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“Maybe we should wait until our lives are a little more settled and less chaotic, though,” she cautions.
I sigh. That’s not what I wanted to hear, but I can deal. “Whatever you want, sweetheart.”
“Have you talked to your mom anymore?”
“Just briefly. She’s not doing great, but she’s dealing. She says Dad’s still living at the garage because she needs time to sort things out in her head.”
“But she’s still at Mom and Dad’s?”
“It hurts her to be alone in the house without him. Mom told Dad to come back since she wasn’t there anyway, but he refused.”
“Has Dragon talked to King yet to see if he really is your brother and what he wants?”
I sigh because I hate talking about this shit. I have trouble talking to anyone about it but Thea. Thea turns over on her back and I hold her close, burying my head in her neck and breathing her in.
“It’s true. Dad confirmed it with T, who apparently already knew.”
“He knew, and he didn’t tell you?” Thea gasps.
“Yeah, guess Dad wasn’t the only one who felt I couldn’t be trusted with information.” At this point, it’s getting damn hard to keep the bitterness hidden. It’s eating me up inside.
“Your family is really starting to piss me off, Dom.”
“It’s just me, baby. They love you. Dad’s bragging about you constantly.”
“What on earth for?”
“He’s telling everyone how you pulled a gun on him and threatened to shoot him. He’s proud of you. Actually, I am, too. That’s the one thing my father and I can agree about.”
“Geez…”
“I’m also fucking ecstatic that you’re all mine.”
“Ditto,” she giggles.
I pick her hand up, running the pad of my thumb over my name that she had tattooed in on her ring finger in a circular fashion. “You know, you shocked the fuck out of me when you got this. I wanted the one on the back of your neck so I could see it every time I fuck you, but this one is special to me. I love it, and the fact you chose it. There’s just one problem.”
“What’s that?”
I turn and stretch over to my nightstand drawer and pull out a small, black velvet ring box. “Whenever I see it, I keep thinking I need a proper ring over it, too.”
I open the box and Thea gasps my name. “Dom…”
“Thea Kane, will you marry me?” I ask, and suddenly I feel nervous.
She doesn’t speak at first. She just keeps staring at the ring. I’m silently kicking myself, worried that I pushed things way too quickly. Finally, she speaks up. Her gaze lifts to look at me with tears in her eyes. “Dom, all of this happened pretty quick, are you sure?”
“Baby, I’ve never been surer of anything in my life. I love you, woman. All I want in this world is for you to belong to me, for us to have a family together. I want to spend my life with you.”
“I love you, too,” she whispers, with tears starting to fall from her eyes.
“Marry me, Gorgeous. We belong together. We always have. I’m just an idiot,” I plead.
She nods her head as a happy sob escapes from her mouth. I slide the ring on her finger and toss the ring box behind me as my woman falls into my arms. I kiss her with everything I am, tasting the saltiness of her tears and the sweetness of her love all at the same time. There’s never been anything better and never will be.
Chapter 41
Dom
