Chosen by a Stranger (Craved Series #5)

by Kelly, Hazel

  "Really?"

  "Really," he said. "Take all the time you need."

  I pursed my lips.

  "It's meaningless without you anyway," he said, glancing at the watch.

  I smiled and lowered my voice. "Thank you."

  He brushed some hair away from the side of my face so sweetly I probably would've melted if I hadn't already.

  "It's a yes though," I said. "Just in case you were wondering."

  His eyes grew wide and he looked back and forth between my eyes. "Really?"

  "Yes," I said. "Really."

  His eyes looked shiny all of a sudden.

  "That is if you'll still have me?"

  "Of course I will," he said. "As many times as you'll let me."

  I smiled.

  "In that case, I almost forgot something, too," he said.

  "Oh?"

  As he rolled away from me, I cocked my head at some fresh scratch marks on his back I hadn’t realized I made and listened as he slid open a drawer in the bedside table.

  When he rolled back over he was holding a black velvet box in his hand.

  I straightened my elbow until I was sitting up with my legs stacked to the side.

  He sat up, too, and laid the box on the bed between us.

  I didn't have to look to know what was inside. It was written all over his face.

  "Open it," he said.

  I raised the box in front of me and took a deep breath before popping the lid.

  Inside, there was a simple but sizeable diamond ring.

  "Oh Jack," I said, raising my watering eyes towards his. "It's beautiful."

  "It's nothing," he said. "Not compared to you."

  I swallowed.

  "May I?" he asked, reaching for the box.

  I handed it to him and watched as his big fingers lifted the ring out.

  Then he reached for my left hand.

  "Audrey Cordelia Lawrence," he said. "They say third time's a charm."

  I pursed my lips.

  Jack sighed. "That being said, if you will do me the honor of being my super gorgeous and talented wife, I will do everything within my power to make sure you are safe and happy and want for nothing for the rest of your days."

  My heart swelled in my chest.

  "Well," he said. "What do you say?"

  "I say yes."

  He smiled as he slid the ring all the way down to the base of my finger.

  "It's a perfect fit," I said, looking from the sparkling diamond up to his face. "Just like you."

  He kissed me so deeply then- right when I needed him, too. Because if he hadn't, I might have spoiled the moment by fist pumping or trying to do a naked cartwheel, which probably would’ve had disastrous effects in such a small space.

  But he knew what to do then and I suspected he always would, and that knowledge made me feel secure in a way I never had before.

  So in the end- despite all the bad dates, all the bad guys, and all my bad judgement- I finally got it right.

  I finally got my happily ever after.

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