Rushing the Goal (Assassins #8)(173)

But Lucy held her hands up. “I swear, I am having a big ol’ wedding later. We just wanted to be complete, Mom. You can’t be mad at that, can you?”

Autumn paused, her eyes narrowing, and while Benji knew she was annoyed, she wasn’t mad. She was too happy to be mad. River wrapped his arms around her and beamed at them. “No, sweetheart, we can’t. Congratulations.”

“Thanks,” she said, looking up at him. “We’re pretty happy.”

“We are,” he agreed as he looked out at the crowd. Shea and Elli Alder grinned back at him, with Jordie and Kacey Thomas beside them. Everyone he loved was there. His teammates, his family, all of them grinning, so proud and supportive. He couldn’t have gotten through the last couple months without a lot of them—but most of all, he couldn’t have done it without Lucy.

Looking at her, he grinned as her eyes glossed over, and he whispered, “I can’t believe this.”

“I can’t either,” she admitted, going up on her toes and kissing his jaw. “I love you.”

“I love you too.”

“I love you both!” Angie declared and that had everyone laughing before she wrapped her arms around him, kissing his cheek once more.

And as he held Lucy and Angie in his arms, his heart still beating like mad in his chest, a feeling of wholeness came over him.

Benji Paxton finally had it all.