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“Damn right,” she muttered.
“I just couldn’t stand the idea of spoiling perfection.”
“What?” She quirked a brow. “You think I’m perfect?”
“Pretty much, yeah,” he said. “Although there is the one thing.”
She laughed. “Just one thing? What is it?”
“Were you really going to break my father’s wrist?”
Color crept into her cheeks. “The man is a bigger baby than Jason. He needs to behave.”
Trey grinned. “But other than that,” he said. “Yeah, perfect.”
“Well, you’re in for quite the shock.”
Trey cupped her cheek. “I’m willing to take that chance.”
She smiled, but didn’t reply.
“Are you?” he asked.
“Am I what?”
“Willing to take a chance. On life with me, on happiness.” When she didn’t answer, he said, “I’m asking you to marry me, Kelly.”
“I know,” she whispered.
Trey held his breath, searching her face. Did she really have to think about her answer?
“I just wanted to soak up this moment a little longer so I could always remember what sheer joy felt like,” she said.
“Are you done soaking?”
She nodded. “I will marry you, Trey Wentworth. Life with you will make me better, too, because, believe me, I am a long, long way from perfect.”
He gathered her close and kissed her, sealing their promise to each other, to the start of their new life. To their new family. He’d reached a truce with his father. Maybe he’d take Kelly’s advice and move his mother to Collins Island. Because of Kelly’s job, he and Jason would live here full-time. He’d never ask her to leave a career she loved.
Warmth spread through him as he thought about telling Jason, who would be beyond ecstatic at the news Kelly would be his new mother.
“I can see the tabloid headlines now,” Trey said, as Kelly laid her head on his chest.
She groaned. “As if Wentworth Heir Picks New Mother wasn’t bad enough.”
“We’ll get through it,” he said.
“I know.”
“My son certainly has good taste,” Trey said. “I must remember to thank him.”
“How? Another toy?”
Trey laughed softly. “Jason will have what every child in the world needs.”
Kelly remained quiet, still reveling in the joy of this moment, thinking about Trey’s words.
“He’ll be surrounded by people who love him,” she said softly. Maybe it wouldn’t be a traditional family, but it was the love that mattered.
“And that’s all any of us truly need.”
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