Katherine smiled and wiped away her tears "it's a day every woman must experience in life and you are a beautiful woman my darling."
Felicity sniffed "promise to always come see me?"
"Of course, I promise."
"You are Katherine, her aunt" Hana approached them "I have always wanted to meet you and to say thank you for not giving up on her. You have my word that I will see to it she enjoys her stay with my family."
Katherine smiled "thank you Mrs. Baldwin, I couldn't ask for anything more."
"Please, call me Hana. Felicity is like a granddaughter to me now so I have to make sure she is happy."
"Thank you so much Hana."
"You are welcome" Hana said and squeezed Felicity's hand, she smiled lovingly to her before retreating to stand beside her husband. Katherine wiped away Felicity's tears and together, they all took a picture.
"Em Felicity, aren't you forgetting something?" Grace asked as her eyes darted to Raymond shyly.
Felicity grasped her hand and dragged her to Raymond "little Ray, meet Grace, my best friend."
Raymond frowned when she addressed him as little Ray but decided not to shun her in the presence of her friend, he smiled and shook Grace's hand "nice to meet you Grace, she has told me a lot about you."
Grace darted her eyelids shyly and she chuckled in a flirting manner "too bad she never said a word about you to me but I'm happy she let you know of me" she smiled.
Raymond, a man who has a lot of experiences with women caught her intention and smiled, he still got his charm "then I hope we see more often so that you can get to know me."
"I will be delighted" Grace smiled.
"Little Ray, Grace is free to visit me at home right?" Felicity asked, unaware of what was happening.
"Of course, she is welcome anytime" Raymond replied with his gaze on Grace who also couldn't get her eyes off him.
Felicity was happy hearing that from him and didn't conceal her happiness. From where she was talking with Mercy and Hana, Katherine noticed the eye signal Grace was passing to Raymond and how he was willingly accepting them. She looked at Felicity who was in their midst but unaware of what was happening and her heart ached for her while she boiled in anger as she watched Grace and Raymond "excuse me please" she told Mercy and Hana. She approached Raymond and the rest and grabbed Grace's arm "come help me with something my dear" she looked at Raymond "I hope Mr. Baldwin will remember today is his wedding day and shouldn't keep his guests waiting at the reception" then she walked away with Grace.
Raymond's gaze followed them with a sly smile on his lips, he would be a fool if he says he didn't understand Katherine's warning. He looked at Felicity then who was busy counting the petals of the fake flowers she was holding and sighed, he really wants to be with a real woman, someone like...his gaze went back to Katherine's and Grace's leaving back and his smile became more pronounced, he knows she wants him and the good news is...his game.
When Felicity saw the carriage approaching, her eyes sparkled and she forgot all about the flowers, she picked up her gown in her hands and ran to it, stopping when she saw the carriage slowly coming to a stop in front of her, she looked at the magnifying horses and they took her breath away, they were just like the one she saw in Cinderella's book, she caressed them and wanted to bury herself in their mane but she knew she shouldn't, she turned to look at Raymond with eyes filled with gratefulness and face filled with joy and there it was again, Raymond was hit with the same urge he had when they were at the altar, he felt himself being pulled to her and he know not why.
"Just how did you know this will make her this happy?" He heard his grandmother's voice behind him and tore his gaze away from Felicity, hoping upon all hopes that his grandmother didn't notice how he felt just now.
"I heard her make a wish of it and I know surprising her will be the best" he looked at his grandmother then with a smile.
Hana chuckled and her face went to Felicity again as she was walking around the horses, a loving smile on her face and Raymond was forced to look at Felicity too "I hope you really care for this girl."
"Grandma I love her, that's why I married her."
Hana looked at him "then it better be true. Don't think I didn't see the way you looked at that Grace girl."
Raymond was stunned but a sweet smile appeared on his lips a second later "she was the one who looked at me grandma, I only returned the look."
"Well I don't like it, why do you think Katherine had to drag her away. Felicity might be unaware about what you two did but her aunty is not. I don't want her thinking that that's how her niece will be treated in our home. Her husband making out with her best friend on her wedding day" she looked disapprovingly at him "I don't want such to happen so you better restrain yourself. The Baldwin men are not known as cheats, don't let it start with you" she looked at Felicity again "the party will be starting soon, you two need to be there" then she turned and walked away while Raymond followed her with his gaze.
After his grandmother had walked a good amount distance from him, he withdrew his gaze and looked at Felicity who was still admiring the horses, a smile curved on his lips and he realized that one don't need to do much to make her happy, unlike the other girls who will request for expensive jeweleries and trending clothes, bags and shoes. It took only for him to hire a carriage to make her shine like Christmas moon.
He strode to her then and Felicity beamed at him when she saw him approaching "thank you little Ray."
Raymond smiled and for once, he wasn't angry at being addressed as little Ray, her happiness was infectious and he forgot his taboo for some seconds actually "you really love it that much?" He asked and she nodded like a chicken picking grains, his heart moved at her honesty "then it's all yours" why he did that, he had no idea but he knew he was compelled to keep that smile on her face.
Just as he wanted, Felicity's happiness intensified and she threw herself in his arms "thank you so much little Ray, thank you."
"Alright let's go now, our guests are waiting for us. Or do you want to only admire it without riding?" He asked with a smile and she shook her head immediately before laughing softly.
"I want to ride" she said cheekily.
"Then humor me" he opened the carriage door and helped her enter before entering and sitting beside her. Felicity looked out the window as they started moving before looking at Raymond and laughing, she felt really happy.