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The screen went black, and the crowd went wild with applause. Keaton turned his head toward Avery who looked like she wanted to crawl into a hole and die. He’d never loved her more than he did in that moment.
“Ave—” he started to say but Avery lifted her hand.
“Don’t. Idon’twant to talk about it. Not today.”
Keaton leaned over and kissed her forehead. “I love you, Mrs. Savage.”
That got a smile out of her.
“Now, that’s not the only surprise I have for my baby girl today,” Blanche continued emceeing the surprises.
Avery groaned and Keaton was starting to second-guess what was coming next.
“If any of you know Avery, which I’m assumin’ some of you do, then you know she does not like being the center of attention. The apple definitely fell far from the tree on that one.” There was a smattering of laughter. “So to avoid anyone lookin’ at her Avery decided not to have a first dance, but her husband—”
“Keaton Savage!” A voice that sounded a lot like Knox called out.
Blanche smiled. “That’s right, her husband, Keaton Savage, had ideas on the subject of his own. “So please, join me in celebrating the newlyweds as they take the floor for their first dance as husband and wife.”
Keaton stood and held out his hand which, thankfully, Avery took.
“I thought we agreed we weren’t having a first dance?” she whispered under her breath as he led them to the dance floor.
“Youagreed we weren’t having a first dance.” He pulled her into his arms and held her tightly as Blanche began to singMake You Feel My Love. It was the song that they’d danced to the first night they met up on the roof of the keep.
Avery looked up at him and gasped. “You remembered?”
“Of course I remembered. I remember everything.” She smiled up as he rubbed his hand up and down her back. “This past year has been the best year of my life. You have made all my dreams come true. All I ever wanted was a family. And now I have one. You and Jacob are my family.”
Avery’s eyes filled with tears.
“Are those happy tears?” he asked.
She nodded. “Yes, and also, I have something to tell you.”
His heart thudded in his chest. “You’re pregnant,” he stated firmly.
Her eyes widened. “You knew?”
“No.” He shook his head, not truly believing that he could actually be this lucky. “When did you find out?”
“A week ago.” Her face scrunched in a cringe. “Are you mad?”
“How can I be mad when you just made even more of my dreams come true?”
“I didn’t tell you because—”
“Because I would have made you go to bed and stay there?” Keaton knew that he was overprotective of Avery. His aunt loved to tease him and his cousins about how they were with their wives. But he knew that she was actually really proud of them. Proud of the men they’d become. “If it’s a girl, do you think we—"
“Can name her Laney?” Avery finished his sentence. “Yeah, I was already thinking that.”
“What did I do to deserve you?” he asked in awe and wonder.
“I could ask you the same thing.”
The song ended and Blanche announced, “At this time, I’d like to invite Jacob out to the dance floor to dance with his mama and Keaton’s Aunt Laney out on the dance floor to dance with her boy for a very special mother-son dance.”
Avery’s eyes widened. “Did you…?”
