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Chapter Thirty-Eight
It took twice as longas it should have to get them the mile to Agatha’s home, mostly because he couldn’t stop touching her, kissing her, and telling her he loved her. Also, Poppy’s car seat was impossible to figure out.
After pulling in front of her house, he saw everything was in place liked he’d wanted. Her sisters were suckers for a happy ending. Now that he had won them over, they were friendly.
The house was completely lit up, and there were flower petals over every floor from the first floor to the third. White roses on the first floor, red on the second, and Poppy petals on the third. The house smelled like a flower shop, which covered the closed-up smell it had begun to sport.
“What did you do?” she asked from his arms as he carried her into the house with Poppy’s car seat dangling from his arm. Never was he so glad he had spent years working out.
“Your sisters and Sera might have helped a little. It seems Sera’s sister owns a flower shop and had some really good ideas about flowers,” he admitted. There had been some more wild ideas that he had vetoed, but he knew that Agatha would love the surprise. Even if she wouldn’t admit it.
“What?” she demanded with a smile.
“Don’t be mad at them.” He kissed her nose that she had wrinkled at the thought of her sisters’ involvement.
“We’ll see how I feel tomorrow,” she joked with a smile.
“I have a few things to do before we get to making you feel good,” he said and put her on the floor and the car seat on the couch.
Chris easily freed Poppy from her car seat, which she was more cooperative for. Kissing her head, Chris snuggled her close because he had missed the little thing a lot over the last few weeks. He turned to her mom and pulled a ring from his pocket.
The ring was big and bulky, made of gold with a large red stone in the center. “I want to give you my class ring to wear, so everyone knows you’re mine.” He liked that she smiled at his words. She took the ring and tried it on her thumb, but it was too big. Chris laughed.
Reaching back into his pocket, he pulled out a smaller ring. This one had one red stone and thirteen smaller diamonds around it. “The ruby is your birthstone. The smaller stones represent each year we were in school together.”
She looked at the ring as he slid it on her finger. Her eyes met his, and she said, “But we were only in school together since the third grade.”
“No, we started kindergarten together. I can show you the yearbook to prove it. You were Agatha that year. In the third grade, I remember everyone called you Chrissy, I don’t know why.”
“I couldn’t say the ‘st’ sound,” she admitted.
“I want you to wear this ring so that you remember my promise to love you forever and marry you one day. When we’re both ready.” He kissed her forehead as he slid it on her finger, which was a bit loose.
“I was supposed to put this on your finger before we left the party, but I couldn’t let you go.” He held up another ring, a single diamond completely circled by smaller diamonds. Pulling the ruby ring he had just slid onto her finger, he moved it to the finger right beside it, where it fit. He then slid the new ring on her ring finger. “Agatha Christie Lovely, will you marry me? As soon as fucking possible, please?”
“Yes,” she repeated her answer she’d given him at The J.
“Can I move in with you until then?” he asked, shifting Poppy in his arms.
“I don’t know where else you would go. Have you bought another house to destroy?” She giggled, and he decided he loved the sound.
“I’m done destroying houses. From now on, I’ll be working with Carter at Lowell Insurance,” he admitted. Maybe he should have talked to her about it, but it was done.
“You? In insurance? I guess we all have hidden talents.” Pulling him to her, she kissed him.
Chris winked. “Once your princess is sleeping, I’ll show you some hidden talents.”
“I don’t even know what all is here.” She looked at the stairs.
“Everything. Jonas and Buzz brought all of Poppy’s things back. Either you said yes, and we came here, or you said and no, and I walked away. You were coming home tonight.” He ran his hand over her cheek.
“Did you think you would be here tonight?” she asked as she started up the stairs.
“I had hopes. Otherwise, you would be spending days cleaning up flower petals alone.” He followed her as she went, admiring her ass in her black pants.
At the top of the stairs, she took Poppy from his arms and went into the room she had made up for her weeks before. The baby’s clothes had all been returned to the closet and dresser.
Watching her change the baby, he realized he had missed so much. Before, she had been hesitant when taking off Poppy’s clothes. Now she had done it so often she didn’t even think about it, maneuvering the little body with ease and putting a pair of yellow pajamas on her.
