I have a damn good feeling we’ll be celebrating any minute.
I pour two glasses, set them down, and grab a piece of light-blue chalk. I write a message on the blackboard, then I call out, “Hey, can you help me with something in here?”
She chuckles. “What on earth do you need help with in the kitchen, Mr. Chef?”
“I need help pleasuring you on the kitchen counter. So get your sweet ass in here.” Sex works wonders on the woman, and I suspect it’ll indeed lure her.
Her boots click across the hardwood, and she turns into the doorway.
I drop to one knee and hold up the chalkboard.
I love you madly and always. Will you marry me?
Her eyes pop. She clasps her hand to her mouth. Tears well up. “Yes!” She nods vigorously, joins me on the floor, and kisses me passionately, even with the blackboard between us. “Yes, I’ll marry you.”
Happiness floods every damn cell in my body. “You haven’t even seen the ring.”
“I don’t care about the ring.”
“You better care. It’s fucking beautiful. Just like you.”
Letting the blackboard fall to the floor, I stand, her hand in mine, then I give her a glass of champagne. Hers contains a sparkling diamond on a silver band.
“God, it’s gorgeous.” Her green eyes twinkle with delight.
“I knew you’d like it.”
She dips her fingers in, tweezer-like, to fetch it, and when it’s in her hand, I take it and slide it on her finger. “Beautiful,” I whisper.
She throws her arms around my neck. “By the way, have I mentioned how awesome this kitchen is?”
“This kitchen is everything.”
I lift her up on the counter, and we enjoy another one of the great pleasures of this room.
Another Epilogue
Derek
A few years later
There are lies, damn lies, and then there’s everything I’ve ever said about love at first sight.
It wasn’t Perri who changed my mind. I didn’t love her at first sight, and definitely not at first touch. It was after I got to know her and learned she was funny, sarcastic, flirty, and dirty, and had a heart I wanted to cherish the rest of my life.
But then, after we married, something changed in me.
Because something changed in her.
As soon as she told me she was pregnant, I was head over heels for the baby in her belly.
Now, as I hold my baby girl for the first time, I take it all back. This is love at first sight—a fierce, powerful love that I know will only grow stronger every day. This little angel is perfect, and I’m going to take care of her and her mother for the rest of our lives.
“I love you madly,” I say to the tiny creature in the crook of my arm. She grabs my hand, and it’s fitting—I’m already wrapped around her little finger.
I gaze at my amazing wife, who gave me this gift. Who gives me so many gifts. No one’s ever made me feel this good. “And I love you so much too, kitten.”
Perri smiles back at me, tired and beautiful. “Good, because you’re stuck with me.”
And that’s exactly where I want to be.
THE END
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