Stand-In Saturday (Love For Days #2) - Kirsty Moseley Page 0,109
of my soul. Getting stuck in this lift with you is the best thing that’s ever happened to me, Lucie. I love you so much. I never imagined I could be this happy or be this in love with someone, but that’s because I didn’t know what love was until I met you. You’re my everything, Luce. Your smile lights my world up. I want to be with you for eternity, plus a day. Because even eternity isn’t long enough to spend with you.”
Oh my God. A tear slides down my face at his sweet words. My heart is fit to bursting.
“So, what do you say, will you marry me?”
I take a deep breath, allowing his words to sink into my memory before I reply, “Yes, please. And thank you.” I nod eagerly, my insides glowing with pleasure.
Theo laughs, his smile widening as he leaps up, wrapping me in his arms and crashing his mouth against mine. The kiss is so passionate and heartfelt that it almost knocks me sideways.
He pulls back slightly, his eyes sparkling with joy as he plucks the ring from the box and looks at me expectantly. A squeal of delight escapes my lips as I hold out my left hand and watch as he slides his promise onto my finger.
“You’re mine now,” he says, bringing my hand to his lips and softly kissing the ring.
“I was yours six months ago. You had me in this lift when you mentioned day drinking.”
We both laugh, and he wraps me in his arms again, pulling me against his body as he kisses me so sensuously that my brain almost malfunctions, trying to process it.
“So, you didn’t really go to Cambridge today to help Jared?” I ask as we catch our breaths and he presses his forehead against mine.
“Nope. That was merely a ruse to throw you off the scent.”
I grin and tighten my arms around his neck. “I didn’t think you knew what today was.”
“Course I did. Not likely to forget meeting you, am I? It’s imprinted on my brain.”
Swoon!
“And we’re not really stuck in this lift again, are we? Because you don’t look like you’re about to start panicking, like last time.”
He laughs and shakes his head. “No. I had to bribe a few people to make this happen.” He reaches over and presses the intercom button. “We’re all done in here. Thanks.”
“Roger that!” comes the security guard’s tinny voice through the speaker.
As the lift starts up again, I smile and cling to him as I look down at my hand and marvel over his ring on my finger. I feel complete.
When the lift comes to a stop and the doors slide open in the lobby, cheering and clapping and shouts of, “Congratulations,” ring in my ears.
I flinch as party poppers explode, and I gasp when I see everyone from my office along with a lot of the people from the children’s imprint is here. Aubrey is at the front, grinning a big, toothy smile as she jumps up and down and waves a homemade Congratulations, Lucie and Theo banner.
A rush of love for my best friend hits me full in the face. If I didn’t already know I had the best friend in the world, I would know it now.
I pull her into a hug. “You were in on this?”
“Of course!”
It finally sinks in. “This is why you ruined my sandwich!”
She smugly winks at me. “I had to get you in the lift somehow, didn’t I? You weren’t supposed to say no to lunch. Theo was adamant you’d have already eaten your sandwich before ten a.m., so you’d need to eat again.”
“The cheek!” My mouth drops open in mock outrage as I slap Theo’s chest with the back of my hand.
He knows me so well. I almost bloody did eat it several times over.
Suddenly, a thought occurs to me. I turn to Theo and grip a fistful of his T-shirt, pressing closer to him as I look up at his handsome, grinning face. “Oh my God, imagine if I’d said I didn’t want to marry you. This crowd jumping out would have been so awkward.”
He shakes his head. “I knew you’d say yes. We both know we’re endgame, Luce. I wasn’t worried.”
His confidence in us thrills me.
He continues, “I’ve actually been ready to ask for a while, but I wanted to wait until your parents came back from Italy, so I could get your dad’s permission.”
My teeth sink into my bottom lip at his thoughtful gesture.