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Surprise!!-Dajah💗

🤍Y/N🤍

I was in the room getting ready for Chris and I's vow renewal out here in St. John which was in the Virgin Islands. Abriana was placing curls in my hair and pinning them up as Aaliyah was doing my make up. Christiana sat in my lap as I felt her kiss my cheek which caused me to smile big. My phone started ringing as Christiana spoke up. "Daddy's calling" she informed as I laughed. "Peanut just because my phone rings doesn't mean it's your dad" I assured as Aaliyah pulled away from doing my make up so I could see who was calling me and long and behold it was exactly who Christiana said it was.

"Hey" I answered "hey babe so Christiana is staying with my mother for the next couple of nights" he informed "so we can do grown activities without interruption" he said as Abriana and Aaliyah begun laughing. "You are so annoying" I said to Chris as he laughed. "I thought you were by yourself" he brought up. "Nah I'm not getting ready for a vow renewal. Not at all" I sarcastically said making him roll his eyes playfully.

"I'll see you in a minute or hours because you know how you are" he said as I squinted my eyes.

"Shut up" I playfully said "love you" I added "love you too" he said before I hung up and Aaliyah smiled. "I'm happy for you two" she admitted making me smile. "He gets on my last nerve but I love him so much" I admitted as Aaliyah laughed some.

"You two are definitely going to last" she assured as I smiled at Christiana then kissed her head.

My hair was soon finished as it was in a curly updo style

Aaliyah was still working on my make up because I wanted to do something different and add rhinestones. I always loved Aaliyah's Rock The boat video make up when she had the rhinestones under her eyes so I wanted to do the same.

Aaliyah told me to look up as she begun placing the rhinestones under my lash line one by one. Once she was finished she had me dry the rhinestones with a personal fan.

Once It was dried and stuck on there good Aaliyah sprayed my face with finishing spray and I begun getting dressed. I decided on a flowing dress for the vow renewal because it was on the beach and I didn't want anything that felt like I was confined especially while being in the heat.

Abriana placed a diamond necklace around my neck as I placed the matching earrings in my ears. I then placed two diamond barefoot sandal foot anklet because I didn't want to wear heels along with not being abled to because of it being held on a beach.

I slid a bracelet on then placed the new engagement ring Chris brought me as we bought each other new rings for the ceremony. He had my new wedding band as I had his new wedding band and we were going to exchange them during our vows.

Abriana handed me a bouquet of roses as I smiled "thank you" I thanked as she smiled. "You're welcome" she said as we hugged each other. "You ready?" She asked excitedly as I nodded. "Alright we'll see you out there girl" Aaliyah said as Abriana and Aaliyah walked out of the room going down to the the beach where the private ceremony was being held.

Christiana came and grabbed my hand as I smiled down at her. "You're going to walk with me to daddy?" I asked as she smiled and nodded. "Okay let's go see daddy" I said as we walked hand and hand just talking about different things.  We got closer towards the venue

as "Here and Now" by Luther Vandross begun to play. I saw the guests turned their heads and immediately stood up as they seen Christiana and I. "Daddy!" She expressed running towards the beginning of the aisle as I along with everyone else laugh.

Christiana made it to the end of the aisle hugging Chris as I smiled at him kissing her head and hugging her. His mother then grabbed Christiana's hand and sat her down with her and Chris's father. Chris finally stood up and we looked at each other. We smiled as I looked down at his attire and he clearly thought he was grown because didn't even wear anything close to his knives out suit.

I begun walking down the aisle as he stood there and smiled as I was trying so hard not to give in and cry but the music wasn't making anything better. I finally made it down the aisle as my mother took my bouquet from me and Chris and I held hands.

We just smiled at each other "you're about to break?" He asked as I tried smiling harder from not crying. "Don't worry I am too" he admitted as We all shared a small laugh. I took his sun glasses off his face placing it in his pocket grabbing his hands again. The pastor begun talking and introducing us as I felt Chris softly rub his thumbs over my hand as he held it.

"You two may now present your vows" the pastor said as Chris allowed me to go first. I moved a piece of my hair out of my face as I looked up at him.

"This past year has been really rough" I started off as Chris agreed by nodding his head. "This is not in a million years how I thought ending up with my celebrity crush would be" I joked as the guests along with Chris and I shared a laugh.

"but even through all the arguments and the threats of divorcing I knew in the back of my head I was never going anywhere" I admitted as he faintly smiled feeling my eyes water some. "I would've rather fought through this with you then too Let you go completely." I said looking him in his eyes feeling a tear roll down my cheek. "You're not only the first man to love me fully and completely but you're the man that I've prayed for, who I dreamed about and the man I constantly fall in love with over and over again, so why would I throw something away so special?" I explained wiping my tear with a tissue that Aaliyah gave to me.

"You're my peace even in the midst of our storms. Even when Things go wrong between us and nothing is said between us I still feel the love between us." I said "so today on top of my wedding vows  from three years ago I vow that whatever storm that we go through I will make sure we'll come out of it stronger together than when we went through it. I vow to love you and to continue to cherish you until God calls us home and to be the wife and mother that you and Christiana need me to be." I honestly said.

"Christopher I love you and always will love you even at your worst I'll love you because you always love me at mine and I thank you baby" I thanked as I seen his eyes water making me faintly smile.

"I promise to enjoy the long years we have left to spend together as husband and wife along with raising our children in a happy home made by both their parents. I love you forever and on" I  promised. "I would say "I do" to you over and over until I take my last breath because you're all the man I need" I admitted ending my vows as the pastor then motioned for Chris to now say his vows.

"Y/N I know I'm not perfect but as we stand here today, I think back to all the wonderful memories we have shared." He started off as I smiled.

"There is no greater feeling in life than to have your best friend by your side every day. Though we have had our struggles and storms, our love has been strong enough to conquer it all. I am thankful for you being in my life each and every day." He expressed still rubbing his thumb over my hands as I felt safe and content.

"You are more a woman than I ever imagined could

come into my life. You are confident, independent, caring, nurturing, and supportive You make every day on earth a day worth waking up for." Chris admitted as tears started rolling down my cheeks as I dabbed them softly trying not to mess up my makeup but he was making it hard.

"My wish today is that as we say these renewals you my love will once again say "I do" you are my world and my everything. For you I give my heart, soul, body, and mind every second of

every day." He said getting a little choked up as tears started falling from his eyes but he held it together and continued.

"I take you today not only as my Wife yet again, but as my best friend and lover, my confident, my shoulder when I need

to cry, and the person whose arms I could not

picture being without. Today I pledge to be by your side, to be your strength when you are weak, to never leave you, to be understanding, and to keep being the husband you deserve. With this said "I do" take you my faith and loving Wife to have and to hold, for better or worse, until death to us part." He said as I smiled at him feeling tears Just flow out as the pastor begun going into the next part of the ceremony.

"Bride and Groom do you now take each other to

continue to be your lawfully wedded spouse; to

continue to love and be loved for who you actually are;

to celebrate your similarities and to rejoice in your

differences; to approach your last years with the same

joy as you approached the first?" The pastor questioned.

"We do" Chris and I both said looking each other in the eyes as the pastor begun speaking again.

"Do you promise to create a new awareness of what to

expect... and what to forgive? To plan your future

together after the children have grown, the bank

account has dwindled and the grandchildren have

descended upon you?" He questioned as Chris and I spoke up.

"We do" Chris and I said

"And, do you pledge to acknowledge your expectations of each other, based more upon what you now know as reality and less on what you discovered was fantasy?" The pastor asked as Chris and I agreed.

"We do" Chris and I said.

"You two may exchange your rings" The pastor instructed as Aaliyah handed me Chris's ring and Anthony handed Chris my ring. I slid the ring onto Chris's finger as he smiled and did the same for mine as I viewed my hand and smiled harder.

We then grabbed each other's hands "you may kiss your wife" The pastor instructed as Chris and I smiled at each other. He grabbed my waist bringing me closer to his body as I wrapped my arms around his neck and we shared an intimate kiss hearing everyone clap loudly around us.

Chris and I pulled away from each other some sharing a smile before we shared another kiss. He then scooped me up making me laugh as he walked down the aisle with me in his arms.