“I’m not letting you do this without me. I can’t believe you told me not to bother coming because you knew I didn’t like flying.”
Ellie turned at the sharp voice that filled the doorway of Last Call. Piper stood there, suitcases in hand and fire in her eyes.
“Piper? Oh my God, what are you doing here?” Ellie bolted from behind the counter to hug her friend. “I can’t believe you actually got on an airplane.”
“You’re getting married, I’m not about to miss that. Besides, I think I flew drunk.”
Bennett walked over and Ellie introduced them.
“Piper, this is my Bennett. Bennett, my best friend in the entire world. Piper Austen.”
“Pleased to meet you, ma’am.”
“Holy fuck, Ellie, you didn’t tell me he was this good looking. You just said handsome and sexy. That’s like calling what I do a passable donut.”
Bennett smiled and plucked her bags from Piper’s hand. “Let me put these in the office so you two lovely ladies can catch up.” He walked off with them.
Ellie hugged her once more. “How the heck do you still smell like pastries after flying all the way from Kansas to Hawaii?”
Piper kissed her cheek. “Trade secret. Now why the hell did you tell me not to come?”
“I didn’t say that.” She guided her to a seat at the bar. “I said don’t feel bad about it because I know how much flying scares you.”
“I would not miss your wedding for the world. And since I came, I’m also taking a vacation so I will be able to play tourist.”
Ellie’s eyes burned with tears. “Thank you for coming. What about Max?”
“He’s with Mom and Dad, who would be here if they could.”
“I know.” She squeezed her hand. “I’m so glad you made it.”
“Me too, we have a lot to do. I know you don’t care about these things, but you will.”
“The wedding is in two days.”
“I know, do you have to work the rest of the night or can we get to work?”
“Go,” Dogfish said.
Ellie introduced the two and was shocked when Piper kissed him on the cheek and he flushed. “We’ll be heading to my place then, and I forgot to tell you, Dogfish. You don’t have to worry about finding a date. I have one coming for you. Nurse Bryn.”
She tugged Piper toward the door at the expression on the former Marine’s face. Somehow Bennett knew and met the women out front with his truck.
The two days flew by for her and before she knew it, the wedding day had arrived. Piper was a force of nature and had everything on track and working like a well-oiled machine. While it wasn’t going to be a huge ceremony, Piper said she deserved the best and that’s what she was going to have.
It was taking place at Bennett’s mom’s house, along the beach. There was a huge feast awaiting them afterward. Right now, she stood in the back of the house in a room with Piper. Her friend held her hands.
“How are you doing?”
“I’d be panicking if you weren’t here, Piper. Thank you for coming.” She blinked back tears, under threat of bodily harm from Piper if she ruined her makeup.
“My best friend is getting married. Where else would I be?”
“I’m sorry I won’t be able to take you around the island. It’s been crazy and all about me since you landed.”
“It’s supposed to be about you, it’s your wedding.” She affixed the wedding veil comb and stood back. “And you’re beautiful.”
Piper turned her to the mirror and Ellie stared at her reflection. The crystal-beaded satin A-line gown with its rounded sweetheart neckline fit her perfectly. The crystal beading was in a v-front design on the bust with asymmetric ruching. There was also crystal and sequin beading throughout the fitted bodice.
She had no shoes and had no plans to wear any. Her toes had a French manicure, like her fingernails. Beside her, Piper was stunning in her ombre green convertible wrap dress, darker to lighter as you worked your way up. The chiffon with satin lining dress was the same for all the women but as it was a convertible wrap dress they each had picked their own wait to wear it.
Piper had a single shoulder knot and some extra material hanging down over one arm, the other left bare. Also, no shoes.
“Let’s go.”
She squeezed her hand and nodded. This was it. She would walk out there, through that door and no longer be Ellie Forrester but Mrs. Ellie Harvey.
Bennett stood by the preacher, sweat dripping down the back of his tuxedo. He was scared she wasn’t going to come out of his mom’s house. What if she’d changed her mind and ran?
“She’s here,” Dogfish whispered to him.
There were only two people missing. Piper and the bride. Piper walked into view, the breeze blowing around her, moving the deep red locks over her skin. Bennett kept his eyes where she’d entered from waiting to see Ellie.
Piper smiled at him as she took her spot. His heart thundered in his chest. How he would get through this, he wasn’t sure. His mom sat in the first row of chairs, a smile on her face he never wanted her to lose.
The music changed and began The Wedding March. There wasn’t anything there and then, just like that, there she was. Walking toward him. Before her, she held a bouquet of lilies, pincushion flowers, and others, he couldn’t name.
Her steps were sure as she moved up the path and onto the sand to join him down on the water’s edge. The minister stood there with him and gave him an encouraging smile. Closer and closer she came, her short hair fluttering in the wind as did the dress and veil.
She got to him and took his hand. The ceremony went by in a blur until the minister announced he could kiss the bride. Bennett bent and claimed her mouth.
She sighed and pushed up onto her toes, wrapping her arms around him. Pictures were done and as everyone sat for the meal, he went with his uncles to get changed for the dance. He was going to perform with them and some friends of his mother’s in a celebration dance.
“You’re nervous,” one uncle stated.
“Of course I am. I’ve not done this for about fifteen years.”
“Nothing to worry about, braddah. It’s in your blood.”
“Easy for you to say, your new wife isn’t out there watching to see if you fall flat on your face and make an ass of yourself.”
“True.”
The outfit on, he stared down at himself in the grass skirt. There was a reason he stopped doing this. He was proud of his heritage but this, he just didn’t understand. His uncle placed a necklace around him before putting the crown on his head.
“Let’s go.”
He fell into step with the large men and walked to the edge. The women dancers joined them and they all lined up. The music began and he felt it beating deep in his chest. He knew his uncle was correct, it was in his blood, he wouldn’t be forgetting this.
He rolled his shoulders and began to dance. Blood pumping, muscles straining, he stayed out there with his family and shared this side of his heritage with his wife and her friends. Eyes locked on her the entire time, she never glanced away from him. Pride filled him as awe streamed into her gaze.
When it was over, he changed once more, this time into a pair of pants, nothing else, and padded back out into his mom’s backyard to find Ellie dancing with Dogfish.
At the end of the song, he stepped in and claimed her.
“I love you,” he whispered to her in Hawaiian.
“I hope you said something nice to me.”
“That’s all I’ll ever say to you. Nice things. I love you, Ellie.”
She looped her arms around his neck and tugged him close for a brief kiss. “I love you too, Bennett.”
He carried her out later and they were at his place when he reached for the back of her dress and lowered the zipper.
“I’ve been waiting to do this all day, Mrs. Harvey.”
Her smile made his toes curl with anticipation. “It was a dress, sometimes all you have to do is lift up.”
His cock thickened in his pants. “Are you telling me you’re not wearing panties beneath this?”
“Perhaps you should go find out for yourself.”
He sank to his knees and lifted the front until it draped over him. She gave a little squeak when he nipped the inside of her thigh.
Holy fuck. No panties. She was going commando. Good thing he’d not known about that dancing earlier or it would have become an entirely different show for everyone there. Nudging her legs a bit wider, he blew on her slit. Although his hearing was muffled because of the dress over his head, he still heard her whimper of pleasure.
Bennett opened his mouth and began to lap at her pussy, indulging in what had been denied to him the few days leading up to the wedding. Her strong thighs gripped him and he didn’t move until she came hard on his tongue. Only then did he slip out from under the dress and push to his feet.
“I love this dress on you, but if you want to keep it, get out of it. Now.”
It took her less time to shed the dress than it did him to undo his pants. She stood before him, gloriously naked.
Without any hesitation on his part, he scooped her up and hurried to his bed where he put them both on the mattress. Holding her gaze, he pushed into her.
“I love you,” he muttered against her lips as she arched into him, taking him as deep as he could go.
“Thank you for not giving up on me.”
“Never.”
Back and forth he moved. Slow, deep, long drugging strokes until she writhed and begged beneath him. Eyes locked on each other, he repositioned one leg over his shoulder and continued at the tortuous pace. He wanted faster, harder, deeper.
But right now, this was right. So much more than a quick fuck and he didn’t want it to end.
“It’s not the end, it’s the beginning.” Ellie’s words wound around him and he kissed her.
Kissed his wife.
The End
There are more coming from the Last Call series. Piper’s story is next, you’ll get to see how her night on the island after the wedding went. Bourbon Brule, is this one’s title.
In the meantime, if you do like stories about military men, I have a series about them, the Megalodon Team.
Book 1 in the series is Kincade’s Rose.
Buy link: https://books2read.com/KincadesRose
Can he make her understand they were meant to be together or will they be kept apart by circumstances surrounding them?