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I hesitate. "I will do everything in my capacity to give her what she needs."
Summer rises to her feet and walks over to stand in front of me. She scans my features. "I know you’ve been through a lot, Ed. You deserve a chance at happiness. Mira can be the catalyst to help you move forward with your life, if you’ll let her."
That’s what I’m afraid of.That’s what I have to guard myself against happening. I incline my head. "Do I have your blessings?"
She looks between my eyes, then nods slowly.
"If you do anything to upset her, you’ll have me to contend with," Gio snaps.
"And me." Penny stabs her forefinger and middle finger in the direction of her eyes, then at me.
"And me." Abby gives me a considering look from the couch.
I look between the women and nod. "You won’t need to because I’d punish myself if I did anything to make her unhappy. Now, can I go in and see my wife-to-be?"
Gio stalks past me, and raps on the bedroom door. "You ready to meet this asshat, honey?"
A few seconds pass, then the door opens. Mira stands in the doorway. She turns without meeting my eyes and walks away. I move past Gio, step inside the room, and shut the door behind me. I lean against it, cross my arms over my chest, and watch as she stands at the window with her back to me.
"I have a surprise for you."
She stiffens.
"Don’t you want to know what it is?"
She shakes her head.
I stalk toward her. She hears me approaching and stiffens but doesn’t turn to look at me. I pause behind her; then, because I can’t stop myself, I lean in and sniff her hair.
She turns and stares at me. "Did you sniff me?"
Busted."Me? Do I look like the kind of man who’d sniff you?"
The skin between her eyebrows wrinkles. She looks uncertain, but at least, she’s looking at me.
"You said you have a surprise?"
I hold out my hand, palm face-up. She looks at it warily.
"I promise, I won’t bite."Yet.
She places her left palm in mine with reluctance. I slide my other hand into my pocket, pull out a ring, and slide it onto her ring finger.
"Oh, my god, is that… Is that a—"
"Engagement ring."
She swallows, then slowly raises her hand. She tilts it this way and that. The light from the window bounces off the sapphire in the center. The diamonds surrounding it reflect the blue. Together they deepen the color of her eyes into a shade you’d only find in the depths of the Mediterranean.
"It’s gorgeous." Her chest rises and falls. "And it fits."
"Of course, it does."
She looks up at me. "How did you know my size?"
"You are mine. I know everything about you."
The skin at the corners of her eyes crinkles. She scrutinizes my features like she’s trying to solve a puzzle, then her forehead smoothens. "It’s because you need to convince your family our marriage is real."
