I ran my thumb over my currently bare ring finger on my left hand as I stared down the aisle. My Mr. Mayhem ring had been relocated to my right hand and it felt unnatural. Tig nudged me on the shoulder and I turned to look back at him. He smiled and nodded towards the crowd.
Kiara was walking down the aisle between the two sections of wooden folding chairs that held the Redwood Original charter, their old ladies and kids, and Ma and my aunt. She was smiling brightly and I could finally see why everyone said she and Katerina looked so much alike.
Until today, I had only seen her in jeans and hoodies with her hair up. Now, Kiara was wearing some blue dress that clung to her and stopped just below her knees. She was beautiful, but I was still partial to Katerina's curves and the way she looked when she laughed. I noticed that other women just didn't do it for me anymore almost as soon as I got out of Stockton.
What felt like hours later, I saw Katerina standing at the end of the aisle. She was smiling and staring back at me. Eventually, she started walking towards me and I drank her in with my eyes. Her dress showed off her crow tattoo and the tops of her boobs, along with her flat stomach. I smiled at the blue in her dress that I remembered her talking to me about back when she was a guard and I was just a convict wanting to get in her pants.
"Fancy seeing you here, Lowman." Katerina winked as she handed her flowers to Kiara. I smirked and nodded, incapable of forming words to express what I was thinking or how I was feeling. The priest smiled and nodded to Katerina before clearing his throat to get everyone's attention.
"Ladies and Gentleman, we're gathered here today to celebrate the marriage between Happy and Katerina. They have both prepared their own vows and have informed me that I am only here for legal purposes. On that note, Katerina, I think you wanted to go first." The priest smiled and our guests silenced their chuckles. Neither one of us were overly religious, but Ma was devout Catholic and we had to have someone there, so Katerina went with Ma's priest.
"Happy, I promise to love you on good days and bad days. I promise to listen when you want me to and force you to talk to me when you need to. I promise to fall more in love with you every single day and give you reasons to want to come home." She started tearing up and sniffled a little as I took her hand. She smiled up at me and took a deep breath before continuing her vows from memory.
"I promise to support your decisions and stand by your side through thick and thin. I promise to sleep on your side of the bed while you're gone on long runs and always keep you in my heart. I promise to be a good old lady. I promise to be a great wife. I give you my all, forever, for always, and no matter what." She smiled and blushed a little as she nodded. I knew it was my turn and I took a deep breath before digging my cheat sheet out of the inner pocket of my kutte.
"Katerina, you came into my life during a time that I thought I could never find happiness. You met me at my worst and from that day on, I swore to always give you my best. I swear to always be there for you. I swear to protect you. I swear to give you a reason to smile every day and to call you from the road and let you know I'm okay. I swear to be the man you deserve and love you with every breath I have left in my chest. Katerina, you have my heart and soul forever, for always, and no matter what." I smiled and put the paper back in my kutte. Katerina was wiping tears off her cheeks and smiling the smile I'd fallen in love with long ago.
"And?" Chibs called from the audience. I rolled my eyes as all of my brothers egged me on. Katerina giggled a little and hitched her shoulder.
"I promise to treat you as good as my leather and ride you a fuck load more than my Harley." I said loudly before pulling her to me and kissing her deeply. The crowd whistled and cat called as I did my best to keep some self-control. Katerina pulled back and shook her head at me with a laugh.
"Well, there's not much I can really add to that. So, by the power invested to me by God and the State of California, I now pronounce you man and wife. You can kiss the bride, again." The priest smiled and clapped me on the shoulder. I smirked at him before kissing Katerina like it was the last time I would ever get to touch her again. She moaned into my mouth and I didn't even hear the cheering of the crowd anymore.
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"Katerina, I'd rather have a private party with you." Happy growled in my ear as we got a quick break from our family congratulating us. I rolled my eyes with a smile and kissed his cheek.
"You'll get plenty of private time with me, Mr. Lowman." I promised him. He twisted his mouth and shook his head as if to say there would never be enough time. I was about to comment on his pouting when Tig stood up and whistled loudly. Happy glanced over at him and groaned.
"Shut up for a minute, I want to say something." Tig called out and waited for everyone to quiet down before he continued. "Katerina, when I first asked Happy if he'd seen you, he thought you were going to be some big ass ape of a woman with a mustache. Obviously, Killer here ate his words when you showed up in the unit. I had to give up sleep when he thought he was being quiet and sneaky at night. I had to deal with his mood swings when you weren't around. I also had to deal with my brother and best friend being happier than I had ever seen him. I want to thank you for that last one, Katerina. The only way I can repay you is to keep him safe and have his back, and I promise I will. Here's to both of you." Tig raised his beer to us and nodded as everyone else raised his or her glass or beer. I followed suit and smiled at Happy as we all toasted.
"Thank you, Tig." I hugged him and gave him a peck on the cheek as Happy stood beside me. Tig nodded and squeezed me tightly. He let me go and moved to hug Happy.
"Her tits are real, huh?" Tig asked with a wink. I laughed and rolled my eyes as he moved out of Happy's hug quickly. My husband was scowling but I knew he was in a good enough mood to take a joke. Maria came up from the crowd and pulled Happy and I into a hug.
"I'm so happy for the two of you. I thought I would never get to see my Happy settle down and get married. He could not have found a better woman, Katerina. Thank you for taking care of my son. I love you both." She gave both of us kisses and Happy wrapped his arm around her with a smile.
"You feeling okay, Ma?" He had mentioned that she looked tired a few minutes before Tig's big toast. She nodded and pinched his cheek with a smile.
"I'm fine, mijo. I think we may turn in for the night though. These parties aren't meant for old ladies." Happy nodded and kissed her forehead before waving Phil over, he was the only prospect that Happy had agreed to invite down for the wedding. Miles had barely escaped losing his kutte and his life, but Happy still didn't trust him with any type of responsibility.
"Make sure these two get back to their hotel and in the room. Do a couple sweeps and then you can come back if it's safe. Realize that if you fuck up, I won't hesitate to kill you." Happy spoke quietly so that his ma couldn't hear him. Phil nodded and smiled.
"Ladies? Let's get you two back to your room so Happy doesn't have to fight the men away." Phil said with a wink. I giggled as Happy rolled his eyes. Maria and Cici waved Phil's flirtation away with youthful giggles before they followed him out towards the vehicles.
We danced and partied with the rest of our family well into the night. The beer was still flowing and the music was still going as we slipped away and retreated back to the beach house. The door barely closed before Happy pulled me into his arms and slammed his mouth into mine. I moaned and slid my tongue past his teeth and to his equally eager tongue.
Neither one of us allowed the kiss to break for more than a split moment as we moved back towards the master bedroom. The bed was in the middle of the room so as to not restrict the view out of the wall of floor to ceiling windows that overlooked the beach. We didn't bother turning the light on as the flickering flames from the torches outside provided us with just enough light to keep from getting hurt.
Happy moved to stand behind me and started to unlace the top of my dress and he kissed and nipped at my neck and shoulders. I trembled under his touch, both physically and emotionally over stimulated. I felt the tightness around my chest disappear as he paused his kissing.
"I don't really know how to get this off without my ka-bar, Katerina." Happy growled in my ear before nipping my earlobe. I smiled and nodded, already having figured out the reason for his hesitation. I reached back and unzipped what small zipper there was in the skirt and then wrapped my arms around his neck.
"Just pick me up, baby. It's technically not the right way, but I don't care right now." I trusted him to be able to figure it out without further instruction and started kissing him again. His lips were soft and hungry.
"You're sexy, wife." Happy growled as he looked down at my white thong that had an L monogrammed in blue. He smirked and ran his thumb over the blue thread as he put me down on the bed. I ran my fingertips up down his sides until I noticed him flinch ever so slightly.
"Happy, what's wrong?" I asked, searching his eyes for some type of explanation. He smiled from ear to ear and turned so I could see his left rib cage. I raised my brow and tried to focus in the dim light. His skin was slightly raised where he had gotten some new ink that I knew nothing about. I squinted to get a better look at the text and started picking out familiar phrases.
"You got your vows tattooed, baby?" I was stuck between crying and fucking him. He kissed the palm of my hand and then put it on his neck as he nodded. My body settled my internal struggle and I yanked him down on top of me. Our mouths connected briefly before he pulled me further up on the bed and took a nipple in to his mouth. He flicked the peak with his tongue and ran a hand down my chest, to my stomach, and finally underneath my thong.
"Happy, I want you." I moaned as he massaged my clit with two fingers. His growl vibrated my nipple and I was already feeling my body building up to an orgasm. No matter how many times I felt him on or in me, I never got used to it.
"You can have me whenever and wherever you want, baby." Happy whispered as he moved his mouth back up to my neck. I bit my bottom lip and unbuckled his belt and made quick work to push his dark jeans and boxer briefs off of him. I wrapped my hand around his member and stroked his tip with my thumb. He moaned and pushed my thong down my legs so I could kick it off and out of his way.
Happy positioned himself just outside of my opening, holding himself up with his hands lacing in with mine. We looked deep into one another's eyes as he slowly entered me. I couldn't suppress the moan that escaped from my lips as he pushed further into me.
"Jesus Christ, Katerina." Happy gripped my hips as I ground my sex against his ripped abdomen. I was already heading towards my third orgasm and wanted to make sure that his first one of the night showed him how much I appreciated it. I could feel the pressure of his black wedding band against my hip and smiled. It was like making love with him for the first time all over again.
Love and fireworks, what could be better? :) I hope it's not too strange that I smiled and felt emotionally invested as I wrote this chapter for them :) Let me know how you like it, I love reading reviews and thank you for all the ones I've already gotten :) :)