He smiled. “Yeah, I don’t think so.”
Heather’s eyes narrowed. “Why do I get the feeling I’m missing something?”
He reached for her left hand, lifted it to his lips as his thumb played with the ring on her finger. “One thing I may have forgotten to mention. I sort of own the building.”
She stared at him. “What?”
Josh shrugged. “Why do you think I had no qualms about playing my music so loud?”
“Because you’re an ass?”
“At first, maybe,” he said, wrapping both arms around her and pulling her close. “After that, it was all about getting the girl in 4C to notice me.”
“Did she?” Heather asked innocently.
His mouth lowered to hers. “Oh yeah.”
Epilogue
THE WEDDING WAS PERFECT.
But then again, Heather knew it would be—after all, she’d planned it.
From the flowers to the music, all the way down to her mother’s pale pink maid of honor dress that Alexis had somehow managed to secure same day, the wedding was everything she’d dreamed of. Everything she’d wanted.
Good old Alexis had surprised exactly nobody by making a couple of crucial modifications. For one, there was no sign of Danica Robinson’s gaudy, overpriced dress. Instead Heather walked down the aisle to the man of her dreams wearing her perfect satin white sheath, her butt looking every bit as amazing as she’d envisioned.
Or so Josh told her.
And the wedding was small. Tiny, even: just a handful of close friends, the Belles, Heather’s mom, and of course Josh’s family.
His band was there too. Ex-band.
Trevor had winked at her as her mom had walked her down the aisle, and she’d winked back. Which had made Josh’s eyes narrow, and that was just downright sexy.
But as Heather stood at the altar, listening to the pastor talk about love and forever, she realized that none of this mattered. Not really. Not the dress or the flowers, or even the color of her mom’s gorgeous dress.
What mattered was Josh. And her.
And the fact that her heart had never felt so full, and the moment had never felt so right. He was hers, and she was his, and they had the rest of their lives to make each other laugh, and she had no doubt they’d rise to the occasion, no matter what fate threw at them.
But it wasn’t until the end of the evening when they were cutting the cake that Heather realized that Alexis wasn’t the only one who’d made some tweaks to Heather’s dream wedding.
Josh had made some changes of his own. Most of them for her sake, but as she opened her mouth to receive the proverbial first bite of cake that he shoved in her mouth, she realized that one of the changes had been just for him.
“Josh! What is that?” she said, barely managing to choke it down.
Her husband—husband!—merely grinned as she forced herself to swallow the god-awful piece of wedding cake.
Josh Tanner had finally gotten his banana bread.
Acknowledgments
THANK YOU TO THE amazing team at Pocket Books who helped turn my scrappy story idea into the gorgeous book you’re holding:
Especially Elana Cohen, for always knowing exactly what the story and characters need.
For the production team, who never judge me for an overreliance on elipses.
The cover designer, for creating one of the most gorgeous covers I’ve ever seen.
The sales and marketing gurus who work endless magic to make sure you know about this book.
And all the other behind-the-scenes folks whose names I might never know, but whose commitment to quality gives us book addicts the best of the best.
Next up, a shout-out to my friends and family, especially my husband, who not only tolerates me wallowing for hours in the writing cave, but actually moves mountains so that I can do so.
For my agent, Nicole Resciniti, who said, “Let’s do it,” when I told her I had to write a series about wedding planners.
And lastly, for Kristi Yanta, for believing in my writing since the very beginning and helping it be the best that it can be.
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