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“It will be,” I assured him. “We’ve got some wrinkles to iron out and then it’ll be smooth sailing.” I slid my palm through the air, and he laughed.
There it was. A gruff melody that I felt through my whole body. If we could just keep laughing, we could come out on the other side stronger than ever.
Em flopped Big Daddy back into her bag. I grabbed it from her, slinging it over my shoulder as I guided my two favorite people outside where the rain had cleared up. It wasn’t exactly blue skies, but it felt good.
I wrapped an arm around Em’s waist, Bash fell in step with us on her other side and copied me. We let our hands graze, our fingers lacing loosely as we walked to our car.
Without discussing it, we had silently kept our public displays of affection minimal—unless it involved at least one of us with our pants around our ankles and a decent certainty no one could see us.
We had announced our relationship months ago, but it had slipped under the radar of most media outlets. It was for the best. Bash and Em were a lot more private about their life than I cared to be. I knew being a professional athlete meant I gave up a percentage of my privacy.
Eventually, the world would catch on, but for now, it was nice having this little bubble where we could love each other openly with no real scrutiny.
“Have your parents RSVP’d yet?” Em asked Bash as he opened her door.
Our eyes met over the top of the car, and my stomach flopped. It wasn’t as if he was a super smiley person, but all traces of humor had left his face.
“No.”
“Not yet,” Em gently corrected as he and I slid into our seats. “There’s still a lot of time.”
Something about the way he only grunted a response and the way she kept a saccharin smile on her face told me this was going to be an even bigger hiccup than changing venues.
“Why don’t we check out the lily gardens?” I asked.
“But what about practice?” Bash glanced at me in the rearview mirror.
“The meeting with Harriet was way shorter than we planned. I have an hour to spare.”
Em turned around to face me at a red light. “Can we?”
“Of course. Anything for you, Pink.” I brushed my knuckles along her jaw, and she sighed with utter contentment before turning around.
The sigh reverberated through me and I briefly contemplated the ramifications of taking her—or both of them—in the middle of the gardens.
Maybe some fun in the car before we got there?
I shifted in my seat, adjusting myself. Bash caught me in the mirror and smirked.
“Don’t do something that’ll get us banned from this venue.”
I stuck my tongue out, earning me a hearty laugh.
He was my forever person. One third of a soulmate trifecta. But damn if it frustrated me when he could see right through me.
“I’ll be on my best behavior.”
“You better be,” he murmured, as if he didn’t know that was literally the worst thing he could say to me.
Chapter Two
Sebastian
The lily gardens were prettier than I remembered, and the fragrance of all the blossoms set the stage for the perfect wedding venue. Of course, at that moment, the lilies were showing off their early summer colors and would be nothing by August, but I could see the other plants waiting for their chance to put on a display.
If Mac and Em wanted the wedding here, I would be okay with it. It wasn’t my ideal place, but they were my forever and all I wanted to do with this wedding was make them happy. I didn’t want them to regret marrying me before we even began.
They were several steps ahead of me, wrapped up in conversation about some video trend Roman told her about. He went from the biggest opponent of Emily’s social media ideas to somewhat of a cheerleader. Roman sent her video ideas at all hours of the day and helped turn the entire team into social media fanatics.
