“Gavin

“In your speech earlier, you mentioned that in your childhood, you wanted a joint wedding with your best friend,” I said, cutting off whatever she was about to say. She blinked up at me, surprised but after a moment, she nodded slowly.

“I did say that, yes,” she confirmed.

“It got me thinking that I could never give you that,” I admitted, hating how her face fell a little and the light dimmed from her eyes. “I could never give you the wedding you wanted as a child…‘

She nodded.

“I know…” she said, her voice coming out as a broken whisper.

She was trying to hide away her pain, but I could feel it because of our mate bond. I could feel it as if it were my own. She looked away for a moment; holding my gaze had become too painful.

us,” I told her, dipping my head to capture her eyes again. “I would never want to share that moment with anyone

she sucked in sharp breath;

her

My tongue slid across her bottom lip, and she parted her mouth to let me in, but I didn’t accept the invitation because I

smiling when she made a small, distressed sound from the loss

I thought died a long time ago,” I whispered against her lips. “You filled my house with life and laughter after it’s been empty for so long. You thawed a heart

cheeks, and her lips trembled. I

hands on her rounded

the greatest gift we could ever ask for,” I told

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