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She laughed humorlessly. “What guarantee do you have, big brother? I just want to see you happy.”
I looked out the window, where Austin turned to look at me. The anger simmering inside me was almost at a boiling point until I looked at him. All I wanted was him.
So I motioned for him to join us. I watched as he excused himself, much to my sister’s distaste.
“Why are you calling him in here? This is between us.”
I glared at her, ready to lay it out there when he entered the house. He swept his sunglasses off and looked at me with concern. He wanted to be the one to do this, so I was going to let him do it.
“We’re not waiting any longer. Go ahead. Tell her.”
The smile that broke across his gorgeous face made my heart skip a beat.
“Tell me what, exactly?”
Austin stared into my eyes as he spoke. “The best news ever. We got married last night in a beautiful private ceremony.”
He hugged me to his side as we turned to look at her. I wrapped my arm around him.
“I’m family Katherine. There’s no getting rid of me, and there will be no more interference from you. Your brother has been the love of my life since I was seventeen years old. He’s always been the one for me.”
Her mouth hung open in disbelief. “I... I don’t believe it. You’re not gay!”
I sighed. “Again, I’m queer. And it’s none of your business. If you can’t accept that I married the one person who lights me up inside and makes me happier than I’ve ever been, then we have no more to talk about. I will cut you out of our life if you keep pushing me. I don’t want to do that, because you’re my sister, and I love you. But I will not tolerate the disrespect for my marriage, my husband, or my choices.”
My sister stared at me with tears in her eyes. “You’d cut me out of your life for him?”
“In a second,” I replied, not breaking eye contact. It was the very last thing I wanted to do, but she would not derail my happiness. I wouldn’t allow it.
“We don’t want that, Katherine,” Austin added, his voice soft and low. “I don’t want Greer to lose you, but you do not know how long we’ve waited for each other. He’s everything to me.”
She wiped at the tears threatening to fall. “All I want is for you to be happy.”
“Deep down, I know that. But you need to act like it. Because constantly throwing women at me is a complete waste of time. I’m a married man now.”
She looked at me, then at Austin. I hoped she saw the sincerity in him. “Are you legally married?”
I nodded. “Very much so.”
Austin kissed my head, then pulled away. “I’ll be back.”
Katherine frowned. “Where is he going?”
I smiled as he took the stairs two at a time. “You’ll see.”
Within a minute, he was bounding down the steps, carrying our brown envelope. Pulling out the paper, he set our rings on the counter, then held out his hand for mine.
“Can I do the honors, Mr. Wentworth?”
I smiled, almost choked up at the sight of the simple gold bands that meant so much to us. “Absolutely, Mr. Rowan.”
Austin never failed to touch my heart as I placed my left hand on his. I watched as he slid the ring back on my finger, where it was going to stay until the day I died.
Emotion gripped me again as I held my hand out to him and placed his ring on his finger. We didn’t need words or have to explain anything further.
When I looked at my sister, tears were streaming down her face. She nodded as if she finally understood what I already knew.
Austin Wentworth-Rowan was my soulmate.
