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EPILOGUE

H
E
 
WAS
 
STILL
 
HERE
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The vows hadn't been texted, they'd been recited. Her wedding veil gently lifted. And he was kissing her. As if he couldn't get enough.

James hadn't run this time. And neither had she.

Clutching the lapels of his tuxedo, and surrounded by their friends from The Hollywood Hills Clinic and Bright Hope, Mila had all she could possibly need.

He finally let her up for air, and clapping erupted from all around them. Freya handed back her bouquet, while Zack passed one of the pair's sleeping twins to his radiant wife. Now a year old, Tobey and Willow Carlton were a sight to behold this beautiful November day.

And Leo...

Mila's eyes sought him out and found him next to Rosa, the woman's arm protectively curled around his shoulders. He was out of his casts and walking with just the help of a crutch. Soon he wouldn't even need that. Adam Walker had performed a second surgery to do some fine-tuning of the tendons in his feet. It had gone wonderfully, and Adam, seated next to Gabriella and Rafael, two other doctors from James's clinic, said Leo would have normal function. An outcome Mila was extremely grateful for.

And soon Leo would be theirs. The adoption papers were due to be filed next week. His uncle had relinquished all rights and so the barriers were being lifted one by one.

Mila hadn't gotten pregnant during that infamous pool session, but she had a few months later. And this time the missing birth control had been intentional, James's way of physically proving to her that he would be there for her this time. She finally understood why she hadn't been able to make things work with Tyler. It was because she'd never stopped loving James. Thank God they'd both realized it in time.

Mila had also been right about Tyler and Avery. The couple had eloped two weeks ago. Her friend had sent her congratulations through Freya along with a promise to be back at work in a few days. She couldn't be happier.

Taking her hand and lifting it to his mouth, her new husband kissed the ring he'd just placed on her finger. “Don't ever take it off,” he murmured.

“I won't.”

And then they were running down the aisle of the church, past Flo and Nate, Lola and Jake, Grace and Liam, and so many others who had made their lives richer. The only one who wasn't there was Michael Rothsberg. Mila and James had agreed they weren't going to let him cast a pall over their lives a second time. But James's mom had come—and she'd offered to help Rosa with Leo until they got back from their honeymoon. She'd then kissed Mila's cheek and wished her many happy years. In turn, Mila had hugged her tight and thanked her for making James the man he was today.

“I can't take any credit for that, honey,” she'd murmured in that mellow Southern drawl Mila had heard countless times in films. “James is the man he is because that's the man he decided to be.”

And the man he'd decided to be was strong yet compassionate. He'd avoided treating children for years, but for the first time he was considering teaming up with Mila for a medical mission. She'd go back to Brazil, where James would do reconstructive surgery on kids who so desperately needed it, while Mila did what she did best, provided health services to at-risk moms and children.

When they exited the church, she wasn't prepared for the flash of cameras everywhere as they ran toward the limousine. But, tucked against James's side, it was a small price to pay for the happiness she'd found.

One of her white high-heeled shoes caught in a crack on the sidewalk and popped off in mid-stride. It flipped end over end before landing on the pavement behind them. Soon it was lost in the sea of paparazzi that closed in on them.

“My shoe!” She hobbled forward a few feet, the difference of the lost inches on one foot slowing her down.

“Leave it.” James scooped her up, her wedding dress billowing over his arm while the photographers seemed to eat it up. “Prince Charming might have needed a shoe to find his true love, but I don't. I have you right here. And I never intend to let you go.”

With that, they climbed into the sleek black vehicle, and James proceeded to show her the truth of that statement. It was fine by Mila. Because she intended to do the same: to hang on to this man for the rest of her life.

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ISBN: 978-1-474-03746-4

WINNING BACK HIS DOCTOR BRIDE

© 2016 Tina Beckett

Published in Great Britain 2016
by Mills & Boon, an imprint of HarperCollins
Publishers
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