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She placed her hand on her chest. “I think I’m having a heart attack.”
I chuckled and climbed out of the bed.
“Caleb, stay right there.”
“Evie…”
“No, I mean it. I can’t think when you’re close to me.”
“What do you need to think about?”
“Oh, I don’t know! Let’s recap, shall we? First, I find out that Tessa knew about Jax, and she basically blackmailed you into marrying her. Then you tell me you don’t remember having sex with her, but you have two kids from those encounters. So you must have some super sperm, Caleb. On top of the fact you’ve finally admitted you’ve loved me all this time. What else?” She placed her finger on her lips. “Oh! You just asked me to marry you, but you didn’t exactly say the words. News flash, Mr. Hawkins, Jax is still my brother and has no idea about us.”
“I told you to let me worry about Jax.”
“That’s your reply? What about everything else I just said?”
“It’s all in the past.”
“No, it’s not. It’s standing right in front of me. You come with all these bad memories.”
“I also come with some pretty great memories too.”
She sighed. “You do. Which is even more confusing for me. I’m still trying to work through everything you confessed to me last night, and now you’re throwing in a marriage proposal? I mean, what the hell? You’re not making any sense, and if you took a second to think about that, you’d realize it.”
“Quite the contrary, darlin’. I’m completely rational.” Sliding on my pants, I got down on one knee in front of her.
She didn’t move.
She didn’t speak.
She was barely breathing.
I grabbed her hand and kissed the palm, allowing my lips to linger on her skin before I declared, “I’ve loved you from the moment I set my eyes on you. There is no me without you. My kids love you. I love you. You’re mine, Evie. You’ve always been mine.” Holding up the ring, I repeated, “Marry me, darlin’.”
Her mouth was wide open. “I … I … I don’t know.”
“Well…” I cocked my head to the side. “At least it’s not a no.”
“It’s not a yes either.”
I stood. “It will be.” Handing her the box, I added, “I just have to be patient.”
“You, patient?”
Once again, I didn’t falter in expressing another truth. “I’d wait forever for you, Evie.”
Silently praying, I didn’t have to.
—Evie—
The last twenty-four hours of my life were a whirlwind of emotions. It went from one thing to another, and I was desperately trying not to lose my shit more than I already had. Especially in front of his kids.
“Evie, are you okay?” Ethan asked on our drive home.
Home? Why did I keep thinking that? Did it feel like my home?
“I am. I’m just tired.”
