Stone Cold Surrender (68 page)

husband
Prince
Jamal
Ari
Yasir
and
their
son
Ari
last
night.
Almost
everyone
else
had
arrived
an
hour
or
two
before
the
wedding
was
to
take
place,
so
she
hadn’t
had
the
chance
to
meet
them
beforehand.

“Yes,
I’m
ready,”
she
said,
inhaling
deeply.

Stone
leaned
down
and
kissed
her
lips;
then,
taking
her

hand
in
his,
he
led
her
over
to
an
area
where
a
group
stood
talking.
A
couple
of
people
she
recognized,
but
others
she
did
not.

First
he
introduced
her
to
his
married
brothers,
Dare
and
Thorn,
and
their
wives,
Shelly
and
Tara.
Madison
could

immediately
feel
the
love
flowing
between
the
couples
and
hoped
that
her
and
Stone’s
marriage
would
be
just
as

strong
and
loving.

Stone
then
introduced
her
to
his
brother,
the
one
he
said

the
ladies
called
“The
Perfect
Storm.”
She
could
see
why.
He
was
drop-dead
gorgeous
and
she
had
a
strong
feeling
that
he
knew
it.
Then
she
met
Storm’s
fraternal
twin,
Chase,
and
he
was
just
as
gorgeous.
In
fact
she
was
discovering
that
all
the
male
Westmorelands
were
good-looking
men.

Next
came
the
cousins:
Jared,
Spencer,
Ian,
Quade
and

Reggie.
She
had
already
met
Quade
and
Durango,
and

Durango
pulled
her
into
his
arms
and
gave
her
an

astounding,
welcome-to-the-family
kiss
on
her
lips
and
said

he
liked
her
even
if
she
was
a
city
girl.
She
gave
Stone
a
questioning
look
and
the
response
in
his
eyes
indicated
that
he
would
explain
things
later.

She
then
got
the
chance
to
see
the
newest
Westmoreland
cousins
again;
Clint
and
Cole,
as
well
as
the
daughter

Corey
Westmoreland
never
knew
he
had:
Casey.

Casey
Westmoreland
was
shockingly
beautiful
and

Madison
thought
it
amusing
to
see
how
all
the
single
men
present
who
weren’t
Westmorelands
were
giving
her
their
undivided
attention.
Now
she
understood
what
Clint
and
Cole
had
meant
when
they’d
insinuated
that
it
hadn’t
been
easy
being
Casey’s
brothers.

After
all
the
introductions
were
made,
Stone
pulled

Madison
into
his
arms.
They
would
be
leaving
the
mountain
in
a
few
hours
to
spend
a
week
in
San
Francisco.
Her

mother
and
Corey
were
headed
in
the
opposite
direction
to
spend
a
week
in
Jamaica.

Madison
had
never
been
to
the
Bay
area
and
Stone,
who’d
been
there
several
times,
had
planned
a
special

honeymoon
there
for
them.

They
would
be
leaving
the
country
within
the
month
for

Stone’s
four-month
European
book
tour.
They
would
return
just
weeks
before
Christmas
and
had
decided
to
make

Atlanta
their
primary
home.

“I
can’t
wait
to
get
you
all
to
myself,”
Stone
whispered
to
his
wife
moments
later,
when
her
mother
had
indicated
it
was
time
to
cut
the
cake
and
to
take
more
pictures.

“I
can’t
wait
to
get
you
all
to
myself,
too,”
Madison
said

smiling
and
meaning
every
word.
She
had
a
surprise
for

him.
She
had
composed
a
song
just
for
him.
And
she
knew
as
she
gazed
lovingly
at
her
husband
that
it
was
a
song
that
would
stay
in
her
heart
forever.

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