When I got needy, he shrugged and took me with him everywhere.
Which was taking place right now.
He told me they needed to do a scan to make sure there were no more fragments in his body.
And I was frowning because he’d just had that done last month.
However, I didn’t say anything.
No, I just held his hand as I followed him into the hospital.
But I did open my mouth when he stopped the elevator on the third floor.
“Umm, Alexander? This is a hospital room. You don’t have scans in here.”
He didn’t respond as he continued to lead me into the room.
The room where I first met him.
I had that room number carved into the very depths of my consciousness.
And then... I gasped.
What on earth?
The hospital bed was gone.
And in its place, where it should have been, was a circle of candles.
Battery-operated ones.
He led me to them, then stepped over them, and I followed suit.
I looked up into those stunning, mossy green eyes of his, as he swallowed. Then he said, “The first big thing I ever did was kill that bastard.”
I bit my lip.
“The second big thing I did was meet this girl.”
I swallowed.
“The third big thing I did was hand over my heart without even knowing it.”
Then he dropped to his knee.
I gasped as I watched.
Those mesmerizing green eyes were so full of love that it caused my heart to skip a beat, “Alexander,” I whispered.
He winked.
“Got a few more big things I want. But in order to do that, I need to knock this first one out of the park,” he said.
I stared.
“Creedence Nichols, you stormed into my life without even trying. And I never want to go back to a world where you are not in it. I never want to go back to a life where you are not a part of it. I’ll fuck up. I’ll say shit. But you can always rest assured that no one will ever love you more than I will. More than yesterday. More than today. And a hell of a lot more tomorrow. Will you do me the honor of being my wife?”
He pulled a black velvet box from his kutte and flipped the lid open.
