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while, Nick asks me to tell him more about the wedding, and I gush over all the things I have yet to tell him.
    It is the perfect time, the perfect place, with my perfect man. I feel safe, loved, and cherished. It dawns on me that I am the happiest I have been in a long, long time. I don’t want it to end.
     

 
    chapter three
    The Gang is Here
    After spending the better part of the afternoon, into the evening on the beach, we make our way back to the main area of the resort. Nick wants to have a quick drink with me before my presence is required at the villa for the bachelorette party I have been trying not to think about.
    As we walk into the bar, loud laughter hits my ears. My eyes fall on our wedding party causing a ruckus. I shake my head in disbelief that there can really be so many good looking men in one room. All friends and all are confident in themselves. You can just feel the alpha aura oozing from them filling the air and taking over the mid-sized bar.
    I beam and rush over when I see that Nellie and Wyatt have arrived. I didn’t realize how disappointed I had been with the possibility that they wouldn’t be making it. I wrap Nellie in a hug, and she squeezes me back.
    “So Nellie is the only one you see,” Noah rumbles with a wide smile. I turn out of Nellie’s arms to see Noah, Bean, Braxton, and Ryan have come along as well.
    “Oh my God,” I squeal. “What are you guys doing here. I thought you were on assignment, Noah.”
    I am happy to see them all, but I hadn’t thought they would all come. Nick had said that Felix and Johnathan were the only ones that were coming for sure, but they would be here in the morning for the ceremony along with their parents.
    Bean pulls me into a hug before the guys can get me into bear hugs. Noah and Braxton are the first to hug me, Ryan holds back at first looking between Nick and me. Finally, he flips Nick the bird and pulls me in for a hug. I am laughing hysterically when Nick pries me from Ry’s arms.
    “I swear I’m going to let him kick your ass,” Wyatt laughs and slaps Ry in the back of the head.
    Ryan shrugs, “He can try, but when Sephora watches me kick his ass, I’ll have my window to steal his girl. So bring it on Lincoln,” Ry scoffs.
    I fold my arms across my chest. “Now Ryan, you have become one of my best friends. So I will forgive you not answering my calls, but if you touch my man I am jumping in, and you can blame your own brother for you getting your ass kicked by a girl,” I say with a sly smirk.
    “ Oh ,” everyone jeers.
    “She’s a keeper, Lincoln,” Noah howls with laughter.
    “Don’t I know it,” Nick replies and pulls me into his arms against his chest.
    Everyone starts to toss around jeers and easy banter. Nick just holds onto me swaying me in his arms. I am content in his hold as we enjoy the antics of our friends. Craig and Ryan start riling each other up and soon there is laughter filling the bar none stop.
    Nick pulls a chair and takes a seat, pulling me into his lap. While the guys tease each other, us girls try to have little conversations in between laughing at this looney group of men.
    Everyone looks so relaxed; you would never know we have other things going on in the background of our lives. I wish I could bottle this moment to have and hold forever. Especially when I look at Nick’s face and see how much his friends mean to him.
    He looks so much younger and carefree right now. I could just imagine him in his twenties hanging out with his friends. I silently make a mental note to plan a few get togethers at our house once things died down.
    “What are you thinking about,” Nick asks into the crook of my neck.
    “We’re happy. I like it,” I turn to look at him to say.
    “I like it, too,” Nick smiles. “You want that drink?”
    “No, not really. I’m sure they are going to try to get me drunk later. My food from lunch hasn’t settled,” I say with a bit of a frown.
    My stomach has been a little