STAY MINE // Harry Styles

For The Rest Of My Life

This is it, guys. This is the last chapter of the series! Thank you so much for following my beloved characters on this journey. I wouldn't have written three books without your support! :)

Love, Allie.

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"And they lived happily ever after. The end."

"No!"

Celine shot her head up. Thea could see her friend's shocked expression in the mirror. "Excuse you. That was a great speech!"

Thea apologised to her makeup artist, spun her chair around and told her maid-of-honour, "I love you, babe, but your speech was an hour-long. While you were reading, Allison has managed to finish yours, Amala's, Alice's, and my makeup. So it needs to be shorter."

Celine stared at her paper as she blew out her cheeks. "But this is the complete story of how you and Harry got together."

"Well," Alice, who sat in the corner, finally spoke. "You might want to skip the whole love triangle drama last year." She paused, gazing upward. "And the year before that. My God, Thea!" Alice whipped her head to Thea, her mouth wide open. "You got three men chasing after you in two years, became a best-selling author, and now you're getting married after having been engaged for only a month to your super hot, super rich, super famous boyfriend! Talk about being ambitious!"

"Three months, actually," Amala interjected. She was sitting beside Thea, looking at her phone. "When she broke the news, Cece and I thought they were rushing the wedding because she was pregnant. As it turned out, they were just too in love to wait."

"What the fuck? Your life is perfect!" Alice exclaimed.

Thea shook her head. "No, it's not. When he proposed there wasn't even a ring!" And turned to Allison. "Can't you believe my ex-boyfriend forgot the ring when he proposed?"

"You need to stop calling your fiancé 'ex-boyfriend'," Celine said.

"I don't care. I want three hot men to fight for me," Alice said.

"Don't envy me. I've only dated three men in my life," Thea said then turned back to the mirror, "and today is my wedding day, so can we not make this about them?"

"Of course, baby," Celine chuckled as she rose from her seat and came to give Thea a kiss on top of her head. "I'll make my speech shorter, but we'll keep the part where you read the story about Harry in front of the whole class and you and I became friends."

"Sure."

"And also any other part that I was in."

"Fine." Thea snorted, rolling her eyes.

Celine gave her shoulders a gentle squeeze then bent over to press her cheek against Thea's, their eyes locked in the mirror as they shared a smile. "Now, let's get you into that dress, baby."

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"Rings? Where're the rings?! WHERE–Oh, they're on the desk."

"Niall!" Harry and Isaac shouted at the same time.

Niall stared at them. "What?!"

Harry gave his tie a hard tug. To Isaac, he said, "I'm seriously considering making you the best man."

"Hey, that's not fair!" Niall objected as he shoved the ring boxes into his pocket. "You," he jabbed at Isaac with his finger, "are my understudy today. So don't even think about trying to sabotage me to take my place."