Total pages in book: 155
Estimated words: 156029 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 780(@200wpm)___ 624(@250wpm)___ 520(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 156029 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 780(@200wpm)___ 624(@250wpm)___ 520(@300wpm)
I grip his hand tightly.
“Charlotte, talk some sense to him,” Edward says.
“No. I won’t, and he’s completely right. Leave us alone. I’m telling you right now that if you don’t accept Spencer into our family, you will not see me, either.”
They both glare at me.
“Spencer and I are getting married. Whether you come to our wedding or not is up to you.”
Edward clenches his jaw.
The car pulls up at Spencer’s building, and he gets out in a rush. My father and Edward jump out behind me.
“What are you doing?” my father asks.
“I’m going home, Dad.”
“Your home is Nottingham.”
“My home is with Spencer. Wherever he is is home to me.”
Tenderness fills Spencer’s eyes as he watches on, not saying a word.
“Now, if you would both like to come to London next weekend and have dinner with us then that would be great. If not, I’ll see you around.” I rise up to kiss Spencer, and I take his hand in mine.
Edward inhales deeply, clearly trying to hold his tongue.
My father smirks and glances between us. He knows that this is it. I won’t back down again.
“Dinner would be lovely, darling. See you both next weekend. I’ll look forward to it.” He kisses my cheek, and he holds his hand out to shake Spencer’s. For a moment, Spencer just stares at him. I hold my breath as I watch on. There’s so much history, so much heartache…
Please just shake his hand.
Eventually, good manners prevail, and Spencer gives in and shakes his hand.
“Look after her,” my father whispers.
Spencer gives him a curt nod and turns, leading me into the building. We get into the lift and the doors shut behind us.
I smile at the beautiful man in front of me, grateful that he is willing to move on from all of this.
“I love you,” I whisper.
He wraps his arms around me. “You can show me how much in a minute.”
I giggle. “Swoony Spencer Jones at his romantic best.”
He gives me a sexy wink and we kiss as the elevator takes us higher and higher.
It doesn’t matter what happens from here because I know everything is going to be okay.
He loves me and I love him.
He is my everything.
THE END.
Epilogue
Spencer
Two years later
Beyoncé’s voice pours out the lyrics to “Naughty Girl.”
I stand on the side of the dance floor with Masters and Seb as we watch the girls. Bree, Beth, and Charlotte are solid friends now. They laugh and giggle at a private joke as they dance. Charlotte’s business is booming. She now has six lawyers working for her, and they just won an award for best charity of the year. Sarah and Paul are still there for Charlotte’s moral support, supplying her with plenty of laughs.
Apparently Hot Dick City is a real place. Who knew?
Life is good. We still live in my apartment in London. We’re also still madly in love and nothing much has changed. Actually, nothing has changed. Things between us have only gone from strength to strength.
Charlotte got a grey and white kitten and we called him Greyson. That cat is the most adored thing on Earth and he runs rings around the both of us. He rules our apartment.
I testified in a private court hearing against Penelope twelve months ago, and William and her now share custody of Harrison. Strangely enough, Edward and I now get along well. He’s not a bad bloke underneath all the power tripping bullshit he has going on. Harold is insisting on teaching me parts of the business so that I could help Edward if anything were to ever happen to him.
William and I are… complicated. He’s a great guy, and I respect him immensely, but he will never forgive me and I don’t blame him after what he walked in on. It’s a guilt I have had to learn to live with. We are amicable, and I know he’s happy that Charlotte is happy, but that’s about it. He lives in London now and Charlotte sees him regularly. I see him at family events only.
I watch Charlotte’s sexy little arse move to the music, and arousal sweeps over me.
This woman, this beautiful woman came into my life and changed everything about who I thought I was. I smile softly as I watch her laugh with her friends.
She’s perfect. Inside and out.
“Is Charlotte still on your case about getting married?” Masters asks.
“She hasn’t mentioned it for a while. Hopefully she’s given up.”
“You’re fucking mad.” Seb scoffs in disgust.
I roll my eyes and sip my beer.
“Every time you’re in a room with her, you watch her like an awestruck little schoolboy.”
“Yeah, well, we know what happened last time I tried to propose. Getting married is fucking bad luck for me.”
“Bullshit.” Masters huffs. “You’re just scared.”
I sigh and continue to watch my angel’s behind. I’m going to fuck that beautiful ass tonight.