Marcelo was extremely fidgety before Stephanie came out. It took a gentle elbow to the ribs and a fatherly 'calm down.' The Brazilian still wasn't sure Stephanie would show up. Fate had been so not kind to him lately. Why would it change its mind at this point?

Except Stephanie did show up. And she was breathtakingly gorgeous. He tried hard not to get slack-jawed, but it was a near thing. He swallowed hard and shifted on his feet. His smile was nervous, but most of his worry had dropped away when he saw the woman he was marrying.

It wasn't proper wedding protocol to run down the aisle and sweep the bride up in one's arms, was it? So, he behaved himself. Brooke and his father would give him the stink eye. That could hold him in check.