Jade Lee - Wedded in Scandal

And so it was done. Robert took her hand and led her to the altar, where they knelt before the Archbishop of Canterbury. They spoke their vows and Robert slid a pink diamond onto her finger, one that perfectly matched the gem in his cravat.

“You are mine now,” he said after he had kissed her silly right there in front of everyone. “Nothing can take you from my side ever.”

“Nothing,” she agreed. Because why would she ever want to leave?

“I love you,” he said. And she laughed because she had said the exact same words at the exact same moment.

In the back of the church where Wendy misted up and Helaine’s mother openly cried, Penny hugged her brother tight and whispered into his curls.

“That’s love, Tommy. Real love the way it should be. And someday, if we’re very lucky, we’ll have it, too.” She didn’t really believe it would happen, but she wanted to pretend. And more than anything, she wanted it to be true for Tommy. So she said the words and clutched her brother tight.

Having no words, Tommy didn’t answer except to gurgle happily and leave a sloppy wet kiss on his sister’s cheek.