“We’re not to that part yet,” Margaret says and clears her throat.

We break the kiss, and Margaret begins to read the vows. I stare into Yusef’s eyes knowing every vow he says to me he will always keep. I will do the same because I love him with every part of my heart.

“I’m so happy there isn’t a reception,” I tell Yusef after Margaret announces us as husband and wife.

He’s been killing me this past week because he wanted to wait until we were married before we went all the ...