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“Did she leave?”
“She was going to, but I talked her off the ledge. She asked for a little time to herself.”
Cassandra motions her head around the corner.
I smile as an idea occurs to me.
CHAPTERTHIRTY-FOUR
BETH
I’m lying in the grass with the sun beating down on my face. My hands are behind my head and my eyes are closed.
I can feel Dominic’s presence before I hear him approach. That’s how in sync my body is with his. I blink my eyes open just as he lays down next to me and we turn toward each other.
I stare at him. I never want to wake up another day in my life without this view. I lick my dry lips. “You’re mine, Dominic. No one else can have you.”
A small smile finds his lips as he nods in agreement.
“I’m worth loving.”
He takes my hand and kisses the inside of my palm. “I think I knew that the first second I laid eyes on you at Reagan’s party. You’ve had me since that night. I’ll never want another woman. Of that, I’m sure. I’ve made peace with my past. You’re my future, princesa.”
I sigh in relief. Tears sting my eyes. “I almost ran.”
“I know. I’m glad you stayed. Don’t ever doubt our love. You’re mine. No one else can have you.”
I smile at him repeating my words.
He pulls my body flush to his and gives me the sweetest, softest kiss. I’m so madly in love with this man, and I know he loves me too.
I hear a little voice. “Ugh. They’re going to start doing that all the time again, aren’t they?”
I lift my head and look over Dominic’s body to see Valentina standing there.
Luke steps next to her. “Yep, they are.”
Matteo wiggles in between them with a big smile on his adorable face.
Dominic starts to stand but stills when he’s on one knee. The kids then all get on one knee too, right next to him. Luke is on his left, Matteo and Valentina are on his right.
Matteo holds out a ring box and opens it. The biggest diamond ring I’ve ever seen sits inside. In his sweet little voice, he says, “Marry me.”
Dominic gives him a soft elbow to the side and mumbles, “That’s my line.”
I laugh as I sit up and lean back on my hands, staring at all four of them on one knee, all with grins on their faces.
I bite my lip. “Do I have to choose? Cause if I do, I think Matteo is my man. He’s awfully cute.”
The kids all giggle.
Dominic takes my hand in his. “Princesa, look around. Look at these faces. This is our family now.” He turns to Valentina and Matteo. “We want Beth and Luke as our family, right?”
Valentina and Matteo both nod.
He turns to Luke. “Luke, is it okay if I ask your mom to marry me? She’s the kindest, smartest, most beautiful woman I’ve ever met. I love her so much. I promise to love her every day for the rest of my life.” He holds out his hand for Luke to shake. “You have my word as a man.”
Luke thinks for a moment. “That would mean Idefinitelycan’t marry Valentina, right?”
