Total pages in book: 117
Estimated words: 113934 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 570(@200wpm)___ 456(@250wpm)___ 380(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 113934 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 570(@200wpm)___ 456(@250wpm)___ 380(@300wpm)
He looked surprised for a moment and then smiled so big that I couldn’t help but smile back at him.
“You think I’m asking you to move in with me?”
With a nod of my head, I asked, “Aren’t you?”
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
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Wyatt
HOLY SHIT, THIS girl is so damn cute. She thinks I’m talking about moving in with her!
I looked around the little cottage. It screamed romance—at least, I thought it did.
Turning back to Skylar, I reached down and brushed my lips against hers. When she let out a small moan, I wanted to rip off her dress. I pulled back slightly and smiled.
My mind went back to the conversation I’d had with Skylar’s father two weeks ago. I had asked his permission for Skylar’s hand in marriage, and at first, he’d looked like he wanted to beat the shit out of me. Then, he’d sat back in his chair with his two index fingers resting on his lips. After what seemed like forever, he’d finally smiled slightly. He’d shaken his head as he leaned forward, like he was going to whisper to me. I’d instinctively moved toward him to hear what he was going to say.
“I like you, Wyatt. I always have. I can read people, and the moment I met you, I knew that you loved my daughter and wanted nothing but the best for her. You’re both young, and I’m not so sure how I feel about this. She has to go to school first. I won’t accept anything less.”
“Yes! Yes, of course, sir. I was thinking we wouldn’t get married until after college. I want the same things for Skylar as you do, sir.”
“You know, her brothers would help me hide your body if you ever hurt her?”
“Um…yes. Yes, I’m well aware of that, sir.”
“Fine…as long as you are aware of the fact that I love my daughter more than the air I breathe.”
“Very much aware of that, sir.”
“Then, you have my permission to ask Skylar to marry you.”
I closed my eyes and smiled, thinking about how happy he had been when I showed him my grandmother’s ring.
“Wyatt?”
Skylar’s voice pulled me from the memory.
“I love you, angel.”
“I love you, too.”
I slowly got down on one knee as I reached into my pocket and took out the ring box. I brought it up and watched her face. Her smile faded for one brief second when I opened the box and exposed the oval cut diamond ring surrounded by round cut diamonds. The band was made of white gold, and it was encrusted with diamond accent stones. It was the perfect ring for my angel.
As she brought her hands up to her mouth, I saw a smile spreading across her face.
Before she had a chance to even think, I started talking, “Skylar, I know we’re young, and we haven’t been together for very long. But I know in the deepest part of my soul that you’re the one I want to spend the rest of my life with. The one I want to have children with. The one I want to sit on a front porch with someday when we’re so old that we probably won’t even remember our names, but we’ll always know we were meant to be together.”
When I saw a tear slowly slip from her eye, my hands started shaking.
Shit! Shit! Shit!
“I’ve already asked your dad for your hand in marriage, Sky. My goal in this world is to always keep you happy and safe. I’m not asking that we run right out and get married. I promised your dad that we’d wait until after college, but…but…if you would do me this honor, and…”
My throat felt like it was closing up, and I couldn’t talk. My hands were shaking, and I just knew I had beads of sweat rolling down my face.
I tried again to ask her, and I felt tears building in my eyes. “Um…” I had to get my heart rate under control.
Skylar dropped to her knees in front of me and put her hands on my face. The moment she touched me, I was instantly calm.
“Sky, will you do me this honor and accept my proposal of marriage? I’d like to give you my grandmother’s ring.”
The tears were now falling like rain down her face. She smiled so big as she let out a giggle.
Shit…is that a good sign or a bad sign?
She started nodding her head as she moved closer to me. “Yes! Oh God, yes, Wyatt! I want nothing more than that.”
Tears ran down my face as I smiled at her. I got the ring out of the box and gently took her hand in mine. I placed the ring on her finger and smiled. My parents had said if it were a perfect fit, that was a good sign. It meant we would be together for all eternity.