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He is now my priority, and I am his.
Finally.
“Drinks?” Mom says as we follow them inside and Knox takes my hand.
“No. Let’s hear what they have to say,” Dad growls.
We sit on the sofa and when I sit too far away, Knox tugs me beside him and takes my hand.
“If you’re here to ask my permission to marry my daughter, the answer is no,” Dad says as I gasp.
“Dad!”
“I’m not,” Knox replies, and I spin my head to his. The room goes silent. I’m not sure what I’m meant to do, but he squeezes my hand.
“Jerry, let them talk,” Mom growls.
“I’m here to tell you that I messed up. While I can’t share the smaller details of things, which I’m sure you will appreciate as lawyers, I can say that I put other things in my life first, instead of Payton,” Knox tells them.
Mom glances at me and I tug on my bottom lip.
Hearing him open up vulnerably like this makes me love him even more.
“Fortunately, I got my priorities sorted before I truly lost her,” Knox says and glances down at me. My heart thuds as I see the love flowing from his eyes.
“Oh,” Mom sighs and Dad mutters something.
“I love your daughter and refuse to live a single day without her,” he says, drifting his gaze back to my parents. “I’ve asked her to move in with me and she accepted with terms.”
“That’s my girl,” Dad says, and I risk a smile.
“But I also have some of my own,” Knox says, and it surprises me. “I will clear her debt. Right now.”
“Knox, no,” I cry.
“And you will marry me,” he adds.
“That is not happening.” Dad shifts in his seat.
But I can’t hear a thing they say. My mouth gapes as I take in what he is saying.
“One day. I’m not proposing today. First... well.” He cups my face. “Tell them.”
Crap.
I turn, flushed with the fact that Knox Montgomery just told me he wants to marry me.
One day.
What a tease.
This man truly loves me. I’ve always known it, even when he didn’t, but to hear him say that he’s committed enough to marry me makes me want to climb on him and make love to him right now.
Clearly, that is not happening in front of my parents.
Damn pregnancy hormones.
Focus, Payton.
