It’s been two years since I made the greatest choice in my life and asked Claire to move in with me. Now here in Hawaii on our annual family group vacation, I plan on surprising her with the wedding of her dreams. The guys and their wives are all in on it.

The flight here with all the screaming kids was pure hell. I’m not going to lie about that, but it will all be worth it to make Claire my wife. The other guys moved pretty fast with getting married, but we’ve taken the slow route.

Things haven’t always been easy for us. We’ve spent the past year doing the whole long-distance relationship thing while she toured for her book. Yeah, Claire got her book deal. In fact, the book was such a hit that she’s in negotiations to option the film rights. It’s been absolutely incredible.

Talk shows and signings. Everywhere I turn I see her. Her name plastered on shelves all across the world. I buy one every time I see it. I have about fifty copies of them piled up at the apartment.

She’s an international bestseller, New York Times, all that stuff. It’s been rough being apart so much but seeing her making her dreams come true makes the sacrifice worth it.

She mentions me on every show that I see. Tells them she has a fiancé who inspired her to write the story that was in her heart. However, when asked if she wrote of our love life Claire always says no comment.

I’ve read the book and can proudly say her story is our story and that’s why I’m giving her the wedding she wrote at the end of her book. She has no idea. As far as she knows, I didn’t plan any of it.

Nighttime on the beach under the moon with tiki torches lighting up the sand. That’s how she wrote it. That’s how it’s happening.

Our marriage won’t be official until we do it back home with a marriage license and all that legal shit, but this is our wedding. At least it will be if she says yes when I ask her to marry me again. I proposed last Christmas but with the sudden success of her book, planning our wedding fell on the back burner, which was totally fine for me. I want her to get whatever she wants, and the last thing I want is to cram a wedding into all the crazy. It should be perfect for her.

Jaxson gave me a rough time for the first probably six months Claire and I were together, but he’s finally accepted his baby sister is a woman. My woman. It was actually his idea to surprise her on this trip. I wanted to bring her alone, but Jaxson said he wouldn’t miss it for anything. So then we all went into stealth planning mode.

So now, here I am, standing at the altar waiting for him to walk her down the aisle. I don’t think she’ll say no but I get that same nervous feeling I had when I took her to the club for the first time, and when our relationship was a secret. She’s been out with the girls all day.

I stare out at the waves as they beat against the shore hoping today is the day I begin to call her my wife.

Brodie smacks me on the arm and nods toward the house. I see Jax and Claire walking down the stairs. She looks beautiful in her white dress that clings to her like a second skin. I left it on her bed for her and told her to wear it to dinner. Her collar that I gave to her two years ago sparkles around her neck as they start toward me.

When their feet hit the sand, Claire hikes her dress up to her knees and sprints toward me with tears in her eyes.

“Max, what is all this? I thought we were all just going out to dinner.”

I go down on one knee. “I know I asked you six months ago, but I’m asking you again. Claire, will you be my wife? Right now? Here?” I smile up at her as she wipes the tears from her eyes.

She stares around. “How did you…? Is this…?”

I nod. “Baby, I know everything about you. All your hopes and dreams.”

She looks around again. “You read my book?”

“I’ve read it twenty-five times and I have a closet full of copies. I buy it every time I see one. I can’t help myself.”

Tears roll down her cheeks, and she covers her mouth with her palm.

“So, is that a yes?”

“Yes!” She squeals and jumps onto me as I stand. She wraps her arms around me and pulls us into a kiss.

We say our I dos and promises of forever surrounded by Jaxson, Jenna, Weston, Brooke, Brodie, and April, along with the kids. After the ceremony, I sweep Claire off her feet and carry her out into the water to board a private yacht waiting to take us on our honeymoon where we can be alone.

I love the guys and their families, but now it is time for me to start mine. We wave to everyone on the shore as they get smaller and smaller.

I take Claire to the master bedroom eager to get her naked and under me.

Once I have her stripped bare and lying next to me I tell her something I want. “I thought we’d try something different tonight.”

“What could you want to do that we haven’t done before?”

It’s true. We’ve had sex every way under the sun and the moon, but I grin lazily at her and pepper kisses along her stomach. “We’re going to make a baby.”

Claire smiles at me, running her fingers through my hair. “Have I told you how happy you make me?”

“No, but you can show me.”

I bite her nipple, line my cock up with her sweet cunt, and thrust into my wife.