you earlier, but then you said what you said, and that was better than the promotion so… And it was Gina and Callum’s night, so I didn’t want to say anything then.”
“That’s amazing, I’m so proud of you,” I gushed, opening my arms and moving toward him, only to have him turn and walk back to the dining room table. I stopped moving and went back to my arms being crossed. “No? Don’t want any congratulations and praise?”
He raked his fingers through his hair, then again, before walking back over to me, stopping at the end of the counter and folding his hands.
“Dallas?”
“I wanna get a cat.”
“Right now?” I teased him.
“Not right this second,” he said, and went down on one knee.
“What…are you doing?” I asked, suddenly able to hear my own heartbeat.
He took a breath, reached into the front pocket of his jeans, and pulled out a thick platinum channel ring, set with square-cut diamonds.
“That’s beautiful,” I said, because it was.
“Should be,” he whispered as the stones caught the light.
“How long have you had that?”
He cleared his throat. “Couple weeks.”
I nodded.
“My uhm—mother went with me, because I wanted… I didn’t want to pick the wrong things and…so…”
“And so?”
His gaze was steady on mine. “I love you with… I just love you, all right? And I want you to marry me, and I want to be your family, because I can’t imagine not having you with me for the rest of my life.”
“This is what you meant earlier, when you had an idea of what would keep people from flirting with you and propositioning you everywhere you go?”
“It’s not everywhere I go, or everyone,” he groused at me.
“It’s enough,” I apprised him. “And I agree with you that a big, thick band on your finger would probably do the trick.”
“That’s not why I wanna marry you.”
“Yes, I know, but it would be a definite perk,” I told him, stepping close and holding out my hand.
“I thought you didn’t care that I get hit on,” he said, sliding the ring onto my finger before taking my hand in both of his.
“I care that they think they have a shot,” I told him, admiring, as always, how beautiful he was. “So tomorrow after work, we’ll go pick out a ring for you, and Saturday we’ll go to the shelter and get a cat.”
He kissed my hand and then stood up, his eyes misting as he stared at me. “So then, is that a yes?”
“Yes, Dallas Bauer, of course I’ll marry you.”
He tried to smile, couldn’t, and nodded instead.
“We’ll ask your mother if we can get married in her backyard. What do you think?”
More nodding.
Slipping my hand from his, I put both to his face. “I love you, and I will never stop. We’re supposed to be together; it was always supposed to be us.”
“Yes,” he rasped, not having full control of his voice quite yet. “Though it’s not very logical, is it?”
“No,” I agreed, leaning in. “But we don’t care.”
“Not one bit,” he murmured, his eyes drifting closed before I kissed him.
A Note From the Author
Thank you so much for reading In A Fix. I hope you enjoyed Croy And Dallas and the two of them finding what they needed in one another. If you did, please consider leaving a review on Amazon. It would help so much with the book’s visibility. The third book, Fix It Up, Locryn’s book, will be out this fall and I can’t wait for you to see what love looks like on him.
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Mary Calmes believes in romance, happily ever afters, and the faith it takes for her characters to get there. She bleeds coffee, thinks chocolate should be its own food group, and currently lives in Kentucky with a five-pound furry ninja that protects her from baby birds, spiders and the neighbor’s dogs. To stay up to date on her ponderings and pandemonium (as well as the adventures of the ninja) follow her on Twitter Facebook, Instagram and subscribe to her newsletter.