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I leaned back so my body pressed against his. “They’re so bright because love is always good for the aura.” I turned to face him. “You’re good for my aura.”

“Likewise.” He dropped a kiss onto the tip of my nose then tugged me away from the mirror.

We shared another round of lovemaking and a shower then climbed back into bed where we snuggled until falling asleep. When morning came, I convinced Beckett to join me in a meditation in his backyard.

And then we played a video game because mindfulness was all about balance.

After we defeated a level together, we went for a stroll outside. When we arrived at the farmhouse, the first thing to greet us in the morning sunshine was a wooden archway decorated with cornstalks, mums, and pumpkins set up in the field beside the house. Log benches had been placed in front of the archway with an aisle down the center.

“What’s that about?” Beckett asked as we stopped in front of the farmhouse.

Amelia burst from the house and ran right for us. Luckily, Beckett was quick and caught her when she leaped at him.

“Wow!” he said. “That is more energy than a person of your small size should be able to generate.”

“Grandma Beth and Mr. Jimmy are getting married!” Amelia yelled as she wiggled in Beckett’s hold.

“Yeah, we know!” Beckett yelled back at her same, insane volume.

“She means they’re getting married today.”

Chapter Thirty-one

Beckett

Sadie and I turned to see Isaac walking toward us, carrying a pair of fairy wings.

“Today?” I asked as I set down my squirming niece. “Today today?”

“Today.” Isaac shrugged. “Guess they’re going to beat some of us engaged folks to the altar.”

So far, Vanessa and Logan were the only two Hartley kids to have actually gotten married. Isaac, Joshua, and Darius were still only engaged with wedding dates set. It had been a tough schedule to put together with all of them wanting their own ceremonies and none of them biting when I suggested a group wedding.

“Why not?” I’d asked. “All the same people are going to be invited as we saw with the two weddings we’ve already had. Why not make the rest of them convenient?”

There had been a few speeches—particularly from the womenfolk—that weddings were not to be organized out of convenience but out of strict adherence to lifelong fantasies they’d all had about their wedding days. They may not have agreed with me, but they all loved the family wedding database I’d created so they could at least make the planning more convenient.

And speaking of planning . . .

“How are Mom and Jimmy pulling off a wedding a day after getting engaged?” I asked.

“They’re keeping it simple.” Isaac wrestled the fairy wings onto Amelia’s back. She ran off toward Jimmy who was, at this moment, on what was apparently his wedding day, pruning some bushes on the side of the farmhouse that faced the decorated archway and log benches.

“So simple that Jimmy is doing the landscaping himself.” Sadie patted my arm. “I’m going to see if he needs some help.”

“Okay,” I said. “I’ll be over in a minute.”

With a light kiss on the cheek and a wave to Isaac, Sadie walked toward Jimmy.

And yes, I watched her until Isaac nudged me.

“We’re going to be adding your name to that wedding database, aren’t we?” He grinned at me like an idiot.

I jammed my hands into the front pockets of my jeans. “No comment.” But maybe I’d checked out a few engagement ring designs online. Just for research.

“Who is going to do the ceremony today on such short notice?” I asked.

“Well, Mom called Georgia at Ye Olde Wisdom Bookshop to gush about getting engaged,” Isaac said as he led me closer to the farmhouse, “and Georgia said she knew an author over in Maplehaven who was an ordained minister.”