Here are your messages from the past week. You both have a lot of catching up to do.” Rebecca handed us our messages and I thumbed through mine. It looked like I had some new clients to call.

“I guess we need to get to work,” Galen said enthusiastically while opening the door to the office. I had never seen anyone more passionate or in love with their job than Galen was with his. It was hard to find people that actually enjoyed what they did.

“I agree. I have a ton of people to call,” I said.





All my phone calls had been made by lunch time. I could barely keep my eyes open, and for the past two hours I’d been eyeing the couch in our office. Galen glanced over at me and said, “I have a lunch meeting to go to, babe. Do you want to come with me?”

I was honestly not hungry at that moment, but a nap sure did sound appetizing. Shaking my head, I strode over to the couch. “Actually, I think I’ll stay here and take a nap. I feel exhausted,” I stammered wearily. Laying my head down on the soft pillow, Galen came over to make sure I was all right, concern etched on his handsome face.

“Are you going to be okay? Do you need me to take you home?”

“No, you go to your meeting. I’ll be fine once I take a nap,” I assured him.

Galen didn’t look like he believed me, but he let it go. I was so thankful he was brought back into my life. To that day Jenna still took all the credit for us getting together.

“I’ll be back in two hours,” he stated, brushing his lips across my cheek before he silently left the office. It wasn’t long after he left that I fell into a deep sleep, remembering one of the best days of my life.



“You look amazing, love,” Galen whispers softly to me while we danced to our wedding song. “How does it feel to be Mrs. Galen Matthews now?”

“It feels amazing,” I say, completely mesmerized by the man that I can now call my husband. “I never would have thought that knowing you back in college would have led to this day.”

“It was fate, Korinne. Our time wasn’t then, but it is now. Just think of all the things we’re going to do together. Especially tonight …” he teases, wiggling his eyebrows. “Oh yeah, I have some good news.”

“What?” I ask excitedly.

“We just got the go ahead to start building our cabin. The delay is finally over so once we get back from our honeymoon I’ll send the builders our floor plan,” he reveals happily.

Excited, I jump up and down in his arms. “Oh my goodness, Galen, it’s all coming together so perfectly.”

Galen holds me tight and kisses me tenderly. His blue eyes stare mesmerizingly into mine, making me melt with his gaze. I have a feeling his stare will always make me feel like that, even when we’re eighty years old. He smiles at me, but before our dance is over he whispers in my ear the words that I will never forget as long as I live. “Today, when you said ‘I do’, my life finally felt complete. We got our second chance at love, Korinne, and from this day forward you will always be mine. Always and forever mine.”



Hands had begun to rock my shoulders, which in turn woke me from my glorious dream. Damnit! I didn’t even get to the wedding sex yet. “Why do you look so disappointed?” Galen asked, laughing.