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She laughs, and I swallow the sound with my lips. I kiss her forehead. Cheeks. The corner of her mouth and the curve of her neck. Everywhere my mouth can reach, I kiss, all while Dahlia does the same.
“What do you say about making this place ours?” I drop a kiss on the base of her neck.
“Tempting, but you know how my mom feels about living with someone before marriage.”
“That can easily be arranged.”
Her eyes roll. “Ask me again in a year.”
“I’ll hold you to that.”
Until then, I plan on making this woman mine in every sense of the word.
Mine to love. Mine to marry. Mine to cherish for as long as we live.
The End
EPILOGUE
Dahlia
SIX MONTHS LATER
Warmth encapsulates me, and I sigh as I snuggle closer to the source. The band around my waist tightens, tugging me free from the fog of unconsciousness.
I jolt awake in the wrong bed. “Shit!”
For the third time this month, Julian and I failed to stay awake after staying up way too late doing things that would have my mother attending confession on my behalf for the next five to ten years.
Julian rubs the sleep from his eyes before sitting up against the headboard. I quickly become distracted by his chest and the toned muscles rippling as he readjusts the pillows behind him.
He cups my cheek. “Keep looking at me like that and you’re never making it out of here before your mom wakes up.”
My heart skips a beat or two as I lean into his touch. “I should go.” Yet I can’t muster up enough willpower to pull away from Julian’s touch.
To most people, my mom’s rule of not living with someone until marriage might sound archaic—and I wholeheartedly agree—but I don’t plan on challenging her Old Testament beliefs anytime soon, especially when it won’t matter a few months from now.
Julian reaches for my hand before I have a chance to slide off the bed. “We could solve this annoying problem by getting married today.”
I burst into laughter, only to stop when he doesn’t do the same.
“Wait. You’re not joking?”
He traces my ring finger, making me shiver. “Definitely not.”
“You want to get marriedtoday?”
“Last night’s weather report said it should be a sunny day without any clouds or afternoon summer storms,” he nonchalantly announces.
I blink a few times before speaking. “You checked the weather report last night?”
“And the day before that.”
“How long have you been doing that?”
He doesn’t blink as he says, “Ever since I bought your ring.”
My eyes threaten to pop. “My ring?” I jump on top of him, trapping his body beneath mine. “You bought me a ring?”
