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Setting her down—Bach better come back to get her—I grab the suitcase and head downstairs. The house has been cleaned, and the refrigerator has been emptied. I don’t plan on coming back here for a few months, so I’ve made sure my brothers know to come by and check on things in our absence. It’s not like they have anything better to do with their time. They definitely don’t have a wife to take back.
The drive to Madison, Georgia, was almost boring enough that I called Reese to pass the time. But I fought the urge and managed to keep my eyes open after passing the billionth dairy farm. After all, Reese will have plenty to say when she finds out what I’m really doing here.
Spoiler alert: It’s not about my frozen accounts that she still hasn’t released.
The red mailbox appears just as my GPS announces that I have arrived at my destination. I turn left onto the gravel drive and follow it down until my wife’s car and Kane’s dumb ass come into view.
“Alistair,” he says as I get out and ascend the steps. “It’s about time you came to get her. If I hear one more story about how amazing you are, I will feed her to the pigs.”
I scoff. “She’s scrappier than she looks. I doubt your slow ass could even catch her, much less lift her over the fence when she’s kicking and screaming.”
Kane chuckles. “Speaking from experience, huh?”
“No, I’ve always caught her.” Lest he think I can’t handle that ball of fire in his living room. “Now, where is she?”
I didn’t come here to talk to him.
He flashes me a no-bullshit look that I ignore. “Remember, she’s welcome here; you’re not.”
“I suppose if that’s the case, I should take my money somewhere more welcome, too.” Just because my wife’s sister is here doesn’t mean I have to support their cause. I can easily send resources to many other organizations that do the same thing. Kane’s isn’t the only one, though it is the most successful.
“Through here.” Ignoring my comment, Kane opens the front door and leads me through a hall, stopping at the end. “She’s in here.”
I nod. “Thanks for looking after her.”
“I owed you.”
Yeah, he fucking did, but I don’t waste breath acknowledging it. I rip open the door and find my sunflower in a chair, watching out the window.
“I have one question for you,” she says, never turning away from the window. “Do you love me?”
I leave no room for hesitation. “Yes.”
I can feel her grin warming the space around us.
“Is that all? Would you like to know my social security number, too?”
Finally, she faces me, and the grin she wears is much bigger than I expected. “No, thank you. I have that already. I want something else, though.”
Anything. “It better not be another cat. I already don’t like the one we have.”
“Liar.” She laughs, getting up and walking to me. “You love Biscuit more than you love me.”
Maybe, but I’ll take that tidbit to the grave. “You wanted something from me, Mrs. Cain. What is it?”
She taps my chest. “This, right here. The empty space in your chest.”
“Where my heart should be?”
I know she doesn’t mean my literal heart.
“Yes, that. I want to own that space forever. Not six years or twelve—forever.” She grabs my chin, forcing me to hold her gaze. “Now, ask me to marry you.”
A slow smile tugs onto my face as I remove her hand from my chin, holding it as I ease onto one knee. “Reese Cain, I will never stop coming for you. If you run, I won’t be far behind. If you hurt me, I will punish you; if you hate me, I will love you. But I will always come for you. Will you spare me the hassle of always having to hunt you down and chain you in the basement by marrying me? I promise I can be the man you need for the rest of your life.”
Like I gave the greatest proposal in history, she smashes her lips against mine, her tongue pushing through my lips and claiming every inch of my mouth as her.
“Yes,” she pants. “Yes, I’ll marry you for real this time!”
