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I blinked back the tears. “What are you saying?”
“I love you, Gia. I want to spend every Saturday just like this. Will you spend the rest of your life with me, drinking coffee and enjoying the breeze over the water?”
“I’d love to,” I said, my heart thumping hard in my chest.
“Will you marry me and be my wife? Will you be my soft place to land at the end of every night?”
I nodded through the blur of tears. “Yes. I’ll marry you.”
Happiness surged through me as he rested his forehead against mine. “I love you so much. I didn’t know what I was going to do if you said no.”
“Why would you think that?” I slid off the chair to straddle his lap.
He gave me a look. “Did you forget the part of the proposal where I talked about you challenging me at every turn?”
I laughed, practically giddy with happiness. “I don’t remember that.”
“I must have forgotten it because I was so nervous you’d say no.”
I cupped his jaw with my hands. “I could never say no to you.”
He grabbed my wrists. “I want to live here. I want to raise a family in this house. I know your business is elsewhere, but I think we can make this work.”
“I’ve been thinking about expanding the wedding planning business to this area and offering the Annapolis area to Aria or Ireland to be the head wedding planner. Aria wants more responsibility, but I’m not sure which one is right for the position.
“I’m so proud of you.”
“Because I finally listened to you and delegated more?” The reason I felt so comfortable doing this now was because of the success of the book and the course. I could finally relax, knowing my business made a consistent profit, and I had plans to increase it.
“We give each other advice and lift each other up.” He pulled out a velvet box from his pocket.
“I almost forgot about this.”
I was so surprised by the proposal that I hadn’t thought about the formalities, like the ring and the wedding.
He slid the yellow diamond onto my ring finger.
“It’s gorgeous.”
“I wanted something unique and valuable, just like you.”
“It’s perfect,” I murmured as I admired the way it shined in the morning sun.
“You’re perfect.” Then he kissed me, and I rocked my core against his hardening length. But it was slow and sensual, as if we weren’t in a rush to get anywhere. I wanted to enjoy this moment forever.
When he finally pulled back with short kisses, he asked, “Have you thought aboutwherewe’d get married?”
I frowned because I’d never thought about my wedding. I’d spent so much time planning other people’s that I had no idea what I’d want. He shifted me in his arms and lifted me so that we were sitting in one chair.
I rested my head on his shoulder, admiring the view I’d never get enough of. The water. The sun glinting off the surface. Silas’s chest under my cheek. “I don’t know.”
Silas lifted my chin with his finger. “Gia Giovanni, wedding planner extraordinaire, has no idea where she’d hold her wedding?”
“That’s right. Getting married wasn’t something I thought about.”
He kissed me softly, and when he pulled back, I took in the large deck and the flat yard leading to the water. “I love this place. The privacy. The view.”
“Would you want to get married here?”
