All the memories of our past ran through my mind: seeing him for the first time, making love to him for the first time, him leaving me for Nicole, me running away, me meeting Daniel, Emma, Claire, Christy, Alex, Mark, Connor and Amy, then me giving birth, me meeting Chase and Ryan at my concert, me finding out mom was ill, Chase meeting the twins for the first time, then Chase and Ryan making everything up to me, becoming a proper family with my parents and brother, then mom's death, Chase being there every step of the way with me, then Chase nearly dying after he got shot near his heart with a silver bullet because he was saving me, Nicole killing herself and her baby after shooting Chase, then him gaining consciousness after three weeks in coma, me realising how much I truly love him, Becca giving birth to a beautiful baby girl, Sophia, and finally dad losing his life.
All those things made me who I am today. . .made us who we are today. And although we have gone through so many ordeals in the past, some which have nearly broken us completely, I can honestly say that it has made mine and Chase's relationship a lot stronger. I learnt so many things in the past two years, holding onto the past hurts even more and sometimes, you just have to let go and forgive. I didn't want to trust Chase after he had hurt me, I was too scared. But now, I'm glad that I took that risk, because if I hadn't, I'd be lonely and still heartbroken today, yet now, I'm getting married with the love of my life just because I decided to take a chance.
None of us are perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. But we have to let go and forgive them because holding onto the past pains you even more. And my life today, shows exactly what you can get when you take a risk.
In a way, I'm glad that everything has happened, because if it hadn't, I wouldn't have met these wonderful people in my life today. I wouldn't have had the amazing career that I do. And finally, I wouldn't have realised how much Chase truly loved me. He loved me so much that he could take a bullet for me. . .literally.
We finally pulled away from the kiss, panting hard while wolf-whistles were all could be heard. We both leaned our foreheads against each other, doing nothing but relishing this happy moment.
"I've wanted to do since the second you came out here," he whispered against my lips. "God, I love you so much Mrs Sophia Carter."
"As I love you Mr Chase Carter," I said back.
When we finally pulled away to look at the guests, I noticed how every single one of them had tears in their eyes but a huge grin on their faces. Emma and Alex were gazing into each other's eyes with nothing but love in them, which made me smirk at them, knowing exactly what those looks were about.
Ryan, who was Chase's best man, was staring at Becca, who one of my bridesmaid (Christy, Daniel's mate, being the other and Emma being my maid of honour), with so much love and care. Daniel, who was Chase's groomsmen, was also staring at Christy like she was the only woman in the world. Daniel had finally approved of Chase after a very long interrogation and now they were even allies.
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