Now and Forever Still Read Free

he grinned. “Get the heck out of here, son. Go be with your wife.”
    Todd’s eyes met mine from just across the room and he cleared his throat. “Can I have everyone’s attention?”
    The voices in the room quieted down, and my niece, Molly, jumped down from one of the chairs and ran over to her father.
    “Hey, baby, come over here for a sec.” Todd’s voice wavered as he called to Lily.
    Lily furrowed her brow as she moved toward her husband. “You can do this. We practiced it in the room a million times,” she whispered, but I overheard it. Leave it to my big brother to be nervous about his best man speech.
    “First I want to say, good job, little brother, you finally caught her.” Todd smiled and the room murmured with laughter. “I had this whole speech prepared. I was going to tell you how proud I am. How much of a man you’ve become, and how because of Cammie, your life will be better than you could ever imagine.”
    Cammie wrapped her arm around my waist and rested her head on my shoulder.
    “But, in all of that, I left out one thing.” He stepped away from Lily and took her hand, dropping his eyes from me only to bring them in direct alignment with hers. “I envy him. I want what they have. I want you.”
    Lily’s lips separated with a gasp as he dropped to his knee. Molly whispered in his ear, and he chuckled before he spoke. “Go ahead, Mol.”
    “Will…” Molly’s little voice trembled. Todd whispered in her ear, and my father chuckled as she continued. “You…” She giggled, and Todd prompted her again quietly so only she could hear. “M-marry my daddy?”
    Todd’s smile was the fucking biggest I’d ever seen it. “Marry me, baby?”
    Lily’s cat-colored eyes glittered as tears fell down her cheeks, and she nodded, unable to speak.
    Todd stood and brought his hands to her either side of her face. “Yeah?”
    She nodded again and smiled. “Yeah.”
    I gave my brother a private smile just before my mother nearly tackled poor Lily. I was happy for him; he was the one who always believed in the notion of a happily ever after. He was a romantic at heart, and shit, if he didn’t deserve some sort of fairytale ending.
    “Do you think we can sneak out of here undetected?” Cammie’s breath on my skin whispered suggestive thoughts into my brain.
    “Hell yes, let’s go.”
    It wasn’t hard to slip away, and the elevator ride up to the tenth floor was long as hell. Once we made it to our room, we were all hands, hot breath, and wet lips as we stumbled to the bed.
    Cammie giggled.
    “What?” I shrugged out of my tux jacket and hung it over the back of one of the chairs and started to work on my tie as I met her playful stare.
    “You seem like you’re in a hurry.”
    I pulled my tie off and let it fall to the floor as I took a step toward her. She backed up a step and gave me a small sideways smile. “You’ve been teasing me all night with this short as sin wedding dress,” I growled. “Was that your plan?” I closed the space between us, fitting my left hand on her waist as my right cradled her at the nape and my thumb dusted along her cheek.
    “Yes.” She shivered and let her head fall back into my hold as her eyes fluttered shut.
    My lips tasted a trail along her jaw to her neck, and her quiet sigh let me know I had her where I wanted her.
    When I pulled away her face was flushed. “Cammie.” I lifted my hand from her waist, reached around her and gently pulled down the zipper of her dress. “You make me fucking crazy.” I trailed my thumb down her bare back as the dress fell to the floor. I stepped away from her so I could admire her perfect body. She stood in just heels and nude lace panties. My dick strained against my zipper as I stalled. My words were failing me as she stepped out from the fabric pooled around her feet. She started to unbutton my shirt, but I stilled her hands with mine. Her brows narrowed. “Cammie, every time I’m with you it’s something new,