“Mitch, what exactly is this ring for?” I asked, wanting him to say it before I made a fool out of myself. In case I was wrong.
He searched my face. “It’s exactly what it looks like. I’m asking you to marry me.”
Tears filled my eyes.
Mistaking my reaction for sadness, he suddenly looked worried. “I know you once said that you were terrified of trying it again, but I swear… I would never hurt you. And as for Greg… he was a complete idiot. But, I’m glad he was, because… I’m pretty sure I’d be lost without you.”
I laughed and swiped at my tears. “I’d be lost without you, too.”
He perked up. “So, does that mean you’ll be my wife?”
I slipped the ring on my finger. “Yes. Of course! I’d love that more than anything.”
Mitch’s face filled with so much emotion, I almost thought he was going to start crying himself. He pulled me into his arms and held me tightly. “I love you, Sophia, and I promise to show you just how much, until the day I die.”
“I love you, too,” I whispered, closing my eyes. I was so happy he’d asked, especially in my favorite spot. I could almost feel my father here with us, nodding in approval and giving us his blessing.
Suddenly, a large fish jumped out of the water and back in, startling us both.
Laughing, Mitch and I pulled apart.
“I guess we have a thumbs-up from the fish,” Mitch joked.
In my heart, I felt it was much more. That it was a sign from my dad—he approved of Mitch and was sending us his blessing. I told him what I thought.
“Then that settles it. We’re getting hitched, having a boatload of kids, and naming the first one Cal. After your old man.”
Tears filled my eyes. “He would have loved that.”
We both looked out at the water, half expecting the fish to jump again. Instead, everything remained calm.
“What if it’s a girl?” I asked.
A thoughtful look spread across his face. After a few seconds, he smiled. “What about Callie?”
This time, two fish jumped out of the water simultaneously. It gave me goosebumps.
“Did you see that? I think that means we’ll have twins,” Mitch said. “Callie and Cal.”
I smiled at the thought, but then the painful memories of my miscarriage resurfaced.
Noticing the sudden change in me, Mitch asked what was wrong.
“What if I can’t have children?”
He slipped my hand in his. “We’ll have children, even if it means by adoption. I don’t care one way or another, honestly.”
I knew that Mitch meant every word. It was another thing I really loved about him—his honesty. At times he was even too blunt, but at least I always knew where he stood.
“How in the world did I get so lucky to find a guy like you?” I asked.
He shrugged. “It only took a psychopath and a bad marriage. Nothing too out of the ordinary.”
We both laughed.
The End
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Dead of Night
Lexy Timms
People are capable of anything—especially when they’re desperate.
Jane Westen comes from a broken home, with demons from her past she can’t escape. Between her painful secret and her dead-end job, she isn’t supposed to want things. Not love. Not money. Not the fairytale castle she discovers she’s in line to inherit. Owning the castle would change her life, but one obstacle stands in Jane’s way: the darkly handsome lawyer determined to take the castle away from her.
When murder happens at the castle, suddenly everyone looks like a suspect and no one is safe.
Copyright
Dead of Night
Copyright ©2020 Lexy Timms
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.
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A wolf howled in the darkness.
Jane Westen trudged through the snow, her legs stiff and numb from the cold. Another howl. Low and mournful. Maybe it wasn’t a wolf. It sounded too much like a man groaning
