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I rest my head on her chest for a moment, then pick it up and look into her eyes. She looks worried now.
“That wasn’t an ultimatum. I’m not asking for you to propose to me. I’m happy right where we are,” she clarifies—probably because she knows that nowadays, I’d do anything to make her happy.
She says she wants me to jump, and I jump. I still have so much to make up for for being such an idiot. But she doesn’t know everything like she thinks she does.
Like the fact that I planned for my parents to say they wanted Clover last night. Nor the fact that we’re leaving today for a trip and Clover will go back to Connecticut with my parents. I already talked to Adeline’s principal and made the arrangements for her to be off for a week. I’m really hoping she’s excited about us going to the Caribbean and not upset that I took things into my own hands.
But first things first.
“So if I put a ring on that finger right now, I can fuck you without a condom?”
She stares at me and inhales. “Do you really want another one? Clover’s not even one. I mean, two kids so close in age…”
I kiss her quickly and shrug a shoulder. “Maybe we’d get a boy.”
“Is that what this is about? You want a boy?”
“Don’t do that. I’m more than happy with my girls. I could be a girl dad to five, and I’d be thrilled. All right, since you seem so against it…” I stretch over the nightstand drawer and grab the box of condoms.
Rising to my knees, pretending I’m actually going to put one on, I open the box and pull out the case holding the large engagement ring I stashed there. I place it on her chest, open, so that the diamond sparkles.
“Damon!” Adeline slides up, and the box falls to the mattress.
“Okay, let’s try that again.” I chuckle and pick up the box and hold it out in front of her.
She looks at the diamond and then back at me. “Seriously?”
“Adeline, marry me. Let’s make this official. I want to spend the rest of our lives together.”
“Is this so you don’t have to use a condom?” she asks, and I laugh.
“No, baby, that was just to get us here. We’re using a condom because I’m not ready to share you with more than Clover right now.” I lean forward and kiss her. “Marry me because you want to spend the rest of your life being spoiled by me, being loved by me.”
“Well, I don’t know… I have one condition.” She smirks.
Adeline gets up out of bed and struts over to the closet. We’ve been making room for her things and getting rid of mine. I lie down, admiring the view of her naked body, until she puts on a hat from inside the closet and turns around.
“You need to get rid of these hats first.” The trucker hat on her head says “Den Member” on it. Coming back over to the bed, she straddles my waist. “Found these the other day. Were they souvenirs for your conquests to take with them?”
I laugh. “We can keep one, right?”
“Why would we do that?” She arches an eyebrow.
I take her left ring finger and slide the diamond ring on because we both know she’s going to say yes. “Because you were a Den Member and a mama bear before you were my wife. We can call it coming full circle.”
She shakes her head and chuckles. “Why do you make it so hard to stay mad at you?”
“Because I’m adorable. Now, say the word I need to hear.” I fiddle with the ring.
“My life would be nothing without you and Clover. Yes, of course I’ll marry you.”
I wind my hand around the back of her head and bring her lips down to mine. And then I grab a condom and make love to my fiancée.
Four hours later, I’m on an airplane with my parents, Adeline’s parents, and Clover because Adeline’s not ready to leave Clover for that long. But this way, everyone can have a vacation. I just put my foot down and insisted that we sleep by ourselves. Even if I know that probably won’t happen, I’m okay with it.
We land, and my phone dings with a message from Miles. What the hell? He knows I planned to get away with Adeline for a week. Why is he messaging me?
Miles: Check this out.
