Someone Unexpected(37)

His eyes lit up when I said that and he nodded his head like crazy.



Sebastian looked at me and I could see the love in his eyes.



"Do you want to come over while he naps?"



Jaden answered before I had a chance to. He grabbed my hand and jumped up and down. "Yes!"



We both laughed and I shrugged my shoulders. "I guess I'm coming over!"



Jaden did not let go of my hand all the way to the car and he wanted me  to sit in the back seat with him. Once he was buckled in his car seat he  chatted with me non-stop about his favorite animals. When we got to  their house he grabbed my hand the second he was out of his car seat and  didn't let go until we were in his room. Sebastian put him down for his  nap and I gave him a hug and told him I would see him when he woke up.



We went down to the family room and relaxed on the couch. Sebastian's  butler brought us iced tea, which was delicious, and we settled in for a  couple of hours.



"Jaden really likes you, Elena. I have never seen him take to someone so quickly."



"I like him too, he's so adorable Sebastian, and very sweet."



"I knew that you two would like each other, I just had a feeling." He  absent-mindedly played with my hair as he sat next to me. "You're  perfect for me."



"I can say the same about you."



"Would you like to stay for dinner?"



"I would love to."





Chapter Twenty  –  The End of Brian



I had dinner with Sebastian and Jaden a couple of times after that  incredible Saturday and each time I saw Jaden I fell in love with him a  little bit more. He was such a sweet little boy and I honestly enjoyed  being around him. He had such an infectious energy and happiness that it  was impossible to be anything but happy when I was around him.



Sebastian made arrangements to go with me to Brian's sentencing hearing  and the second he saw Brian I glanced at him and could tell that it was  taking everything in him not to leap across the bench and strangle  Brian. Brian got a very heavy sentence because he committed other crimes  on his way to see me.



Since he committed two more felonies while on probation he ended up  getting the maximum of 60 years plus another 10 for attacking me while  on probation. I hugged my attorney and then Sebastian and I cried like a  baby as we held onto each other. My nightmare with Brian was finally  over. I couldn't wait to call my parents and tell them the good news.         

     



 



Sebastian took me out to lunch to celebrate and he rented out the entire restaurant for us.



"What's the occasion?"



"I wanted you to be free to express yourself and your feelings about  what you've been through without having people gawk at you."



"Thank you, Sebastian that was very thoughtful. It's still kind of hard for me to believe that the Brian nightmare is over."



He gently held my chin in his hand and tipped my face up to look at him.  "Well it is, and he can never hurt you again. I will never let anyone  hurt you again, Elena."



Tears quietly spilled down my cheeks as I thought about how wonderful  Sebastian was. I was so grateful and happy to know that men like him  existed.



"Thank you for your support and for being there for me through all of this, it really means a lot."



He gently brushed my hair out of my face. "You're welcome. I will always be here for you, I love you."



"I love you too."



He leaned down and gave me a soft kiss on the lips and I was in heaven.





Epilogue  –  Two Years Later



Things with Sebastian and me just got better every day over the last two  years. Jaden was my buddy and the three of us hung out together all of  the time. We were in Dubai and we just finished the opening ceremony for  the new Blu Sierra Dubai which is absolutely stunning. All of his  brothers were there, his father who was newly single was there, and his  mother also flew in for the ceremony.



Things were still strained with Sebastian and his father and Sebastian  and Spencer, but I was making it my mission to bring them all together  again. It was going to take time but I really believed that they would  find a way to forgive each other and start over with new relationships.



I met his mother shortly after I met Jaden and we instantly became  friendly. We have lunch together once a week and I love her like a  second mother.



We had a couple of hours before we had to go to the celebratory dinner  and Sebastian told me that he wanted to take a walk with me on Jumeirah  Beach. Dubai was simply beautiful and I did literally pinch myself to  make sure that I was really there. I kept telling myself that there was  no way that this was my life, but it was and it was so amazing.



We were walking in silence for a while, just taking in the beautiful  scenery, when he suddenly stopped and turned to me and held my hands.



"Elena, you make me happier than I ever knew was possible. The first  time I laid eyes on you I knew that there was something special about  you and I was right. I believe that you were made for me, and I was made  for you. There is no other woman in the world that I would rather be  with and no one will ever make me as happy as you do. I love you, my son  loves you and my family loves you. I cannot imagine going through this  crazy thing we call life without you and I want you to be in my life  forever."



He got down on one knee and my heart was banging against my chest. He  pulled a small black velvet box from his pocket, opened it, and staring  back at me was the most beautiful diamond ring I had ever seen.



"Elena Marie Sumner, will you make me the happiest man in the world and marry me?"



I was in total shock and stood there silent for a minute. Is this really happening?



"Elena?" Sebastian looked worried and that snapped me out of my daze.



"Oh! Yes! Yes, of course!"



A look of relief washed over him and he slipped the ring on my finger,  picked me up and spun me around for a couple of seconds. After he put me  down in the soft sand I had to make sure that I clarified something  with him.



"You know this does not mean that I am going to stop working. I still  want to open my boutique hotel in a couple of years, so eventually I  will be leaving Blu Sierra Miami."



"Of course, I would never want to stand in the way of your goals and  dreams. I want you to have your hotel and I want it to be a huge  success. As long as you never leave me, I will be a very happy man."



I held his face in my hands and looked him in the eye.



"I will never leave you."



He smiled at me. "Good, because I don't want to go through life without  you." He put his arm around me and looked out into the water, the gentle  wind lightly caressing his hair, and a small smile turned up the corner  of his mouth.         

     



 



I smiled at him. "What?"



"I was just thinking about your new name. Elena Blu. It has a really nice ring to it."



"You mean Elena Sumner-Blu. Now that has a nice ring to it."



He chuckled as he gathered me in a big hug. "I guess it does."