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“I know I was a mess when you met me. I’m still a mess. I think part of what took me so long to realize I was in love with you was because I couldn’t believe you could possibly love me. You deserve better than me, Bee. You deserve…”
“A great love. You’re my great love. You make me feel like this too.” I glanced back at the horizon stretched out before us. “Like I’m on top of the world. I’ve never felt that way before.”
“You haven’t?”
“Never.”
“Well that’s good. I already had a moving company pick up all your boxes and bring them back to our apartment.”
“So cocky.”
He grinned. “Yes…I am.” He glanced down at his pants and then back up at me.
“We’ve had this conversation before, Mason. That is not what cocky means.”
“Isn’t it though?”
“No. You always make everything dirty.”
“Welcome to the city of sin, baby.”
I laughed. “Does that mean I’m an official New Yorker?”
“A kiss at the top of the Empire State Building on Valentine’s Day seals the deal. Do you think you’re ready to hold that title?”
His question was deeper than just about being a New Yorker. It was about being his business partner. It was about being his. I was all in. It was time to start our life together. And I couldn’t imagine my life without him. He had given me my dream job, but more importantly he had given me himself. He had opened up to me in a way I didn’t even know he was capable of. I had gotten everything that I had ever wanted. “I’m so ready.” Take that, New York.
He leaned down and kissed me, making my whole body feel warm with the delicious sparks that only he could give me.
And I knew it didn’t matter where we were. Whether we were at the top of the Empire State Building or in the middle of Central Park. Wherever he was, that was home.
Epilogue
Mason
My best friend was finally getting hitched. I still wasn’t sure why James hadn’t asked me to be his best man though. The best man was supposed to be a best friend. Not a little brother. I took another sip of my scotch as we waited for Rob to arrive. Another reason why Rob shouldn’t be the best man…he didn’t value the functionality of a watch.
“We should already be on the way to James’ office,” Matt said, checking his Rolex.
See. Matt understood the concept of time. “This is why I should have been the best man.”
Matt laughed. “You gotta let that go. James isn’t going to change his mind.”
I ignored him and took another sip of scotch.
“Look at it this way,” Matt said. “When you marry Bee, who are you going to ask to be your best man?” He pointed to his chest.
“But that’s different.”
He laughed. “How is that different? Rob’s my best friend, but I’m still going to ask you to be my best man. You’re going to ask me, just like I’m going to ask you. Just like James asked Rob and Rob will ask James. You’re just butthurt that you don’t get to host the bachelor party at your new club.”
“I’m not butthurt.” What the hell was he talking about? My ass was fine. “But yeah, I pushed up the opening date so that we could celebrate there. And now not only did Rob finalize the bachelor party plans without me, but he also didn’t give me enough notice to cancel the opening night of Club Onyx. I’m going to miss it.” I was the king of bachelor parties. Ask any male on the Upper East Side. I’d had this party planned to a T, despite James and Bee’s concerns. If I wasn’t allowed to be the best man, I could at least throw the best damned bachelor party ever. And I thought Rob and I were on the same page…until he finalized the itinerary at the last moment.
“There will be plenty of parties there. No worries.”
He didn’t get it. Bee Inspired Media Group was doing amazing. But Club Onyx was a fun side project Bee and I were doing together. A top-secret, exclusive club. Not even Matt knew all the particulars. He also didn’t know that Bee was involved with the planning. After I called it quits on my underground dealings, we thought it would be fun to start something on the up and up. Together. Just…hushed.
“Will Bee be attending the grand opening without you this weekend?”
