Wait. No. I didn’t want that.
Yes, you do.
Fuck.
I quickly averted my eyes from him and focused on Cassie and Thatch. He was smiling down at her as she finished her vows.
“I now pro—” The minister started to announce, but she interrupted him before he could finish.
“Oh, fluff. Wait.” She held a finger in the minister’s direction. “Just one more thing,” she said and turned her attention back to Thatch. “I got the results back for the blood test.”
She glanced at everyone in attendance and added, “Not that kind of blood test, you weirdos. It was a test to make sure the baby is healthy, and the baby is very healthy, but it also detected the sex.” Her eyes met Thatch’s again, and she smiled.
“You know what we’re having?” he asked in surprise.
She nodded and, with her heart in her eyes, said, “A boy.”
His eyes shone with liquid emotion. “We’re having a boy?”
Cassie’s expression mimicked his as a few tears spilled down her cheeks. “We’re having a boy, honey.”
Thatch’s face morphed into the biggest smile I’d ever seen as he wrapped Cassie up in his arms and pressed his lips to hers without delay.
“I now pronounce these two husband and wife,” the minister declared on a soft laugh. “You may continue kissing your bride.”
Everyone in attendance clapped their hands and exclaimed their congratulations, while Thatch and Cassie stayed oblivious to the world and continued to kiss the hell out of each other.
I wondered if I’d ever have that kind of happy ending.
My hands tingled as my blood pumped faster.
I wanted it.
Traitorously, without permission, my gaze found Wes’s and stayed there.
God, I want it.
The End