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He’s wearing the suit he bought from Berdine and polished black shoes. He greeted me with a hug when he returned from buying champagne and changing his clothes.
Rook got a hug, too, and a pat on the cheek. It was the first time Tel has seen him in person since he found out that we love each other.
I thought Declan and Abby were thrilled with the news, but the tears in Telford’s eyes when I told him over a bagel one morning that I was madly in love with Rook Thorsen is an image I’ll never forget.
A string quartet plays from their spot on a white rug bordered by white roses in large vases as the door to the roof flies open, and Cam appears wearing a tailored suit.
Mr. Black and Ellie are right behind him with broad smiles on their faces. I’m not sure what they said to lure him up here, but it worked.
Cam steps over the threshold with his gaze pinned to where Telford is standing near a white rose flower wall Rook arranged for.
The man I love has gone above and beyond to help my friend fulfill his lifelong dream.
Cam takes quick steps to get to where Tel is.
I start recording on Tel’s phone as Rook does the same with mine.
We’re on opposite sides of the almost-engaged couple, so we can capture every moment of this.
“Tel,” Cam whispers. “What’s happening?”
He’s almost the same height as Tel, and their hair color is a close match. They are one of the most perfect couples I’ve ever met.
Telford drops to one night, pulling a heavy gasp from Cam.
“The day I met you, I saw something I had never seen before,” Tel says with nothing but love in his voice. “I saw my future.”
Cam nods.
“I’ve gone over this a million times in my mind, and I couldn’t get it quite right until someone told me to let my heart speak for me.” Tel smiles as he pops open the ring box in his hand. “So, here goes.”
Cam’s hands jump to cover his mouth.
“When I wake up and see you next to me, I consider myself the luckiest man alive, and when I go to bed at night, and I know you love me, I can do anything. I love you, Cameron.I want to be your husband and stand with you through the good times and the bad times. I want to be a dad with you. I’m asking you if you’ll please marry me, Cam.”
Tears cloud my vision, but I can still make out Cameron nodding his head, and his whispered, “Yes.”
He drops to his knees, too, and as Tel slides the ring on his finger, I glance at the man who owns my heart.
He stares at me, and without saying one word, I can feel just how deeply he loves me.
EPILOGUE
Rook
Three Months Later
I kiss the beautiful butterfly tattoo on Carrie’s skin. “I love you so much.”
Her fingers thread through my hair. “I love you more.”
Huffing out a laugh, I crawl up her body until my hands are pressed into the mattress on either side of her shoulders. “Not possible.”
“I think it is,” she whispers.
I know she’s tired. We spent part of last night at Declan and Abby’s apartment. They had a gender reveal party that involved cake pops and my daughter being the happiest little girl on earth since she was the one who bit into the cake pop that revealed whether my best friend would be a girl dad or a boy dad in just a few months.
Maura volunteered to handle the gender reveal part of the party, so she baked and prepared enough white cake to make dozens of cake pops. But nestled in the box of those was one colored cake pop.
