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My eyes go wide. “Really?”
“You don’t like it?” he guesses.
I shake my head.
“No, I don’t like it. Iloveit,” I say.
Chuckling, he brushes a kiss over the top of my head. “All right. That’s a keeper, I think. That means that we almost have everything set for the birth.”
I tilt my head. “Almost? I thought that we settled the whole issue of Magda not being in the delivery room.”
“That’s still the case. The delivery room is your battle ground,” He assures me. “There is really only one thing that we have missed.”
Crinkling up my nose, I count things off. “Let’s see. I packed my bag. You have the route planned. I have a birthing plan. We have Uncle Will and Magda on alert…”
Hades stretches a little, then reaches over to his bedside table. He digs around for a second. I frown.
“Hades, what am I forgetting?”
When he gets up and drops to one knee, I am flabbergasted. Hades produces a black velvet ring box this time, cracking it open. A small diamond in a vintage ring sits within. My heart starts pounding.
“Do ye want to sit up for this?” he asks.
Instantly my eyes mist over. I push myself up with a great deal of effort, coming to sit on the side of the bed. “Oh, Hades?—”
“Shhh.” He gives me a stern look. “Let me at least ask you, lass.”
He holds out his hand to me. When I slip my hand into his, he squeezes it. Hades takes a deep breath, looking at me with his dark, intense gaze.
“Penny. Ye’ve been a constant in my life. And for the last year, ye have brought me so much happiness. Ye’ve brought me to my knees. Ye forced me to admit that I am love with ye. Not just that, but ye are about to bring our daughter into the world. Will ye become a Lyon and be my wife?”
My free hand covers my heart. I begin to cry. “Hades…”
He entwines our fingers. “Yer not going to say no, are ye?”
I give my head a tiny shake. “No. I would never.”
His eyebrows rise. “So… that’s a yes?”
I nod enthusiastically, trying not to be overcome by my tears. “God, yes.”
He slides his body between my knees, hugging me. “Ye are not going to regret it, lass. I swear to ye.”
I laugh even though I’m crying. “I know, Hades.”
He pulls back, plucking the ring from the box. Its gold band feels cool as he slides the ring onto my finger. It stops only halfway up because my fingers are swollen. He wrinkles his nose.
“Maybe when the baby comes,” he says gently.
I just pull him close, kissing him soundly. The kiss is all the things I want it to be: intense and passionate, knowing and hungry, kind and wild. When I break away, breathless, I whisper against his lips.
“I love you, Hades Lyon. I will always love you.”
His lips curve against mine. “I love ye too, lass. I will love ye for the rest of my life.”
I’m crying again, but it doesn’t matter. I have everything I need, right here, right now.
Forever.
