“I couldn’t help falling in love with you too. It just kind of happened,” Itellhim.
“Oh, I bet it was when Ilickedyour—”
“Please, stop,” Ilaugh.
That’s not what you said then,” he whispers, seductively, as we bothlaugh.
He leans forward and kisses me softly as the sky lights up with multiple explosions of beautiful colors. He smiles against my smile and tucks my hair behind my ear as he grips me tightly. “I really do love you,” he whispers into my mouth. “I love you so much, I’d willingly be your personal manservantforlife.”
“Careful what you offer,” I tell him. “I’ve recently been considering hiring one because I just need to be fannedsometimes.”
“I don’t fan,” he says. “I clear out cobwebs, lick things clean, and sponge down dirtyareas.”
“Perfect. You’re hired, mymanservant.”
A YEARLATER
“You missed a spot,”ItellLiam.
His head falls to the side and he dunks his sponge into the bucket of water he’s been using to clean the bathroomfloor.
“Did you come in here just to annoy me?”heasks.
“Yup,” I reply with adeviousgrin.
He stands up from his spot and grabs me by the wrist, pinning me against the wall as he presses the sponge onto my exposed neck. The water dribbles down the inside of my white shirt, and this is exactly why our house will never be as clean as Sam andDaniel’s.
“I thought you were busy cleaning,” Itellhim.
“I just found something a little dirtier that needs to be cleaned first,” he whispers into my ear, fueling every one of my nerves intoexcitement.
“Oh yeah? What’s that?” Knowing full well what he means, I slide down to the ground of the bathroom, finding this place to be a spot we frequentoften.
Liam pulls me back up to my feet, though. “Oh, do you have a better idea?” I ask in my sultryvoice.
He falls to his knees with the sponge and cleans a spot on the tile, but reaches into his back pocket at the same time, pulling out a long rectangularsuedebox.
“A new toy?” I ask withexcitement.
“You can call it that,”hesays.
Liam drops the sponge and dries off his hands on his pants before opening the box. I can’t even imagine what it is this time. I feel like we’ve purchased the whole catalog we have hidden in our top dresserdrawer.
He opens the box and pulls a rag out of his other backpocket.
“Ohmy—”
Liam drags the rag gently over the beautiful ring and looks up at me. “There, now it’sclean.”
“Liam?”Igasp.
“Jules, I love you more than I can comprehend some days and I would happily clean every square inch of this entire world if it meant I could spend the rest of my life with you. Let me be yours, let me take care of you, let me always make sure your world issparkling.”
“You really want to be my manservant for life?” I giggle throughtears.
“I’d do anything for you. Anything.” He’s more serious than I’ve ever seen him and my heart swells withhappiness.
I fall to the ground with him, wrapping my arms around his neck. “You’d really do anythingforme?”
