And best of all, he said he wanted forever.
Suddenly a round of applause filled the shop.When Jake and I sprang apart, I saw my co-workers and a customer I didn’t see come in clapping and grinning.
Then I saw my boss, who had a face like thunder.
I should be worried about getting fired, especially seeing as Jake and I would need money to pay the bills, but I was too happy to care.
Somehow I knew that with Jake by my side and the love we had for each other, that would be enough.Together, we’d find a way to get through anything that the world threw at us.
‘So I take it that’s a yes, then?The offer to live with you still stands?’ Jake asked, ignoring the commotion going on around us.
‘No,’ I said solemnly.‘It’s not a yes.It’s ahell, yeah!’
Jake picked me up and spun me around with such force that I almost kicked my boss in the crotch.I knew several of my co-workers would’ve said he deserved it, but it wasn’t deliberate.Honest.
‘Cut that shit out!’ my boss spat.‘We don’t allow canoodling on the premises.’
‘I guess that means I better leave and canoodle outside then!’ I untied my apron, dropped it on the counter, took Jake’s hand and walked towards the door.
‘Where are you going?Your break doesn’t start for another ten minutes!’
‘I’m going to follow my dreams, with the love of my life.’ I took Jake’s hand and led him out the door with my head held high.
I’d gone to the Love Hotel to find my soulmate, but I’d left with so much more.
I had a newfound confidence, self-belief, the chance of a new career and a romance that I knew was going to last a lifetime.
Jake wasn’t just my Mr Right.
He was my Mr Forever.
And after waiting a lifetime to find a man like him, I didn’t want to wait another second.
This time, there was no holding back.
My forever with Jake started right now.
EPILOGUE
HALLE
Nine months later
‘You were amazing!’ I said as Jake walked into his dressing room.
He’d just finished appearing onThe Graham Norton Show.
Yep.
Jake was invited onto one of the UK’s biggest talk shows and he’d knocked both the performance and the interview out of the park.
‘Thanks.’ He kissed me softly on the lips.‘It’s all thanks to you.’
‘Me?I wasn’t the one who went out there and sang like an angel, or charmed the pants off every guest on the red sofa.I can’t believe you got to meet Julia Roberts.’
‘Yeah, she was great.’
‘Did you tell her how much we enjoyed watchingPretty Womanon the beach?’
