He grinned at her. "Good. That's just about the time frame I had in mind."
Roman let his arms fall away from her and slowly descended to one knee, holding her hand in his. He kissed each of her fingers slowly and delicately, and then he pulled a box from his pocket and opened it before her, as he knelt there at her feet.
"Give me every day of the rest of your life, and even though I know it will never be enough for me, I promise to give you all the best of me as long as we live, and more than that, to give our daughter, and all of our future children, all of the best of me as well. Be my soul mate, Camille, be my love and be my best friend. Marry me."
Cami couldn't even begin to try to breathe. She stared down at the gorgeous man who was kneeling before her holding up a box with the biggest diamond ring she had ever seen in her life nestled into it, and he was proposing that she spend the rest of her life with him. He had even mentioned having other children. It was more than she had ever allowed herself to imagine and it was all she could do to hold her emotions back enough that only a few tears fell.
She got down on her knees and faced him, eye to eye, and kissed him softly. "I could ask for nothing more in my life that would make me happier than spending every day of it with you and our children." She kissed him again and smiled at him through happy tears. "Yes, I will marry you. I love you." she whispered, and he kissed her back and held her close to him for a long moment, then he lifted her to her feet and placed the ring on her left finger.
It was another long weekend on the boat for them, making love, eating, relaxing, making love, sailing, and making love, and when they came back three days later, they found that Janine had taken excellent care of Emma, who was ecstatic to see her parents.
Denise signed off on the paperwork immediately, taking the money that Roman had offered her and running with it. They never heard from her again.
Cami and Roman were married five months later in a beautiful private ceremony on their yacht, with all their close friends and family in attendance. It was a lovely wedding which was officiated by the very good Captain Heatherwick, who could not have been happier to see the two of them together.
They honeymooned in Mexico and then sailed on the yacht with their daughter to Hawaii and the South Pacific on an extended tour. They knew that the business was in good hands with Janine and Allen.
A year later, Cami and Roman welcomed a son, and then two years after that, another daughter. In all of their long days together, spent in happiness over their lifetimes, both of them said that they never knew more blissful days than all of the days they had spent with each other, loving one another, raising their children, and living a life that must have been the sweetest of dreams.
THE END