THEY WERE MARRIED the following month at Rothmeyer House, with Carly’s parents and Dare’s mother in attendance, along with the Baron and Gregory. Gregory got the best-man position, although Carly had already warned him that if he ran off she would not be chasing after him this time.
Mrs Carlisle cooked up a feast with tofu well and truly disguised in the mix, and Roberts was their celebrant.
Fortunately the summer days had continued into an Indian summer and the breeze was light with the perfume of late-summer blooms.
Benson’s medical results had been the best anyone could have asked for and all of them hoped for many more years to make up for those that had been lost.
As for Beckett, he had apologised to both Carly and his grandfather but had yet to speak to Dare. A man had a point of pride, apparently, and fronting up to Dare and admitting he was a jerk was his.
But that was okay with Dare. He’d paid off his cousin’s debt and helped BG Textiles weather the storm caused by his cousin’s desperation. Because none of it mattered now that he had the one thing he’d always longed for—a family he could rely on and give his heart to.
Especially his beautiful wife-to-be who was walking towards him down the short aisle that had been laid out in the rose garden.
Both Rachel and Beth, Carly’s mother, pulled out hankies, but Dare’s eyes were totally focused on the gorgeous redhead in the long white sheath.
Just as she got to him Dare reached out his hand to take her from her father’s arm when Gregory shot up like a rocket and started yapping for all he was worth.
‘It’s okay, buddy,’ Dare said. ‘We’ve got her now.’
The little dog cocked his head, yawned, and then dropped immediately at Dare’s feet, his nose in his paws.
Carly shook her head, laughing. ‘For all the time I’ve walked him and petted him he has never once done anything I’ve asked him to do.’
‘Don’t sweat it, Red,’ Dare said, smoothing a wisp of her hair back beneath her veil. ‘I’ll do anything you ask me to for the rest of our lives.’
Carly gazed at her husband-to-be and glanced at the large photo of Liv on a nearby stand. Yes, her sister would have adored this man and, fighting back tears, she gave Liv a small smile, silently telling her sister that she wished she were here to share in this grand occasion. Then she laid her hand in Dare’s and turned to face the future with the man she loved with all her heart.
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