“I’m so sorry, baby.I’ll let you kill the next one.”
“The next one?”She arched an eyebrow.“How many ex-husbands do you think I have?”
“Well...”I teased, shrugging as I scrunched my face.“You never know.”
She shoved playfully at my chest, but I grabbed her wrist and held it, knowing that while I wasn’t sure it was the right place, it was absolutely the right time.
I dropped to my knee, immediately feeling the cold shoot through my body as the snow and ice prickled my skin.
“I don’t care about any of your ex-husbands,” I said softly as I pulled a black box out of my pocket and opened it.“All I care about is being your future husband, that is, if you’ll marry me.”
Jo gasped and covered her mouth as I lifted the box so she could see inside.
“Dom...”
“Marry me, Jo.Make me the happiest man in the world.There’s no place I would rather be than by your side.Marry me and let me take care of you the way you deserve to be cared for.”
She laughed and nodded as I started sliding the ring up her finger.Before I could get it all the way up, she pulled her hand away and looked at me.
“I will marry you—but only on one condition.”
“Okay,” I said, nervous about what it would be.“Anything you want.”
“I want to buy a new house.A bigger one with plenty of room for us to have a big family.”
“Done.”
“And I want a garden.I want to grow veggies and have beautiful flowers to look at whenever I want, minus winter, when everything is dead.But still, I want to grow beauty and be surrounded by it.”
“Done.”
“Last, but not least,” she continued, a grin spreading across her face.“I want a dog like Opal.”
“Fuck,” I groaned, getting up and brushing the snow off my knee.“That makes things hard.”
Her face fell as she let her hand slide from my grasp.
“I don’t know how we’re going to break it to Bailey that Opal is now our dog.”
A laugh escaped her lips as her face lit up.
“You can’t steal Opal!”
“Sure I can.Whatever my wife wants, my wife gets.Done deal.Sorry, Bailey.Opal is now our fur child.”
Jo shook her head and giggled as I slid the ring the rest of the way up her finger.
“I can’t wait to make you my wife,” I said as she wrapped her arms around my neck.“I love you so much, baby.”
“I love you, too.I’m going to be the best wife you could ever ask for.”
“I just want you to be you.That’s all I need.”
I leaned forward and brushed my lips against hers, my heart soaring as I kissed my fiancé.
