Total pages in book: 45
Estimated words: 44342 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 222(@200wpm)___ 177(@250wpm)___ 148(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 44342 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 222(@200wpm)___ 177(@250wpm)___ 148(@300wpm)
I laugh, and then someone shouts out, “Is it serious?”
Guy doesn’t even hesitate. “Yes.”
When someone asks “How serious?” Guy just smiles and says, “Next question.”
Everyone laughs.
I cover my mouth, but there’s no hiding my smile. As soon as the press conference is over, Guy comes straight to me. A few people point their cameras at us, but I don’t care. “You okay?” he asks me.
I nod. “I’m good.” I put my arms around his neck. “Can we get out of here now?”
He kisses me briefly. We say goodbye to my dad and walk hand in hand out the door.
Hours later, we’re at his house in Whiskey Run.
We’re on the couch, and Guy is lying beside me. He runs his hand across my thigh. “You should move in.”
I look from the television toward him. I pick up the remote and silence the TV. “What did you just say?”
“I want you to move in.”
My heart starts to race. “Wait. Are you asking me to move in with you?”
He shrugs and takes a deep breath. “No.”
I sit up and shake my head. “I’m confused. You don’t want me to move in with you?”
He lifts my legs off his lap and then moves to the floor next to me. “I don’t want you to move in with me.”
My eyebrows lift. “Okay…”
He takes a breath and almost looks nervous. “I want you to be my wife.”
Everything inside me goes still. “What?”
“I want you to marry me.”
My mouth drops open, and I just stare at him.
He cups my face. “I know what you’re thinking.”
I tilt my head. “What am I thinking?”
He brushes his finger across my cheek. “You’re thinking this is too fast. You think that we haven’t known each other a long time, and well, I’m sure you’re overthinking it, but even with all that, you love me.”
He’s right about that. I nod. “I do love you.”
He grips my shoulder. “Is that yes?”
I nod. “Yes.”
Hie mouth drops open. “Yes? Yes you’ll marry me?”
He pulls out a small box, and I whisper, “Oh my God.”
He goes to one knee, and my hands go to my mouth. “Let me do this the right way. Nicole, the night I met you, I knew my life would never be the same. My life is better with you in it. Will you please do me the honor of being my wife?”
He opens the box, and the ring is beautiful. Tears start to roll down my cheeks. I cup his face and kiss him, and when I pull back, I nod. “I already said yes.”
I slide off the couch onto my knees in front of him, and he slides the ring onto my finger. I look at the ring and then back at him. “You know, when I met you, I was trying to have a one-night stand.”
He chuckles. “Yeah, you messed that up.”
I laugh. “I guess I did, but I think what I got is even better.”
Guy pulls me back into his arms, and I smile against his chest, happier than I’ve ever been.