Gabe looked from Melanie, who was positively beaming, to Jacob.
“Your services?” Gabe asked.
“As your best man.” Jacob lifted his hands. “If I heard wrong, I’ll quietly back away and you can pretend this never happened.”
“You’re not getting off that easy,” Gabe said, the kernel of hope that Sole Regret would reconcile bursting into full bloom. Jacob had come. He did still care. “Jacob, will you do me the honor of being my best man at my wedding?”
“Dude, that sounded like a marriage proposal.”
Jacob shoved him, but Gabe was too damned happy to flash his man card and slip into caveman mode to save face. “Well? Will you?”
“How can I say no to you, Banner? I’ll be there.”
“Go grab some food,” Melanie said. She scooted over to pat the grass between herself and Gabe. “I saved a spot for you.”
“I can’t stay. Tina doesn’t know I’m here, but I did want to make an appearance. Congratulations, by the way. You’ll have to send all the wedding info to my secret email account unless you want Tina as up in your business as she is in mine.”
“Why don’t you just get rid of her?” Gabe asked. Problem solved.
“I’ll never get rid of her,” Jacob said, “until she wants to get rid of me.”
Gabe frowned. Apparently the guy was still off his rocker.
“I also heard that Adam is getting married,” Jacob said. “True?”
“Yeah. I don’t think they’re in the same rush that me and Melanie are in though.”
“Why are you in a rush?” Jacob asked. He leaned around Gabe to look at Melanie. “Did he go and knock you up already?”
Her cheeks went delightfully pink. “Well . . . this isn’t exactly how I wanted to tell him . . .”
Gabe’s heart skipped a beat and started thudding at a tempo even the fastest drummer alive couldn’t hope to match.
“Wait,” he said, breathlessly. “Does that mean . . .”
Melanie nodded. “According to the little stick I peed on this morning, you’re going to be a daddy.”
He pulled her into his arms and kissed her with every shred of passion he possessed. His world had never been so thoroughly rocked, and he was one hundred percent ready to roll with his sweet Melanie forever, no matter what challenges life might bring their way.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Finally! A member of Sole Regret gets his happy ending. We still have four more (well, technically five including Chad) happy endings in the final arc of the series, but if feels so good to wrap up Gabe’s story at long last. He’s such a terrific guy. He deserves blissful happiness and true, devoted love. But even though I’m glad he’s found both, I was also a little sad to finish his final book in the series. I’m not saying good-bye to Gabe forever—he’ll still be in the remaining books as a side character—but I’ll never get to see the world through his geeky, romantic, perverted mind again. I hope his final book was worth the wait and that you feel some closure, but we still have a heap of Sole Regret mess to clean up, so I’d better get on that. I’m a huge believer in happily-ever-afters, so rest assured that they’re in the works for everyone. Except Tina. That bitch can suck it.
In addition to my loyal fans, who wait ever so patiently for my books to be released (you rock!), I’d like to thank my amazing editor, Beth Hill, my sensational beta reader/book-signing assistant/BFF, Cyndi, Sean—the one who deals with my flighty, fictional-world babbling on a daily basis, and my little group of rockin’ roadies: Jenna, Traci, Maureen, Annette and Karen. I appreciate all you do for me.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Combining her love for romantic fiction and rock 'n roll, Olivia Cunning writes erotic romance centered around rock musicians. Raised on hard rock music from the cradle, she attended her first Styx concert at age six and fell instantly in love with live music. She's been known to travel over a thousand miles just to see a favorite band in concert. As a teen, she discovered her second love, romantic fiction—first, voraciously reading steamy romance novels and then penning her own. Growing up as the daughter of a career soldier, she's lived all over the United States and overseas. She currently lives in Illinois. To learn more about Olivia and her books, please visit www.oliviacunning.com.
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