Lady In Disguise (The Langley Sisters) (38 page)

Lifting his head he looked at her.
 

“I first kissed you here, love, under these trees and I remember thinking that no other woman had touched me as you did that day.”

“Oh, Will.”

“I promise to cherish and love you until I draw my last breath, Olivia Langley,” he said, framing her face with his hands. “Marry me, sweetheart; only with you can I truly be someone I’m proud of.”

“No, Will, you always had the man you are today inside you, it just took time for you to find him,” Livvy whispered against his lips. “Let me hold you close now, my love, and I promise to never let you go.”

“Yes,” Will sighed, drawing her closer. He was home finally, and this is where he would always stay.

EPILOGUE

Will looked down the aisle at the assembled guests and then across to where Livvy stood. She looked beautiful in pale blue with her hair woven in matching satin ribbons. The worry was gone from her eyes now and he saw only happiness and love every time she looked at him as she was now.

“Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to marry this man to this woman.”

As the Reverend started talking Will felt his chest fill with love. Around them were friends and family, all here for this special day, people that he had never let into his life before yet now he could not live without. Their people, his and Olivia’s. Giving her a final look, which she answered with a soft smile he then focused on the service.

“Do you, Frederick Stanley Blake, take Jenny Elizabeth Bell to be your lawfully wedded wife?”

The bride cried softly beneath her veil and managed to say yes when the question was put to her a few moments later, while the groom looked down at her with love shining in his eyes.
 

Will looked at Livvy as he heard her sniff. In one month this would be them, they would marry and then they would live out their days together and that day could not come soon enough for him. He wanted to spend hours talking with her and when they weren’t talking then they would be making love. She had breathed life into him, her love had made him finally believe in himself and that he was someone worthy of that love.

Will watched Freddy lift his new wife’s veil and seal their union with a kiss. The new Mr and Mrs Blake would take up residence at Willow Hall as now the Langley sisters all resided at Rossetter house while Will finalized the purchase of the house they would all then relocate to.
 

Will swallowed his smile as Phoebe glared at Finn as he held out his arm so they could follow Freddy and Jenny from the church. Luke and Bella came next, and then Will held out his arm to Livvy.

“Come, sweetheart.”

Together they followed the others out of the church and into the cool clear winter’s day.

“I can’t remember a time when I have felt this happy, Will.”

Wrapping an arm around her waist, he pulled Olivia close to his side.

“And your happiness has only just begun, my love.”

“Our happiness,” she corrected.

“Our happiness,” Will repeated and then together they went to congratulate the married couple.
 

THE END

Wendy Vella is a lover of all things romantic. She started reading her first Georgette Heyer book at a young age and instantly fell in love with the Regency era. Writing is something she has always found time for; she penned her first novel at eighteen, though she says it will never make an appearance outside the closet in which it currently resides.

After having her two children, Wendy joined RWNZ and started honing her chosen craft by entering competitions with some success and attending conferences.
 

She has an addiction to reading, and loves a wide range of romance genres, but her first love will always be historical. She relishes novels steeped in romance and excitement, with feisty heroines and delicious heroes, especially when they are set amongst the treacherous waters of London society.

Wendy is a sucker for a happy ending, having secured her own. She has been married to her dark brooding hero for twenty-eight years, and shares her home with two wonderful children, two dogs, and anyone else who happens to be visiting at the time. Born and raised in a rural area on the North Island of New Zealand, Wendy loves the beaches and lush green rolling hills of her homeland, and is proud to call herself a very patriotic Kiwi!

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