Unnerved by her boss’s observation, she wasn’t sure how to respond. “Then will Isaac and I work together in the future?”
“Definitely.” Trey sent her a frustrated look. “And you guys really need to have a heart to heart conversation. In private. God knows I don’t need all these pheromones pinging off you two disrupting the production of my other employees.”
Embarrassed, her cheeks burned with a blush. “Yes, sir. I understand. I promise—”
“Mindy, go to Isaac. He’s waiting for you in the hall.”
“Oh. Thank you, sir.” Nervousness engulfed her sense of relief, leaving her self-conscious and uncertain what to expect.
Holding her breath, she walked out Trey’s door.
Isaac opened his arms and she rushed into them. “I didn’t get your messages, Isaac. So I thought what happened in Russia didn’t mean anything to you.”
He kissed her neck. “Then you weren’t avoiding me?”
“Never,” she whispered.
He brushed the hair from her eyes and cupped her face. “Mindy, you need to understand something. I’ve been in love with you since the day I met you.”
Her chest heaved and tears welled in her eyes. “You have?”
His eyes turned clear and confident as he gazed down at her. “Yes, I have.”
“I love you, too,” she said and met his lips as his head lowered.
Belatedly, she realized that this probably wasn’t the ideal place for such declarations. But Isaac kissed her passionately anyway. Then he bent her over his arm to deepen the kiss, and she met his thrusts with her own raw passion.
Claps and cheers rose up from the floors beneath them. Immediately, she shoved against his chest and he brought her upright. She glanced down at five floors of workers staring up at them from each level of glass railings.
Unconcerned about their audience, he kissed and sipped her lips. “I heard my sales team has a running wager on when I’d ask you to marry me.”
As excitement swirled through her, she smiled conspiratorially. “I heard the same rumor from Devon.”
“Well.” His dark eyes peered into hers with heart-wrenching adoration and enough love to last a lifetime. “I bet they didn’t expect me to do it today.”
When Isaac dropped to one knee in front of her, she could barely breathe. Her heart lurched and her vision went fuzzy at the edges. All she could focus on were his soulful dark eyes.
“Mindy, will you marry me?”
He withdrew a ring box from his pocket and opened it. The flash of the largest diamond she’d ever seen nearly blinded her. There it was, the glittering proof of his love, of the forever with him she’d always hoped for.
“Yes!” She flung herself into his arms.
Kneeling on the floor with him, she felt his warm hands brush tears from her cheeks. “You’ve had my heart for a long time. You’re the only woman I want to share my life with, my hopes and dreams with.”
As he slipped the ring onto her finger, she nodded. “Until I met you, I didn’t think everything I wanted in a man actually existed.” A thought occurred to her and her excitement soared. “Can we have our honeymoon in Russia?”
With a firm nod, he gazed at her with absolute love in his eyes. “When we go back, I’ll give you your own palace, and make sure, for the rest of your life, you know how much I treasure you.”
And because it was Isaac who would share all her dreams, she knew their adventures had only just begun.