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“It’s true,” I agreed. “And we’ve had a lot of fun together.”
“Zoey, I’d like to have even more fun with you.”
“Why, David?” I pressed a hand to my chest and gasped. “Are you inviting me to a special event at Classified? And in front of the baby, no less.” I clicked my tongue and shook my head.
“I’m inviting you to marry me,” he said quietly.
> My heart stopped beating. My breathing stopped. The entire world started crashing around me. Was he serious? David Walker wanted to marry me?
“What?” I whispered.
“Marry me, Zoey. Make me the happiest man alive.”
There was no way I’d say anything but yes. There was not a chance in the world that I’d turn him down. Finally, once I realized that this was actually, really happening, I nodded.
“Yeah,” I whispered, grinning. “Yes, David, I’ll marry you.”
I leapt forward and wrapped my arms around him, kissing him. I couldn’t believe this was happening. He had just proposed to me in my brother’s house while we were babysitting my niece, and I didn’t care. I didn’t care that it wasn’t at a restaurant or that it wasn’t some crazy surprising place. I loved that he proposed on a whim, when it felt right in his heart, because that’s the kind of person David was. He kissed me over and over, and then he pulsed back and smiled at me.
“You’re perfect,” he said.
“I love you,” I whispered.
“I love you, too.”
He held me on the couch for a long time, and then he tilted my chin up toward him.
“I didn’t get you a ring,” he said.
“I don’t need one,” I hastily told him. I didn’t, either. I didn’t like to wear jewelry at work, and a ring would be wasted on me.
“I was thinking that instead of buying a ring, we could donate the money to the animal shelter where I adopted Percy. They can always use funds for food and veterinary care and that sort of thing.”
My heart tightened a little bit. Could this man get any sweeter? Hell, yes, I wanted him to give the money to an animal shelter. He knew me so damn well.
“Yes,” I whispered, kissing him again. “That’s perfect. It’s all perfect.”
Everything about this was perfect.
Some mornings I woke up and couldn’t believe that I’d gotten lucky enough to date a man like David Walker, and now I was going to marry him. I knew that our journey would be long. I knew we’d have ups and downs. I knew that sometimes, we might want to walk away, but that we’d have to struggle through the journey together. I got all of that, and I didn’t care because it was David, and it was us, and we had a beautiful path ahead of us.
I reached for his hand and squeezed, and then I smiled. It was incredible to me that our worlds had crashed into one another, and it was all because he’d dared to make me an offer I couldn’t refuse. He’d asked me to play a little game at my brother’s birthday party, and I’d lost the bet that night, but it looked like I’d won the game, after all.
THE END
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Sophie Stern writes vampires, cowboys, werewolves, dragons, and fairy tales. Her books feature deliciously wonderful characters and deliciously naughty adventures. If you enjoyed Heartless, you may like one of her other contemporary romances, such as Dark Favors or The Feisty Librarian.
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