Chapter Ten
She kept her eyes on Graham and Beth because if she looked around, she thought she’d lose it. She could already feel herself shaking.
When she got to Graham, she took his hand and was grateful when he smiled.
“Everything’s okay, baby. Relax for me.”
She nodded and exhaled.
“Please face each other,” the reverend said.
Faith handed the flowers off to Beth and then faced Graham and grasped both of his hands. God, he was so handsome. Probably the most handsome man she’d ever seen. He was tall, and his shoulders were twice what hers were. He made her feel tiny. She was wearing three-inch heels, and he still towered over her.
“Dearly beloved…”
The rest of the ceremony was a blur, and she hoped she said I do when she was supposed to. Graham didn’t nudge her, so she thought she did fine.
She was surprised when he slipped a plain gold band on her finger and one on his own.
“You may kiss your bride,” the reverend said.
He pulled her against him, held her tightly with an arm around her waist, and then used his other hand to hold her face as he kissed her.
She had no idea how long the kiss went on until the family started clapping and hooting, but in the end, she was clinging to him.
“I’d like you to come and meet my father.”
She hugged Beth. “Thank you.”
“You’re welcome.”
When she stood in front of the father, his wheelchair did not distract from the powerful man he was.
Graham tightened his grip. “Dad, meet Faith.”
He held out a hand. “It’s a pleasure to meet you, dear. I’m thrilled to have another woman to add to the family.”
“It’s nice to meet you, too, sir. Thank you for all of this. I know it couldn’t have been easy to let him marry me.”
Angus laughed. “Let him? Oh, dear. He was determined to. I wouldn’t have been able to stop him.”
“I just don’t want to put your family in danger.”
“Thank you, but we haven’t gotten this far without getting tough when we need to.”
Faith grinned.
“We’re going to have a celebration dinner. I hope you’re hungry,” Angus said.
“Yes, sir, I am.”
Graham pulled her off to the side and into his arms as the group left the area and headed into the dining room. “How are you doing?”
“I think I’m holding up. Thank God for Beth.”
“She’s a sweetie,” Graham said. “This might take a few hours. My family loves to celebrate.”
She laughed. “My family doesn’t do this kind of thing. In fact, we rarely eat together.”
“Why?”
“My father. He likes us to stay in our rooms most of the time. When he has people he wants to impress, he’ll bring us all down to show us off.”
Graham pressed a kiss to her temple. “We’ll get this fixed. I don’t want you to worry about it.”
“It’s hard not to.”
He tilted her head up. “You look beautiful, baby.”
“Thank you.”
“Let’s go eat.”
She let him lead her to another room.
“I’ll introduce you tonight. You’re not going to remember them at first. Besides my father and brothers, we’ve got a couple of cousins here tonight, too.”
“You’ve got a lot of huge men in the family. It’s hard being so little. I feel even tinier next to them all.”
“You’ll get used to it. Beth has,” Graham said and led her around the table to seat her between him and Alastair. His father sat at the other end.
She smiled at Beth, who sat across from her. Faith could tell the woman wasn’t happy but tried hard not to show it.
Beth mouthed later to her, and she nodded.