Running Into Love - The Complete Box Set

by Annalisa Nicole

  Savannah and Gary are now standing just inches from me. Ava takes Savvy’s bouquet of tiger lilies from her, then Gary pulls her to him and gives her a hug. She smiles as he takes her casted left hand, and places it in mine.

  “Ladies and gentlemen, we are gathered here today on this exceptionally beautiful day, to witness the joining of two souls. Who gives this woman to be married?” the officiant asks.

  My heart skips a beat as I look into Savvy’s terrified eyes. The officiant was specifically told to leave that last part out.

  Both Gary and Ginger, stand and say, “I do,” at the same time.

  Both Savvy and I, look back and forth between the two of them and smile. In that brief second, we both see the spark of a smile exchanged between the two of them. Ginger nods her head and is the first to sit back down.

  Gary continues to stand and stare at Ginger with a cheesy smile.

  Quiet laughs are heard throughout the crowd, then Gary looks around and realizes what he’s doing, “Oh, sorry, continue,” he says embarrassed, then has a seat.

  “Aiden and Savvy wanted to make this short and sweet. They’ve each written their own vows and will recite them for you now,” the officiant says.

  “Savannah Russell, my life was incomplete and void of true happiness until you landed in my arms. Since that day, my heart has come alive. Every day when I wake up and I see your beautiful, smiling face next to me, I finally know what it feels like to truly be in love. I finally understand the goofy looks on all the men’s faces standing next to me. Savvy, I promise to always be there for you. I promise to be your lover, your companion, and your place of refuge. I promise to be your ally in conflict, your greatest fan, and your best friend. I promise to be your student and your teacher, your accomplice in mischief, your strength in times of need, and most of all I promise to love you until the day I die.”

  As I finish, a single tear rolls down her cheek. I take her face in my palm and wipe it away with my thumb.

  “Aiden Wellington, I was lost with no direction before I met you. I had no idea when they made Cinderella that they made it with me in mind. You’ve restored my faith in mankind with your kindness and love. You’ve shown me that despite hard times, there is hope and a silver lining just waiting to be found. Aiden, I promise to always be there for you. I promise to be your lover, your companion, and your place of refuge. I promise to be your ally in conflict, your greatest fan, and always your best friend. I promise to be your student and your teacher, and I promise to be your sister’s and sister’s-in-law accomplice in mischief . . .”

  “Hell, yeah,” Willow shouts.

  All the girls and guests laugh. Aiden smacks his hand over his eyes and shakes his head back and forth.

  “I promise to be your accomplice in mischief, your strength in times of need, and most of all I promise to love you until the day I die.”

  Adrian hands me Savvy’s rings and I take her left hand.

  “Savannah, with these rings as a token of my love and fidelity, I promise to love, honor, and cherish you until the day I die.”

  I slip her engagement ring and her new wedding band on her finger.

  Savvy turns to Ava and takes my wedding band.

  “Aiden, with this ring as a token of my undying love and fidelity, I promise to love, honor, and cherish you until the day I die,” she says, and slips the ring on my finger.

  “Savannah and Aiden, on this beautiful Seattle day, in front of your family and friends, you have promised each other your love, and have given each other rings to wear as a sign of your deep commitment. It is my distinct pleasure to declare that you are now husband and wife. You may kiss the bride.”

  I take a step toward Savvy, wrap my arm around her waist, pull her to me, and kiss her lips as everyone cheers.

  Savvy

  It’s no wonder there’s no cloud in the sky, I feel like I’m walking on air. I feel special and beautiful, and I’m so in love with Aiden. His warm lips are pressed to mine, and I just officially became Mrs. Savannah Wellington. Aiden pulls away and places his forehead on mine.

  “I’ve fallen in love with you, Savannah Wellington,” he says.

  “I’ve fallen and collapsed in love with you, Aiden Wellington,” I return.

  We turn and face our family for the first time as man and wife. Ginger is crying with a beautiful smile on her face. Everyone is on their feet, clapping and cheering. Aiden and I make our way down the aisle and back to the room where I waited before I came out.

  “Are you happy?” he asks me.

  I chuckle, and the only thing I can think of to say are the exact same words I said to him the last time he asked me this.

  “Happy?” I ask.

  “Yeah, are you happy?” he asks again, then he realizes we’ve once had this exact conversation.

  “Is there something that comes after happy?” I ask.

  “You mean like, ever after?” he returns, playing along, putting his hands on his hips.

  “Why, yes, that’s exactly what I mean Mr. Wellington, ever after. You are my happily ever after. Thank you for giving me a happily ever after, Aiden,” I say, lacing my arms through his.

  “Anything and everything for you,” he says, kissing me.

  We walk hand in hand into a cheering Alani room. Everything has just been perfect. I look around the room at the many faces that I now call family and friends. I stop when I see Quinn sitting next to Levi. Hmm, I wonder what’s going on there. I also see Ginger sitting next to Gary, like that’s a shock.

  Aiden and I smoosh cake in each other’s faces, and dance the night away until my cheeks hurt from smiling so much and my feet hurt from my shoes.

  “I have one more surprise for you,” Aiden says.

  He takes my hand and leads me outside.

  There is still not a cloud in the sky. The magnificent black night sky is lit with thousands of twinkling stars. As we get closer to the marina edge, we see someone standing there alone. As we get closer, I recognize Mrs. W.

  “Ma?” Aiden softly questions.

  She turns around, and from the moonlight, I can see her tear stained face.

  “It’s just so beautiful. I’ve only ever seen a night this beautiful once before in my life, the day your father and I got married,” she says, looking at Aiden.

  “Oh, Ma,” Aiden whispers, then wraps her in his arms.

  I go to her other side and wrap my arm around her waist. All three of us are just mesmerized with the beauty of the night. Aiden reaches past his mother and puts his hand on my shoulder. We both look at each other behind his mother. Just then the sky is lit with fireworks. The vibrant reds and blues and oranges streak up the ink black sky and explode high in the sky. Mrs. W steps forward, places her hand on Aiden’s cheek and smiles. She then comes to me, kisses me on the cheek, then disappears behind us.

  Aiden takes me in his arms as we watch the rest of the fireworks display. The oh’s and ah’s can be heard behind us as the rest of the wedding guests filter out into the marina. As the finale starts, Aiden turns me in his arms, gently places his lips on mine, then dips me backward. Still dipping me back, he ever so slightly stops kissing and smiles on my lips. It’s the perfect moment, and I wish I could bottle it and keep forever.

  The fireworks stop, the crowd claps, then Aiden leads me to the awaiting limo. The limo will take us to our honeymoon suite hotel. Aiden and I can’t go on an official honeymoon just yet. I’m still in school and probably will be nonstop for the next two years. But honestly, tonight is all the honeymoon I’ll ever need. That and to spend the rest of my life with Aiden.

  The chauffeur holds open the back door, Aiden gets in first, and pulls me in and into his lap.

  “I don’t think it’s legal for me to sit on your lap the entire drive to the hotel,” I tease.

  “Sure it is,” he says, and kisses me quiet.

  I’d say I feel like a teenager playing kissy face on prom night, but I’ve actually never experienced that before. I can knock
that off my I’ve never done list. The limo stops in front of the hotel. The driver gets out, then he opens our door. Aiden lifts me off of his lap and places me on my feet on the ground. He gets out, pulls me through the hotel, and stabs impatiently at the elevator button.

  “Don’t we need to check in first and get a key?” I ask, giggling.

  He reaches in the breast pocket of his tux and pulls out a key, then dangles it from his finger with a smile.

  “You sure you were never a Boy Scout? You’re awfully prepared,” I tell him as we enter the elevator.

  He pushes the button for the penthouse, then stalks toward me, caging me into the corner of the elevator.

  “Did I tell you how beautiful you are today, Mrs. Wellington?” he whispers on my lips.

  I giggle, then he shuts me up with a kiss. He kisses down my jaw and trails feather light kisses down my neck. I grab onto the railings as he slides down my body. His hands go to the hem of my skirt, then he runs his hands up my ankles, then up the sides of my leg to my knees. When his hand hits my garter belt, he stops and his lips turn up into a sly smile. He lifts my skirt up and over his head, then grabs onto the garter belt with his teeth. The elevator stops and the doors open to an awaiting couple. I quickly lift my skirt up to allow Aiden out, then push it back down.

  “Going down?” the man asks.

  “I was trying,” Aiden replies, looking at them over his shoulder.

  “Oh, my God!” I whisper. “No, we’re going up,” I tell the couple.

  The woman buries her face in the man’s suit jacket laughing, then they let the elevator door close again. I smack Aiden in the shoulder and pull him up so he’s standing, then I break out in a fit of giggles. His lips again come to mine as he moans.

  I break the kiss, bite my bottom lip and say, “You like to make me stop giggling with your kisses.”

  “No, I love making your giggle turn into that moan you do in the back of your throat every time I do it,” he says, kissing me again, making me do that moan.

  The elevator comes to a stop and the door opens on our floor. Aiden takes my hand and leads me down the hall to our room. Sitting on the floor outside the door is a basket filled with wine, flowers and all sorts of goodies. I bend down and remove the card. Opening the card all it says is, Love, Asher and Willow.

  Aiden unlocks the door, kicks the basket inside, then picks me up and carries me over the threshold into the suite. It’s dark except for the flicker of candlelight bouncing shadows on the walls. There are orange rose petals lined in a walkway leading to the bed. I flip my shoes off as he carries me to the bed, then he gently sets me down on top of the plush comforter. I put my hands on the bed and scoot myself further up, as Aiden removes the jacket to his tux, then walks forward on his hands and knees over me. Hunger, starvation, lust, need, and want, fill his eyes. His full weight comes down on top of me as he begins kissing me. He toes off his shoes, then his body starts to get up, but his lips stay kissing mine. He reaches between us for his pants and starts to undo them. My hands go to the buttons on his dress shirt and start to fumble with them. He gets up on his knees, unclasps his cufflinks, then one at a time chucks them in different directions across the room. He finishes unbuttoning his dress shirt, then peels it off one shoulder at a time.

  I sit up and push his undershirt up, then kiss his muscled abs. I reach to my side and unzip my beautiful wedding dress down to my waist. Aiden lies back down on top of me, then turns me over onto my stomach. He gently pulls my wedding dress and shimmy’s it down my body, then lays it at the end of the bed. Starting at the back of my knee, his tongue trails up and over my ass cheek. I turn my head to look at him and he smiles. He removes the pins from my hair, letting it fall on the back of my neck. He grabs it all in one hand, then kisses the back of my neck. He straddles my lower thighs, then places his hands on my shoulders and massages them down the back of my bustier, then finally down to my waist. I can feel his erection between my legs at my ass. He turns me back over and his eyes turn to lust. Just the reaction I was hoping for when he sees my white, lacey, strapless bustier and panties trimmed in pastel orange.

  Aiden scoots me up to the head of the bed. I grab onto the wrought iron spindles, as he removes my panties down my legs. Why, again, did I want to have this cast on when we got married? I can only wrap the tops of my left fingers around the spindles. He finishes taking off the rest of his clothes, but leaves my bustier on. His hands come to the top of my ankle, then slide up my legs. He brings my knees up and I plant my feet on top of the mattress. Aiden starts kissing feather light kisses just inside my thigh and makes his way over. I moan as his fingers start to work between my legs. I feel it building as my leg starts to twitch, then I come undone and I come on his lips with a loud moan. He gets on his knees and straddles me, then takes himself in his hand and strokes himself several times. I bring my hands down from above my head, sit up, and grab onto his hips. I lie on my right side next to his knees and take just the tip of him into my mouth and suck hard. From underneath him, I drag my tongue from tip to balls. The muscles in his thighs go rock hard, as he grits out a breath between his teeth. Grabbing him under his balls, I cup him firmly in my hand, as I take him deep in the back of my throat.

  “Savvy.”

  I hum a response. His hands go into my hair, then he gathers a fistful and holds it firmly at the back of my head for support, as I take him in and out. I let his hands take over the pace that he needs. My right-hand goes around him, and I grab a handful of ass and squeeze.

  He pulls me all the way out, then places his hands under my arms and scoots me back up to the head of the bed. With his knees together, he pulls my ass up.

  “Hang on tight, baby,” he demands.

  I reach my hands back above my head, grab onto the bars, and hang on as he enters me hard. As he moves in and out, I use the bars as leverage and give back everything he gives me. His pace quickens, his eyes close, he pulls me hard into him, and holds me still as he starts to come.

  With my hands still on the bars, I push in and out as hard as I can against his pressure of holding me still. He groans and I stop.

  “Don’t stop,” he groans.

  I move in and out again, as he continues to come. He opens his eyes, then sets my ass down on the bed. He leans down and gently kisses me on the lips.

  He falls to the bed at my side and wraps his arms around me. I place my head on his chest, and I can hear and feel his heartbeat racing in his chest.

  “I can hear your heart beating,” I whisper.

  “My heart only beats for you,” he says, squeezing me tight.

  “Oh, I almost forgot about your wedding gift!” I say, getting up to find my purse.

  I race to the door and pick my purse up off the floor. While I’m there, I also grab the bottle of wine, the bottle opener, and the two wine glasses out of the basket from Willow and Asher. I reach in my purse, take out the small box, then drop my purse back on the floor on my way back to Aiden.

  I set the wine and the glasses on the side table, then straddle Aiden on the bed. I set the box on his chest and smile at him. He tucks two pillows under his head, then picks up the box. I smile and bite my lip as he takes the gift wrap off the box. I’m so nervous I could pee.

  He cracks open the box and immediately his eyes go big.

  “Savvy, this is incredible,” he says, taking it out of the box.

  I give a little squeal knowing Ava and I did a great job picking it out. I plop on the bed beside him and look up at the watch as he inspects it. I don’t even know what brand it is, all I know is Ava went nuts over it. I reach for the watch and I turn it over in his hand.

  I reach for the lamp beside the bed and turn it on. When I was standing in the store with Ava, I thought I knew exactly what I wanted to have engraved on the back. But when I was standing there looking at it, I suddenly changed my mind. Engraved on the back now it says, My one and only love and the keeper of my dreams.

  After round two and three,
Aiden lays next to me sound asleep. The morning sun is just coming up in the sky, filtering light in through the sheer curtains. I hold my left casted hand up in front of my face and stare at my beautiful, sparkling rings. I thought my engagement ring alone was the most beautiful ring I had ever seen. But the single row of orange sapphires nestled perfectly next to my engagement ring is just spectacular.

  “Good morning, beautiful,” Aiden’s husky morning voice says, bringing me out of my stare.

  “Good morning,” I reply, snuggling into his hold.

  Aiden had a special wedding breakfast delivered, then regrettably, we packed our things and left our honeymoon suite. Aiden had parked Jade in the hotel parking lot the night before we got married.

  Somehow, getting into Jade as a married woman I feel different. I can’t quite put my finger on the feeling, though.

  As we drive down the street, Ruby comes into view, parked in the driveway. My heart skips a beat with joy. She’s really back! Aiden pushes the garage door button, and pulls next to the piles of boxes and furniture from the storage unit. I walk back out into the driveway and do what I’ve dreamt of doing for weeks now. I hug Ruby’s hood.

  Aiden walks up next to me and scoops me up into his arms. I squeal as he secures me in his arms. Instead of walking back through the garage into the kitchen, he walks up the front walkway to the front door. He then carries me over the threshold of our house for the first time as husband and wife.

  Aiden and I play kissy face in the entryway, then he goes back out into the garage and brings in our bags. We have the whole day together to play kissy face in every room of the house, until it’s time to go to family Sunday dinner.

  Aiden takes out his phone and listens to his messages. His brows furrow, then he makes a quick call. He calls Asher, who from the sound of this side of the conversation is beyond sorry for bugging him the day after he gets married. Aiden, being the awesome guy he is, assures him it’s totally fine. They have a quick conversation, then he hangs up.