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“I have half a mind to bash it open with a hammer.”
Gabriel chuckles as he dries the dishes. “If that’s what you want, mon amour.”
I press my lips into a thin line. HeknowsI won’t admit defeat like that. There’s a solution here, contained within my very palms. I’ve cracked one of the world’s most complicated vaults while dodging lasers and ducking armed guards. I refuse to be bested by a stupid little box.
Before I know it, it’s Odette’s bedtime. She washes up, gets dressed in her jammies, and we tuck her in.
“Are you sure you don’t want a story tonight?” I ask her from the door.
She yawns wide. “I’m sure, Mom.”
“Good night, sweetie. We love you very much.”
“Love you too.”
Gabriel closes the door and lets out a tiny sigh. “No more bedtime stories? She’s growing up too fast.”
I gently bump my hip against his. “Don’t worry. We’ve still got first boyfriends, learning to drive, and all the wonders of going off to college.”
He grimaces. “Please don’t remind me.”
We head to the bedroom together and get ready for bed ourselves. I love the way Gabriel surrounds me in blankets, doing everything he can to keep me and the baby comfortable. He’s always within reach, a hand rubbing small, loving circles against the surface of my belly. Meanwhile, I’m still working on his frustrating present.
“Save it for tomorrow, mon amour. You need your sleep.”
“I’ve almost got it.”
Gabriel hums, kissing my belly before kissing my cheek. “Alright,I’mgoing to bed. Don’t stay up too late.”
“Love you,” I murmur out of the corner of my mouth, my attention solely on the little piece of wood.
I know it’s silly to be so obsessed with it, but there’s something immensely gratifying when I unlock a section and can work on a new piece. I don’t know where Gabriel could have gotten this thing. It’s too intricately designed to be from some regular toy store. The pieces are so intricately interlocked that I have to assume it was a custom order, created by hand by some master craftsman. For whatever reason, Gabriel had it made special just for me.
And when I finally pry the box open at three in the morning to find a gorgeous diamond ring inside, I realize why.
Plucking the ring up between my thumb and forefinger, I squint against the dark room, using the gentle glow of the moonlight streaming in through our sheer bedroom curtains to examine it carefully. It’s a beautiful thin band of white gold, decorated with three diamonds, the smaller two sandwiching the larger one placed in the middle. It glimmers in the silver light, matched only by the radiant warmth blooming in my chest.
Gabriel is fast asleep beside me. Even still, his question is loud and clear. I have half a mind to wake him, buzzing with so much excitement and joy I can barely contain it. But then I take a moment to admire his face, restful and at peace.
I slip the ring onto my finger instead and finally settle in for the night, slinging an arm over his waist. In the morning, I’m sure he’ll see my enthusiastic answer.
The End
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Vegas Daddy (Preview)
Warning - Do Not Spend Your Holiday Drinking in Vegas.
May cause you to wake up married to a domineering single daddy.
It all started with me running away from the altar of h*ll.
And ended with the most incredible night of my life in the city of Sin.
Zane is older. Ex-military. And a HOT single dad.
