“Nope, we’re almost there. You’ll know soon enough.”
He still hadn’t responded, so I texted again.
Me: Trooper, what’s that mean?
I waited and still no reply. I had no idea what was up, but I had a feeling I needed to be worried.
When we finally made it to Trooper’s apartment and stepped off the elevator, I noticed him standing by the door. His eyes were on me the second he saw me and he looked nervous.
I smiled at how handsome he looked wearing all black. He was dressed in black slacks, a black button up, and matching black shoes, but the weird thing was he wore a bowtie. Now, I was really confused. Was he taking me somewhere fancy? It wasn’t really his thing, but maybe he’d planned it for me.
As soon as we were close, he smiled, slipped his arm around my waist, and leaned down to connect his lips to mine.
“Damn, I knew you would look good, but fuck, you killing it, baby girl.” A smile crept across his face as his eyes moved across my body.
“So now will you tell me what’s going on?” I questioned.
“Yeah, I can do that. I know you’re impatient as fuck,” he said then glided his tongue across his bottom lip.
“You said you love me, right?”
“Yes, and you said I needed to prove that. So tell me what that means,” I said with a frown.
I glanced at Maddie, a few feet away not saying a word.
“It means I need you to promise me something.”
“Okay, what?” I asked, really confused about where this was going.
“Forever,” Trooper said with the most serious look on his face.
“Forever?” I repeated and he looked me right in my eyes before his hand slipped into mine.
“Yeah, forever. Can I get that?”
Again, I glanced at Maddie and she shrugged.
“I’m not sure I know what you mean by that.”
“You know, Sophie, I’m asking you if I can have forever with you.”
As he held onto my hand with one of his, he used the other to reach into his pocket. When it was visible again, he held up a ring.
I snatched my hand from his and both of mine flew over my mouth. Tears slipped out before I could even attempt to prevent them.
“Marry me, Sophie. You said you love me, right? So prove it and marry me.”
I was so shocked I had no words. I took a step toward him, pressed my forehead into his chest, and just cried.
“Sophie, you got me stressing, baby girl. Can you say something please?” I felt Trooper’s voice through his chest as his hands moved up my back.
When I finally got it together, I lifted my head and nodded, which made him smile.
Lifting my hand from my side, he worked the ring onto my finger and I held my hand in front of my face. It was beautiful, not just beautiful, but perfect.
“I can’t believe you did this.”
He chuckled and pointed at Maddie. “I didn’t, she did. Now let’s go.”
