Loving James

Chapter 45

I picked up my suit for the wedding this morning. The girls were making sure everything was done and ready for this weekend. Aiden and Lacy were getting married on the 4th of July, and it was just so fitting. All three sets of parents were at our house and Charlotte was of course cooking.

"Can I please help you with something?" I asked as I watched Charlotte zoom around the kitchen.

"Im ok, it's actually almost done." she said smiling.

The kitchen was her happy place. It was where all of her stress melted away even just temporarily. I knew she was worked up because we go back to the fertility doctor tomorrow to start the IVF process again.

"You can actually take the bottles of wine to the table with all the glasses, if you don't mind?" she asked.

"Sure, babe. It smells amazing in here." I said giving her a quick kiss.

A short while later we were all seated at the table and everyone was enjoying Charlotte's meal.

"Charlotte, this is incredible!" Dad said almost not believing food could taste this amazing. He was such a sucker for her food. He would do anything to eat dinner with us every night. And at least two nights a week, they do.

"Chicken marsala is actually one of my favorites of her's." Shara said as she smiled proudly.

I looked around the table as everyone was impressed by the food. Then my eyes landed on Lacy. She was devouring her chicken like someone threw a hunk of meat into a t-rex cage. I guess its true that you don't get between a pregnant woman and her food. Aiden spotted her and just laughed.

"Lacy, you need to chew!" He said shaking his head.

"Nope! Its sooooooo good. I need more." She said stabbing another piece and plopping it on her plate.

Once everyone was done with dinner and had dessert in front of them, Charlotte stood up and cleared her throat. "I just wanted to make a quick toast. Since this is practically your rehearsal dinner, and you aren't having a reception, I wanted to take the opportunity to say just how much I love you. You have been by my side for so many years now, and you deserve all the happiness in the world. I am so excited to officially become your sister. What were the chances that this would have happened? You found yourself an incredible man who is a perfect fit for you. A very wise person once said that there is only one way for a woman to make a man a millionaire, and that is if he starts out as a billionaire. Congratulations, Aiden. That man, is you!" She said laughing. I slapped my hand onto his shoulder. As he laughed along with everyone else.

"Well my speech is going to be much shorter." I said standing up. "At my wedding, Aiden thought it would be funny to tell my parents all the dirty little secrets that I had from growing up."

"James, NO!" Aiden said pointing at me.

I just smiled at him. Looking back at my parents I said, "Our senior year, Aiden got drunk at a party he threw while you were out of town meeting with a client. He was so drunk that he mistaked your room for his own. Long story short, he had sex with Carly Hansen in your bed." I said proudly. I turned back to Aiden who was quickly going pale. "Payback is a bitch."

"You slept with a girl in our bed?" Dad said with his brows furrowed. He was frozen for a minute before he started laughing.

"You aren't mad?" Aiden said hesitantly.

"It was fourteen years ago. What can I do?" Dad said, shaking his head.

The rest of the night went well as we all shared stories and laughed. Everyone went home around ten and I curled up in bed next to Charlotte.