Marriage Of Convenience

Chapter 15: Big Day

This is a two-part chapter. I will post the other part tomorrow. Please enjoy, vote, and comment.

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Jae's POV...

I felt like a new man, a king in his castle that was filled with all his precious belongings right by his side. Nothing or no one could destroy how happy I was right now. Today, I was more than willing and ready to say, I do to McKenna today and truly mean it.

Looking at myself in the full-length mirror, I could see that the Armani white tuxedo that McKenna had picked out for me along with the matching navy blue button-down shirt and white tie fit me perfectly. The blue Oxford loafers pulled the whole outfit together along with the silver cufflinks.

My world was finally being set right in its proper place instead of being flipped upside down and inside out like it has been since finding out that I lost the woman that I knew was made for me to my brother almost three years ago.

"Are you sure you want to go through this again little brother? Caleb asked jokingly.

"Fuck you, Caleb! I say with a smirk of my own.

"You know you can always walk out the door like I did," Caleb adds with a loud chuckle.

"I'm never going to make the same mistake that you've made twice with two incredible women." I retort with a playful banter as I finish getting dressed.

"To my defense, I've only lost one and even that one wasn't my doing, little brother. All jokes aside I'm proud of you for owning up to your true feelings about McKenna even though it took you almost three years to do so." Caleb says sounding sincere then slaps me across my back with a slight sting to it.

I stared at Caleb retreating back through the mirror he had his head slumped a bit as though something wasn't quite right with him. I didn't have much time to dwell on that because my other two favorite people in the whole wide world came dashing into the room filled with joy bouncing off them. Hannah and Raleigh were both wearing a white flower girl dress with navy blue roses around the bottom.

"Daddy, aren't you and Mrs. McKenna already married? Hannah asked leaning back a little and staring up at me with curious eyes.

"Yes, we are princess," I respond while stooping to her level.

"Then why are you two doing the same thing over again? She then inquired with both her hands on her hips.

Not ready to explain something that would be hard for her tiny mind to understand I chose to give her a little white lie, "because you weren't there with us that day princess to witness this joyous occasion," I answer.

"Little lady you're messing up your daddy's hair," I mumble to Raleigh as I turn my attention to her while she pulls on the end of my hair. The moment I said that Hannah joined in on the fun causing Raleigh to release a peal of loud laughter out of her mouth. The room was being flooded with their contagious laughter that was echoing and bouncing off the wall of my heart.

"Hannah and Raleigh please leave your father alone, so he can finish getting ready." I hear my dad say standing at the entrance of the room door wearing a black tux and a huge smile on his face.

"Son you've finally grown into the man that I've always known you would be. I must admit that I never expected it to take you this long to go after the one woman that we all knew you loved." Dad says as I stand to my feet and Raleigh, and Hannah rushes out of the room heading down the hall. "You've made your mom and me very proud to call you our son." He adds before turning and walking back out of the room before I could respond.