“Brayden, That’s Kari. And this is Martha.” Karla pulled Kari off of me, giving her a quick hug and then pointing to Martha on the inside of the booth.
“It’s a pleasure.” Martha muttered while wiping her eyes with the linen napkin.
Karla looked at her friends with a questioning stare. “What has gotten into you two?” She slid into the inside as I followed her, taking our seats.
Kari beamed over at me. “Brayden is pretty sweet.” She pushed the dozen red roses over to Karla.
She grabbed the note that simply stated:I will love you until my dying day.I watched as her eyes scanned the words over and over, tears welling up.
Grabbing my hand, Karla looked over at me. “I love you too.”
Martha and Kari both sniffled. Martha leaned over to get closer to Karla. “I think you found one of the good ones.”
Kari nodded in agreement then looked to me. “So, Brayden, when you’re not making women cry all of the happy tears, what do you do for fun? Let’s get this conversation going.”
“Wait,” Karla threw her hands in the air before I could answer. “What did your notes say?”
Martha handed hers to Karla. “It just said that he loves you and was going to tell you tonight.”
“Babe.” Karla cooed. “I just really can’t believe that you did all of this for us.”
I couldn’t help but just smile and shrug. “Kari and Martha are your family. I have to respect that and show them how serious I am about us.”
Karla
Our nightout with my girls was going amazingly well. After Brayden surprised us with the flowers, I couldn’t help but think that he had something else up his sleeve.
“Excuse me ladies, I am going to run to the rest room.” Brayden left the table and my heart started pounding.
“Do you think he is going to try something tonight?” I asked in a mild panic.
Kari and Martha looked to each other and then to me, confused. Martha finally asked, “Like what?”
I started fidgeting with the flowers in front of me. “Like propose or something.”
Kari started laughing her head off. “You’ve only been dating for a little while. He’s not that dumb. Besides, doesn’t he know how you feel about marriage?”
Brayden’s voice boomed into the conversation. “Crap, y’all figured it out.” He took his seat with a goofy grin on his face, grabbing my hand. “Babe, I do not have anything up my sleeve. Check my pockets, you will not find a ring.”
I felt like the biggest idiot on the planet. Then Martha went and opened her big mouth and I just wanted to crawl under the table and die. “Karla doesn’t believe in marriage. Thinks it destroys the intimacy or some shit like that.”
Brayden laughed again. “Thank fucking God!”
I glanced at him, scared to make eye contact. “Really?”
“Yes. The pressure is off.” Brayden grabbed my hand. “I just wanted this night to be special and now I know even more that you’re the girl for me.”
Kari swooned from across the table and Martha looked like she was about to puke from all of the feels.
Martha cleared her throat. “So, not to make light of how adorable you two are, but Brayden do you have any single, hot, teammates that you’d want to set two attractive business women up with?”
I threw my napkin at Martha while Brayden rubbed the back of his neck and answered, “I will keep it in mind. Most of my teammates are married or dicks, but I’ll keep an eye out.”
Chapter 14
Brayden
Months Later
