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clock! We’d shopped all day! I think this was a first for me.
    I grabbed the garment bags and headed for the door. It swung open and Caeden stood there grinning. He leaned against the side of the door with his arms crossed over his chest. His shirt rode up a tiny bit showing off his tan stomach and the edge of his boxers.
    “Did you h ave fun ladies?” he winked.
    “You have no idea,” Chris said, walking past him , and into the house.
    Charlotte turned to me; she had my shopping bags. “I’ll take these upstairs for you.”
    “Thanks,” I smiled.
    After she was gone , Caeden nodded to the three white garment bags slung over my arm. “What are those?”
    I grinned. “I found a dress.”
    His eyes widened. “A dress dress? Like a wedding dress?”
    I laughed. “Yeah, and bridesmaid dresses too. I wasn’t even planning on looking, but it just sort of happened.” A blissful look stole over my face. “It’s so beautiful, Caeden. I can’t wait for you to see it.”
    “Show it to me,” he reached for the bag.
    I swatted his hand. “Ow! What was that for?”
    Oops. Guess I put too much force behind that. “Sorry, but you can’t see this dress , yet. Not until I’m walking down the aisle. And don’t even think, about peeking Caeden Henry Williams,” I pointed my finger at him.
    He put his hand up in surrender. “Fine. No peeking.”
    I went around him and started up the steps. “I’m going to hang these up.”
    “We’re going out for dinner tonight , so get ready.”
    I saluted him. “Aye, aye, Captain.”

seven.
    Caeden wanted to eat at a seafood restaurant located on the beach. We ended up snagging a table outside. I was thankful to be able to soak in the salty sea air.
    The waitress handed us menus and I perused it. Everything sounded so good. I loved seafood, but rarely had a chance to eat it. Decisions, decisions, decisions.
    I finally settled on a salmon meal, my belly already growling at the thought of the delicious meal. With all the excitement from the day, I had forgotten to eat lunch.
    We had just given our orders , when my phone beeped. I checked the text message and saw it was a picture of wedding invites. I took one look at the monstrosity and texted back.
    No way. I wrote my mom.
    She sent another picture. Promising. I leaned over and showed it to Caeden. His face wrinkled in disgust. “It’s too feminine.”
    Not that one. I told her.
    When the next picture came through I nearly jumped out of my seat. “It’s perfect!” I screamed and the people from around us turned to look at me. I shoved my phone in Caeden’s face. “This is the one!”
    Caeden grinned. “Poppies.”
    I nodded. “Poppies.”
    I stared at the picture one more time. The envelopes were green and the invitations were white with red poppies and green lettering.
    “Are you okay with them?”
    He smiled and put his arm across the back of my chair. “They’re not pink , so it’s good with me.”
    I texted my mom back that those were perfect , and also suggested that the flowers in the wedding be poppies and the cake have poppies too. She probably thought I was crazy, since she didn’t understand the significance of it.
    I put my hand on Caeden’s thigh and leaned my head against his shoulder. I couldn’t believe that a year ago at this time, I didn’t even know him, and now here we are getting married. But I couldn’t be happier. Even with the whole Travis thing, this was the happiest I’d ever been, and I wouldn’t take it back for anything. It was all worth it. Caeden, was worth it.
    * * *
    Time was passing quickly and our time at the beach was almost over. I was almost scared to leave this sanctuary. Once we got back home, I didn’t just have wedding plans to worry about, I had something much worse. Travis.
    I dug my toes in the sand, studying the variations in color, just to get my mind off of things. I wanted to enjoy these last few days of peace.
    The sun soaked into my skin and I basked in the