I turn and grip his chin with my fingers. “I’m yours, and I want only you. You have no reason to be jealous.”
His eyes search mine. “I don’t know what I did to deserve you.”
My lips curve. “You knocked me up.” He shakes his head at me, and then kisses me senseless. “Was that supposed to teach me a lesson for my smart mouth?”
“No,” he breathes. “I just couldn’t wait another second without kissing you.”
My mouth makes an O shape. That was sweet; really sweet.
“Let’s go pick up our son,” he says, stepping away from me.
I nod and get my ass into the car.
Chapter Twenty-one
Tane
The black box feels like a heavy weight in the pocket of my jeans. Feeling nervous and slightly flustered, I pace up and down, waiting for her to walk through the front door. My fingers tangle in my hair as I pull at the ends.
She wouldn’t say no … would she?
The door opens and she walks in, smiling, happy to see me.
I hope that never changes.
“Hey,” she says, closing the door with a cock of her hip. “Is everything okay?”
“Everything is fine,” I say hoarsely, grabbing her small hand in mine and leading her through the house into our bedroom.
The room is filled with lit candles.
She gasps. “Tane it’s beautiful.”
I pull out the jewellery box, and open it so she can see the solitaire diamond ring. Another gasp. My fingers tremble, causing the box to shake slightly as she studies it in my palm. I get down on one knee.
Please say yes.
“Holy shit,” she mutters, fanning her face with her hands; a very girly gesture. My lips twitch at her response.
“I love you, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you by my side. Will you marry me, Giselle?”
Her pouty mouth drops open, and her eyes shine with tears. “Yes, of course I will marry you.”
I stand up and she jumps into my arms. I lift her off the ground. She kisses me roughly, her lips hard on mine, but I pull my face away. “Don’t you want to put the ring on?”
The look on her face makes me feel a hundred metres tall. Like a king. Like a hero.
I’ll do everything in my power for her to always look at me like that.
She smiles and allows me to lower her to the ground. “I love you.”
“Well, you better,” I tease, sliding the ring on her finger. I kiss the knuckle on her finger afterwards.
“It’s beautiful,” she says, staring at it in awe. She glances up at me. “I didn’t need a rock the size of a small planet.”
She doesn’t need it, but she does deserve it.
Giselle is such a strong woman; she takes what life gives her and goes with it, never complaining, and always happy and grateful with what she has. I could never love anyone more.
“I’m glad you like it.” Thrilled and relieved is more like it.
She glances around at the candles. “This is very romantic, Tane.”
I clear my throat. “Can we have engagement sex now?”
“Well that lasted two minutes,” she says playfully as she pulls her top off.
“I promise I’ll last longer,” I retort. My mouth dries at the sight of her, as it does every damn time.
And she’s all mine.
Possessiveness rises in me. “Come here.”
She steps to me, hips swaying. “Do you want something?”
Yes, I do. Her. Always her.
She’s the only drug I will ever need for the rest of my life. The scary thing is she’s far more addictive than anything I’ve ever done.
*****
“So you finally manned up,” Gage says to me, looking amused. He knew I was proposing to Giselle, because I spoke to him about it first. I let him know that I wanted his approval but would ask her anyway without it. I know Gage is much closer to her than her father, which is why I asked him.
I slap him on his back. “You ready to be my bro-in-law?”
The corners of his eyes crinkle. “You’ve practically been my brother my whole life anyway. This is just making it so on paper.”
I swallow. “You getting soft on me? I’m guessing this is Bianca’s doing.”
Gage sighs, running a hand through his hair. “There’s something about her, you know?”
“So it’s serious then?” I ask, touching the ocean water with the tip of my toes.
“Yeah, I think it is.” He pauses. “I just hope her and Giselle get on.”
“Well Giselle owes you for not kicking my ass more than you did,” I joke, shielding the sun from my eyes with my hand.
“That’s the truth. I’m glad it worked out for you both though. She and Parker deserve the best.”
And I plan on giving that to them, for the rest of their lives.