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Another Love (Part 30)
Date: 2/14/2024, Categories: Love Stories, Author: cethpada
... voice belonged to. “For you, Irene, of course, you can have as many hugs as you want,” I replied. “Oh good,” winked Alan. “Does that mean I get as many hugs with the beautiful bride?” Jade laughed as Irene turned to Alan. “Not on your Nellie, one hug and then keep your hands where I can see them. If you want hugs, I will give you as many as you want later.” “Yes dear,” said Alan then in a not so quiet voice, “definitely think I am coming off worse in this arrangement. What do you say, Jade?” “Alan, you are always welcome to give me a hug whenever you want,” she paused, allowing Alan to interject. “See,” began Alan before Jade continued. “So long as Irene agrees to it first. “Ahhh, it’s a conspiracy, just you wait Chris this is your future, it's not too late, run lad, run.” Both myself and Jade just looked at one another, trying to keep a straight face as Irene mocked, hitting Alan on the head. “I am sure I will be all right, and Jade will let me hug her as often as I like. So glad you could come today.” “We wouldn’t have missed it for the world,” replied Irene. “Wanted to make sure you made an honest woman out of this wonderful creature.” “Not sure about the honest woman, more like I wanted to tie her down before some younger, better-looking guy snatched her away.” “Hey, carry on talking like that and there will be no hugs later, Mr,” Jade said, pushing a finger into my chest. “I am more interested in the tying down bit,” mocked ...
... Alan, nudging me with his elbow. “You are nothing more than a dirty old man,” said Irene. “Now come on, we want to have a chat with your mother Jade. Definitely see where you got your looks from.” “Be careful. She will moan about planning this wedding for hours if you let her, even though secretly she loved it,” Jade responded. As they turned and walked away, we heard Alan complaining, “Less of the old please, I accept dirty but not old.” I looked at Jade and shook my head in disbelief. “I love them two, mad as a box of frogs, but still in love after all these years and they have been like that as long as I have known them. No matter what life throws at them, they always have a smile and a laugh. They find the fun in everything.” It was getting late and some of the guests with small children started to glance at their watches, so Jade did the bouquet toss, managing not to hit the ceiling and we were amused to see it was caught by one of Jade’s friends from school. As she celebrated her catch, I noticed her boyfriend was not so amused. We posed for photos as we cut one of the tiers of the four-tiered wedding cake and then we made a show of leaving the reception so that those who wanted to leave could. We walked down a row of guests, thanking them for coming until we were out of the wedding reception and walking towards the tower rooms and the bridal suite. Coming to the door, I patted my pockets and finding the key card; I flashed it in front of the door, ...