I already had the ring in the palm of my hand. There was no way I’d wait another minute.
“Lily Noelle Black.”
She smiled and I could feel her body shake with excitement.
“Would you do me the honor…”
Her big eyes stared up at me with unabashed expectation.
“…of opening that champagne? I’m parched from my plane ride.”
“DEAN!”
She slapped my chest and tried to move off my lap. I’d teased her too much and she wasn’t going to let me get away with it. Too bad for her, I already had her hand in mine and the ring was poised at the end of her finger, ready to rest in its rightful place.
“Marry me, Lily. Marry me. There’s no one in the world better suited than the two of us. I can’t promise that we won’t fight—you know I’d be lying if I did—but I promise that no one will ever love you more than I do.”
She laughed and nodded over and over again as I slid the ring onto her finger.
“You’re going to drive me insane, I already know it,” she said.
I smiled.
“You know…most people just say yes.”
She narrowed her eyes and slipped her hands to either side of my cheeks. I knew she was about to kiss me and I inhaled just before her lips brushed mine.
“Yeah well, we aren’t most people.”
The End