Page 62 of Angel's Forever

My heart was beating hard in my chest as the Trent turned to Nico next.

“Do you, Domenico, promise to spend your life with Hudson, Gino, and Gabriella-Rose, meeting each new joy and sorrow together, continuing to deepen your understanding of them, treating them with kindness and compassion, and welcoming each new chapter of life together with a spirit of curiosity and patience?”

Nico didn’t hesitate in his reply. “I do.”

Gino was the next to be asked the same question.

“Do you, Gino, promise to spend your life with Hudson, Dominico, and Gabriella-Rose, meeting each new joy and sorrow together, continuing to deepen your understanding of them, treating them with kindness and compassion, and welcoming each new chapter of life together with a spirit of curiosity and patience?”

Again, there was no hesitation in Gino’s reply. “I do.”

Lastly, it was me. The moment I had been waiting for. The moment I told my men that I wanted to be with them, whatever life threw at us.

“Do you, Gabriella-Rose, promise to spend your life with Hudson, Domenico, and Gino, meeting each new joy and sorrow together, continuing to deepen your understanding of them, treating them with kindness and compassion, and welcoming each new chapter of life together with a spirit of curiosity and patience?”

My voice sounded so small and meek as I spoke, even though my heart was screaming at them all. “I do.”

We all stood there, our hearts filled with love that we had all declared for each other, but I had wanted to make it even more meaningful. The guys didn’t know that I had bought rings for us all. I had asked Aleksandr to look after them for me. We had all written our own vows, but only Trent knew about the rings. Therefore, it came as quite a shock when he spoke next.

“Hudson, Domenico, Gino, and Gabriella-Rose will now say their vows to each other and exchange rings as a symbol of their love and commitment.”

I couldn’t help but giggle when all three of them turned and looked at me with shocked expressions. I was grateful when Trent explained the situation to our friends and family.

“I will point out at this moment, that Gabriella-Rose and myself were the only ones to know about the rings. Which is why the other partners look shocked.”

I turned to Aleksandr and took the rings from him. Each one was in a different color box, so I knew exactly whose was whose. I took out Hudson’s ring and held it toward his finger. All of us placed a finger on the ring as Hudson started to say his vows to us.

“I always knew that I would love more than one person. Nico had been in my life for so long that I wondered if it would ever happen to us. But then you came into our lives, Gaby, and I thought my life was complete. However, fate proved that there was still one piece of my puzzle that was missing, and that was you, Gino. As if things couldn’t get any better, Gaby, you then gave me the son and heir that I have always craved. I count myself as one of the luckiest men in the world, to have so much love around me. I accept and will wear this ring to show my commitment to you all.”

I could feel myself starting to tear up at Hudson’s words and was sure when it came to me, the tears would be flowing down my face. I could already hear sniffles from our guests, and only Hudson had spoken. Nico took his ring next and we all placed our fingers on it as he spoke.

“Like Hudson, I feel as though I am the luckiest man alive. For years, Hudson had been my friend, partner, and lover, and I hadn’t really wanted anyone to join us. That was until Rosa walked out that evening. She was everything a man could ever want in a woman, and I was hooked. She gave me the compassion and love that I never realized I needed. There was always someone in the background, though. He had been my confidant for years, the man I always turned to when I needed him. The man who secretly loved me, and I him. When Gino joined us, my heart and soul were complete. I commit my life to you with the acceptance of this ring.”

I didn’t hold back my tears any longer as the love that was being shown filled my heart and captured my soul. I took Gino’s ring and placed it on his finger and we all held onto it.

“I had spent years loving you, Nico, from afar. My heart ached to see you with the man you loved, especially as that wasn’t me. Then Gabriella joined your life, and again, I had to watch you fall in love with her. I admitted to you that I couldn’t stay and watch you so in love when my own heart was breaking. Then you asked me to become part of your family. At first, I was hesitant, but then I realized having you in my life completed me. But a part of me was still missing. You, Hudson, the one person I thought I could never love, were the missing piece. Now I have all three of you in my life, and I can’t imagine not having you with me. I willingly commit my heart and soul to you all and wear this ring as proof.”

I wasn’t sure if I could say the words I had written as the tears continued to fall down my face. I hadn’t thought this would affect me as much as it had. Hudson placed the ring on my finger, and Nico and Gino both held it and my hand.

I took a deep breath and started to speak. “Hudson, I waited five years to have you in my life. Fate brought us back together, but also apart. You saved me from the life I was living, along with Nico. You are my rock, and I know I can always count on you. Then you gave me the gift of becoming a mother with the birth of our son, Hayden. Nico, my principe and sweet protector. You may not have been with me from the beginning, but from the moment I met you, I knew you would play an important part in my life. You showed me the love and care I needed. Gino, you almost gave your own life for me. You were willing to walk away from everything to give us the life you thought we needed. However, without you, each one of us would have a missing piece and would never feel complete. Each one of us fills a role with the other. We were meant to be together, and as you have committed to me and each other, I accept this ring as a symbol of my commitment to you all.”

As they pushed the ring onto my finger, all three of them had tears in their eyes. We had all committed our lives to each other, now and forever. There was just one thing left for me to do today, and they would soon be finding out exactly what that would be. We turned back to face Trent as he said his final words.

“With the trust of you all here today, I now declare you joined in love. You may now kiss!”

A huge roar and round of applause erupted as we kissed each other. I looked toward the back of the marquee and saw TD standing there in the shadows. He blew me a kiss and then slipped away out of sight. I jumped when Hudson spoke next to me.

“Who was that?”

I smiled at him. “The man who found me and saved my life. TD, the Shadow Devil. I’ll explain everything later.”

We headed through to the dining area, where we were going to celebrate our commitment to each other. I had one final surprise for them all, which I had asked the organizers to leave at our table. We stood in the doorway, greeting all of our guests and thanking them for coming. Once everyone was inside, we went and took our seats at our table.

We had decided to have round tables for everyone, including us. It seemed right to have us all around together and not in one line where we wouldn’t be able to talk. As we walked over, I could see the black and gold presents sitting in front of each of my guys’ seats.

As we got closer, Gino stopped and turned to me. “You got us presents?”

I smiled and nodded my head. I could tell they were all annoyed at this. First, the rings that they knew nothing about, and now this. However, they would realize what I had gotten them very soon.