Undercover Father (16 page)
Authors: Mary Anne Wilson
She sighed, resting her hand over his heart. “Oh, my,” she said suddenly. “Joey, the cat. He’s out in the rain at the loft.”
“He’s okay. Zane said he got him yesterday, and he’s finally staying with them,” Rafe said, and pulled her back toward him.
She stopped him. “The time?”
He turned and looked at the clock by the bed. “Seven.”
“Oh, no, the wedding! We’re going to be late. We can’t be late.”
He looked at her, so breathtaking in the simple white dress with its soft neckline and thin straps. He held out his hand to her and said, “Ready?”
“Oh, yes,” she replied, and they hurried out of the house and through the light rain to his car.
Within ten minutes they were at the small church, running up the steps, going through the door. They looked at each other, damp but happy, and smiled, then hurried inside. The organ was already playing, and as they approached the open door to the chapel, they could see that the guests were all seated.
Zane and a very pregnant Lindsey were on the aisle with Walker. Carmella had the twins with her, and they turned to grin when they saw her and Rafe. Then the music swelled and Megan and Rafe looked down the aisle.
The front of the chapel had been draped in flowers, and a white carpet overlaid the wooden floors of the old church. The minister stood at the front, facing the guests, then spoke in a voice that carried all the way back to where Rafe and Megan hovered.
“And now, dear guests, let me present Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lewis.”
Mary and Robert, the bride and groom, turned to their guests, holding hands. Mary was wearing a lovely ivory dress, Robert a perfect tuxedo that accentuated his white hair. Brittany was on one side, and Brittany’s husband, Matt Terrell, on the other. Their son, Anthony, was in a tuxedo, too, standing by his father.
Megan slipped her hand into Rafe’s and leaned close to her husband as the guests applauded. “I bet it was a nice wedding, but not as nice as ours,” she whispered, then kissed his cheek.
He looked down at her, moving back from the door to make way for the bride and groom coming up the aisle. “Ours was perfect,” he said. It had been at the Houston house, with the boys, him and Megan, Zane and Lindsey, Mary and a few other friends. “Absolutely perfect.”
Megan looked up at him, and he knew that they’d only stay as long as they absolutely had to, because all bets were off when Megan smiled....
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ISBN: 9781460310861
Copyright © 2013 by Mary Anne Wilson
Originally published as WHEN MEGAN SMILES
Copyright © 2004 by Mary Anne Wilson
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