Tripping

Chapter 32: Mia's POV

Mia

You know what's greater than a caring, loving, and sexy fiancé?

A caring, loving, sexy and smart fiancé.

When Nate and I got back from Vegas he called the jewellery store in New York where he bought the ring and they confirmed that he did get the insurance warranty on the ring. Not only were they able to replace it with a new, simpler band, since I didn't really want to have something so flashy after what happened. But they were able to match a similar ring for Nate and have it engraved just like mine.

The first couple weeks back were a bit tough. But I put all my time into work and doing things around the house with Nate since he's on his summer break now.

We never heard from Ricky again, all of us completely blocked and deleted any contact with him. Nate made sure to take care of all the financials and make sure he didn't get his hands on any other of our stuff.

Nate even went out and bought a safe for us to keep our expensive belongings in it for whenever we leave the house or even have people over. We learnt that you can never be too safe.

All of our wedding stuff is set so that's one less thing I need to worry about since it's only less than a month away. Just a little bit more time before I become Mrs. Reese and I couldn't be more excited.

When I get home from work Nate and Mason are in the family room fighting and yelling at each other playing NHL on the PlayStation. This has become a normal routine around here. I have zero complaints. Being surrounded by my family is when I'm most happy. It reminds me of how important family is and you always have people to lean back on when you need it.

"Hey boys," they stop yelling at each other and look over at me holding three boxes of pizza.

"Hey baby!"

"Fuck yes, pizza"

Mason has been staying over here a couple days a week studying for his big exams. He says his condo is getting too loud when he tries to study. Now I'm thinking he's here for the food we keep feeding him. Or maybe it's something else? Who knows with him.

Mason goes straight for the pizza while Nate comes over giving me a peck on my cheek.

"How was work?" He asks while he goes to grab some pizza for himself.

"Good I'm pretty much on top of everything and should be good for before the wedding and the honeymoon," I say with a smile on my face as I grab a slice of pizza.

I look over at Nate who gives me a wink and goes back to his pizza. We decided that after our wedding in Hawaii we were going to stay there for a couple weeks and go all around. Three weeks full of Maui and Honolulu. Just me and my man.

We're all chatting about wedding stuff when Mason's phone starts going off. He looks at the screen, brows furrowed and then I see him clench his jaw. That's very unlike Mason. Unlike Nate he's very private and you would never be able to tell what he feels.

"I'll be right back," he says, getting up from the table and heading to the backyard.

"What's that about?" I ask Nate as he watches his brother curiously.

"I don't know. Somethings going on but he won't tell me. I want to be there for him whatever it is but I don't want to pry. He's not a kid," Nate's a good brother and he's always there for Mason. But he always wants to see his brother deal with things on his own and make sure he's okay incase Nate can't be there for him one day.

I go over to Nate and hug him from behind.

"You're the best brother, son, and fiancè, I love you," I whisper in his ear. He reaches over, grabbing me and bringing me closer to him, turning his head to give me a deep kiss.

"Hey none of that here some of us are trying to eat," we don't even notice Mason coming back inside as if nothing ever happened. Typical. He masks his emotions so well. Hopefully it doesn't backfire on him one day.

"Last time I checked this is our house. Keep your complaints to yourself or go to your own place," Nate's just joking though he would never kick his brother out. He said he's having too much fun being extra loud when we have sex just to mess with Mason.

We're shocked he's actually still here.

"Alright enough of that, finish your pizzas I have work for both of you," I say to them as I put my plate in the sink. They both reply with groans but I know they will help me with whatever I need.

"Babe I thought the wedding stuff was all done, what could possibly be missing?" Ugh. Boys, they don't understand.

"With me there's always stuff to get done," I reply with an innocent smile.

Theo follows me upstairs where I go and change into my sweats and grab the little wedding kits I plan to wrap together for all of our guests.

I decided to do mini hangover packages. I'm adding Tylenol, some energy bars, and tying mini water bottles to them which have personalized labels made explaining the organization Nate and I decided to donate too.

I head back downstairs with Theo hot on my heels and head to the family room where Nate and Mason are both pretending to be sleeping. I drop the box of stuff onto the table causing them both to shoot up.

"Time to get to work boys," I say smirking at them as they both continue with their whining.

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Another short one guys but we're almost at the end🥲

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