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"Lie back," Ithe pillows behind her She leaned against the before me I wanted her to be comfortable and at ease She’d accepted my explanation, but that still didn’t mean she’d said yes to my proposal Fuck, I wished there was a playbook for this I was out ofti her eyes slip closed

She was so stunning laying there waiting for ainst her cheeks, delicate nose, the faht outline of collarbones at her neckline Desire sliced through s to her and cherish her at the sahther cheeks with my thumbs "So soft" I leaned over her and nibbled on her bottom lip I felt her mouth lift in a smile

"Mmm That feels nice," she breathed

"I want to ood start

I pressed a tender kiss to herher tongue into ue sucking hers, and her eyes flew open before slowly drifting closed again We kissed passionately for several minutes and my entire body relaxed into hers "I want to take care of your every need," I whispered, breaking the kiss

I’d wanted tonight to be perfect This proposalto et it back To so our left hands Her fingers tightened around mine "I love you, Emmy Let me make you my wife and love you for the rest ofthe three best words I’d ever heard "Where’s ?"

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E?" Ellie stor loudly across the polished wood floors "I’ve been blowing up your phone for the past hour Get your booty outta that chair"

I glanced up fro just briefly in ainst the keys I didn’t want to lose ht "One sec I just have a few etting married tomorrow," Ellie chuckled

An unstoppable srinned at her I wondered if I should feel nervous or scaredbut I only felt exciteether for several months now and had never been happier We’d opened the office to his charity last one from busy to crazy Thank God forAnd Ben took on the responsibility of planning our honeyuilty about keeping on Magda to cook and clean, but the extra help had been a godsend

I clicked send on the last ees scribbled on Post-it notes to communicate with her, as was Fiona’s method when I was her assistant Instead I treated her like a hu brain I just wanted to et done in our absence for the next feeeks

"Just about ready" I glanced up to see Ellie touring the se loft with light, airy s and pale woods floors The walls were still stark white and the furniture basic, but it was perfect He stopped in a few ti less and less frequent, which suited us both fine Now that we’d set up our charity, it here we both wanted to devote our tihtened the papers onthe place trashed I took pride in what I did It ork thatfor months about which worthy cause we’d devote our ti a charity for children who needed surgery and couldn’t afford it His organization funded plastic surgeries and medical procedures for children in need We’d worked with faeries My days were spent on the phone with hospitals and insurance co with fa out Web-hosting, answeringpot after pot of coffee to fuel us

The glitz and the gla children gain a positive self-iet the care they needed and deserved It filleda difference in the lives of others

I had the best job in the world And the ht was girl ti up for a drink with Braydon

"Last chanceinstead of dinner reservations we could hit up a male strip club" Ellie s to a strip club, but thanks" Besides, I kneasn’t my last chance Ben wouldn’t care if I suddenly woke up one day and told him I wanted to check that off oodness sake Not that Ellie needed to know all that She already hated Braydon for soe reason I didn’t want to tell her about the threesome I had no clue how she’d react