“My little girl,” she sighed. “Getting married.”
“Married?” I repeated.
“He really didn’t tell you? Your Jax is so much like my Lawrence,” she laughed, sending a loving glance over her shoulder at my step-dad.
“C’mon!” Eden urged, grabbing my elbow and dragging my mom and me away from everyone else. She only stopped to snag a garment bag from her husband along the way.
“I’m getting married today?” I asked after she and my mom got me settled in a chair in Judge Frazier’s clerk’s office. My mom had yanked a huge cosmetic bag out of her purse, while Eden pulled a gorgeous white dress and my pink pair of stilettos out of the garment bag.
“Yup, your crazy-ass fiancé made all the arrangements, with a little bit of help from your mom and me,” Eden confirmed.
“Why am I not surprised?” I groaned, thinking about the way he’d skipped over the proposal part and shoved his ring on my finger while he’d had me naked in bed less than two months ago. “I should have expected he’d do something like this, but the courthouse?”
“He said it was the perfect place because you’re both here for work so often. From today on, this building will have a whole new meaning to you.” My mom practically swooned as she explained his reasoning, making it clear how much she approved of the idea. Judging from the googly eyes Eden was making, she wasn’t alone either. It was a good thing it made me melt just as much. For such a bossy man, Jax could be such a romantic sometimes.
The next hour was a whir of activity as my mom and Eden got me ready. Hair, makeup, flowers, the perfect dress—Jax really had thought of everything. I couldn’t even imagine how many strings he’d had to pull to even get us into the courthouse when it was closed, but as I walked into the law library, with its arched ceiling and the smell of books surrounding us, I was incredibly grateful that he’d done it. With my voice quivering, both of our hands over my belly, and my family and our friends surrounding us, I pledged myself to the man I loved.