Her long silky gloves went up past her elbows. Her brown hair was pinned up in curls on top of her head with the rest cascading down her back. The costume jewelry that hung from her neck and wrists reflected off the sun setting over the trees. Rendering me fucking speechless.
She was the spitting image of a Disney Princess. No longer the spunky little girl with pigtails, offering me the only food she had left all those years ago.
“This is too much, Aiden. Even for you.”
I twirled my finger, silently ordering her to parade around for me.
She blushed, hiding back a huge smile as she picked up the sides of her dress to sway her thin waist right to left. Spinning in a circle, letting the gown follow her every move effortlessly.
“Goddamn, Bailey … the things you do to me.”
She bit her bottom lip, “Ditto. So where are we going, Beast?”
I stood up, adjusting my cock in my slacks.
“Aiden!”
I was over to her in three strides, whispering in her ear, “I will never be able to watch Beauty and The Beast again without getting fuckin’ hard for you.”
She took my arm, trying to hide her bright red face in the crevice of my shoulder.
I laughed and kissed the top of her head, leading her down the stairs to my car. After helping her get in, I took one last look at her before shutting the door. Rounding the front of the car, never taking my eyes off her. I jumped into the driver’s seat, grabbed ahold of her hand, and slowly removed her left silk glove to place small kisses up her arm. Ending my wake right below her ear where I sucked her lobe between my teeth.
Groaning, “You ready, Belle?”
She looked at me with nothing but lust and love in her eyes, simply nodding her response.
When I turned the key in the ignition and the engine roared to life, I baited, “Feeling wet, baby?”
Swiftly, she turned her shy expression toward the window, triggering me to scoff out a chuckle.
Shaking my head, I drove away from our past, cruising toward our future. This surprise took months of planning to pull off the perfect eighteenth birthday. I held her hand the entire drive, anticipating her reaction like a kid on Christmas. Wanting to make this a day she’d never forget.
Once we arrived at our first destination, I helped her out of the car, interlocking our arms once again. It didn’t take her long to realize where we were, the woods we shared our first kiss in.
“I can’t believe you brought me back here. How am I going to walk through the fallen trees and bushes, wearing this dress?”
“Easy”—I leaned forward and threw her over my shoulder—“I’m carrying you.”
Huffing and wheezing, she looked over her shoulder. “This is not how princesses get swept off their feet, Aiden.”
I smacked her ass. “No shit, this is how men do it.”
“You’re such a guy!”
She had no idea what I had planned. This wasn’t the end, this was only the beginning of our day ahead.
As soon as we reached the same spot we shared our first kiss, I softly set her down. Grabbing onto her arms until she found her footing in the heels she was wearing.
“Oh, Aiden…” she muttered in pure amazement, looking at all the white string lights I hung in preparation for the day.
Twinkling.
Shining.
Sparkling.
There wasn’t a tree or branch in sight that wasn’t layered in white lights. Making it look like our very own little fairytale at dusk. They were everywhere and all around. It was quite a spectacle now that it was almost dark out.
I had more money than I did over four years ago, the first time I did this for her. I spent a small fortune on these costumes alone from a locally owned costume shop, not to mention what I still had in store for her.
She slowly took a look around in awe of her surprise.
In amazement of me.
In wonder of us.
The second she turned back to face me, her eyes hit the ground where I was already down on one knee.
“Aiden…”
“I’m just keeping another promise to you, Beauty.”
She instantly broke into tears, remembering the first time we met.
“I like the way Bailey Pierce sounds. What do you think?”
“I like the way Bailey Pierce sounds too, but aren’t we too young to get married?”