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“Yeah, well, you never know.” Daniel shrugged. “Maybe it wouldn’t be bad if you were pregnant. I’d like nothing more than to have a little girl with your eyes.”
She stared wordlessly across at him. “Neither one of us is ready for a baby any time soon, Daniel. You do realize a glass penthouse is not the ideal place to raise a child.”
“Doesn’t matter. We can buy a new house. The penthouse has never felt like home anyway. It was just a place I used to shower and sleep until you came along and brightened it with flowers and pictures. You made it home. But you know what that means?”
“What does it mean?”
“We’ll just have to find a place that suits the both of us and whatever children may come to be.”
“Children, plural?” Angela asked with a raised brow. “How many do you want to have?”
“A few,” he answered. Daniel had always hated being the only child and had always wanted brothers and sisters.
“So you’re going to keep me barefoot and pregnant?”
“Mmm…” He smiled. “I like the sound of that, but—” he leaned her back onto the blanket “—I have to knock you up first.”
He lowered his lips to hers and began making love to her again. Being with Angela felt so good and so right. To be so close to her.
Skin to skin.
Flesh to flesh.
Soft against hard. It was everything he could have ever wanted and more.
Why? Because he’d finally found the woman he was meant to be with. He’d finally found love.
EPILOGUE
Angela stared at Daniel as he stood next to her parents at their anniversary celebration at the Mezz. She still couldn’t believe just how far and how fast their relationship had blossomed. Two months ago, she was just a budding real estate agent working at Daniel’s firm. Now she was his fiancée.
She stared down at the three-carat diamond halo ring adorning her third finger. When Daniel had found her packing up her desk, she’d thought that was it. They were over. Finished. Kaput. She couldn’t have been more surprised when Daniel finally revealed to her his past infatuation with Mia Landers and how he’d held her up on a pedestal as his ideal woman. A woman who had been in love with Ashton Rollins.
Angela was just thankful that Daniel had come to realize that what they shared was stronger than anything he’d ever felt for Mia. Unlike his college crush, Angela loved him back and would always love him until she was old and gray.
She certainly hoped to share the same kind of marriage her parents did. Even now, thirty years later, they were just as in love as they were when they first wed. Angela could see it as she’d watched them the entire night. She wanted that for her and Daniel.
“They’re pretty amazing, huh?” her sister, Denise, asked from her side as she caught Angela eyeing their parents.
Angela glanced in her direction. “I was just thinking how lucky we are that our parents are still together after all these years. And I was just hoping that Daniel and I might one day have the same thing.”
Her sister smiled. “You will. I’ve never seen a man as in love as Daniel is with you. He can’t take his eyes off you. Several times tonight, I’ve caught him staring in your direction when he thought you weren’t looking.”
“Really?”
“He’s besotted with you,” Denise said. “And with good reason. You’re a great catch.”
Angela leaned over and gave her sister a one-armed hug. “Thank you, Denise.”
“You’re welcome,” she replied. “And I have to say, I owe you an apology.”
Angela frowned. “For what?”
“This place is great.” Denise motioned around the room, which had been decorated with Chiavari chairs, lush linens and large floral centerpieces filled with white roses and crystals and blue uplighting, her parents’ favorite color. “You really outdid yourself.”
“Thanks.” Angela had had a vision, and she’d brought it to life.
“I heard Mom and Dad say how much they love it.”
“Love what?” her parents asked, strolling toward them with Daniel. They had caught the tail end of Denise’s comment. Daniel came around to Angela’s side and slid his arm around her.
