The Billionaire’s Girlfriend Bet - Leslie North Page 0,58
And hell if she could stop the tears that were already brimming in her eyes.
“Oh, my God,” Michelle whispered.
“Mommy, what’s wrong?” Mollie gazed at the rings, the box filling her small palms. “Why are you crying? Are they too pretty?”
“Yes, they’re too pretty.”
“Just like your mother,” Blake said, his voice thick with emotion. The unnatural crack in his always smooth tones sent the tears dripping down her cheeks. And he hadn’t even formally asked her anything yet. “I’m glad you’re holding that, Mollie. Because I have a very big question that I want to ask both of you.”
“Oooh, what is it?” Mollie hopped from one foot to the next.
“You and your mom are the most important people in my life. And I want us to be together forever. We’re a family now, and I’d like for the world to be able to see just how deep and real our love is. I want you two to become my family in law.” Blake pinched the bridge of his nose, laughing a little. “I seriously never thought I’d be saying these words to anyone in my life, but from the second I met you, Michelle, I knew that things weren’t going to unfold as normal. So I have a question for both of you.”
He sniffed, looking at Mollie with a big smile on his face. “Mollie, will you be my daughter?”
Mollie’s face lit up with so much joy that Michelle dissolved into sobs. Jackie wrapped an arm around her, giving her a little squeeze.
“Yay, Blake is my new daddy!” Mollie threw her arms around his neck. Blake wrapped an arm around her, and while still holding Mollie, turned to Michelle. His eyes were teary. She’d never seen him so emotional.
“Michelle,” he began, his voice cracking again. “Will you be my wife?”
She couldn’t even talk, she just fell into his embrace, wrapping her arms around him and Mollie. She cried into his shoulder—so much for an elegant, beautiful proposal video. Daniel was most likely capturing full blown ugly crying, but there wasn’t much else she could do in the face of so much unexpected emotion—and perfection.
When she found her voice, she whispered into his ear, “Of course I’ll marry you.”
Blake pulled back to kiss her forehead, and then her lips.
Mollie escaped from their embrace, dancing around happily while Blake’s arms went around Michelle’s waist. Their kisses deepened, turning sloppy and urgent and passionate.
“That looks like a yes to me!” Jackie announced, and everyone cheered around them.
“Blake,” Michelle whispered once their kissing broke. “And here I thought you were just looking for the capers.”
He laughed, pressing his forehead to hers. “I was looking for capers and a little more.”
From behind them, a champagne bottle went pop. She grinned, amazement and bliss making her warm from head to toe. “You really planned this out.”
“I’ve only been losing sleep over it for the past month,” he confessed, bringing her hand up to his chest. “Feel how fast my heart is beating.”
She laughed, more tears spilling over from her eyes. “You are amazing. I had no idea.”
“I had no idea how much you’d rock my world,” Blake said, brushing his lips against hers again. “And I never want to spend another day without you at the center of it.”
She wrapped her arms around his neck, burying her face in his shoulder. She felt the truth of his words down to her core. Because with Blake, even though she’d been unsure in the beginning, every day only proved to her how much they were meant for each other. How amazingly they fit together. How much higher they could soar when they were at each other’s sides.
As their friends made the rounds to hug her, Blake, and Mollie, Michelle could only marvel at how much love and support filled her life these days.
This was the new normal. This was what she’d always been dreaming of. This was the life she’d wanted without believing she’d ever be able to find it. Living in a beautiful city, with her happy daughter thriving at her side, a gorgeous and successful man at her other side, surrounded by great, loving friends.
And all the pain she’d lived through to get here?
Every ounce of it was worth it when this love was the prize waiting for her on the other end.
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