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I stretch my head forward, making sure I heard him correctly. “What did you say?”
“You are officially the owner of The Lighthouse.”
“What are you talking about?” My eyes dart around the room. “I don’t understand.”
“Be the light that leads you,” he whispers. “And let that light lead you to The Lighthouse.” I think about my tattoo he’s quoting and the name of the place.
“Does this have to do with my project?” He nods again, waiting for me to connect the dots. The only problem, I don’t have enough information to do it. “And the women’s shelter?” I ask, unsure.
“Yes, ma’am.”
I go over in my head all the rooms I’ve seen. It’s everything Diane and I wished we could offer at the women’s shelter but there just wasn’t enough room to provide housing and all that. Is that what this is?
“Is this for real? How is this mine?”
He holds his hand out and grabs mine, dropping the key into my palm. “It is real. This is your dream, babe.” He folds my hand around the key and I’m still at a loss of words. “This is your graduation present from me.”
“Kase? This is too much. How did you do all this?” I spin around in a circle, taking everything in again. “Did Max help?”
He shrugs a shoulder and grabs me by the waist. “He did, as well as a few others.” Realization dawns on me, this is mine. I squeal, jumping into his arms. This is my dream, but it's better than I imagined. I can’t believe he did this for me. “Guess that means you like it?”
“I love it! I love you, Cowboy.” Squeezing my hands around his neck, he picks me up and spins me.
“You can scream my name now,” he teases, wagging his brows.
“I would if I didn’t have a million things running through my mind right now. Like where do I start?”
“C’mon, just scream my name.”
I wonder why he’s being so persistent, but for shits and grins I give in. “Kase! Oh, Kase! Yes, right there,” I joke. A second later, I jump in his arms from a rush of people running into the room. My face burns from embarrassment knowing they all heard that. “Oh, my god, I hate you.”
His laugh echoes over the excitement in the room. “I didn’t tell you to fake an orgasm.”
“You also didn’t tell me the party was coming here.”
This day couldn’t get any better. All night long I make plans for this place. Kase already had a list of doctors, therapists, and lawyers who said they’d volunteer here. Diane and I talk about how we'd work together to provide the best for all the women who came into the shelter.
My cheeks hurt from smiling all night. When I spot Kase across the room, our eyes meet and I know in that moment, there is not another man out there for me. He’s my forever.
Our love has definitely been molded into perfection.
Chapter Twenty-Four
Ellie
“This is the life,” I say up to the sky. The sun’s rays blanket me with heat, but the breeze of the moving yacht keeps me from overheating. Puffed clouds spread across the sky, the outline of one has me amused. “Does that look like a penis to you?” I point to it and roll my head over at Tori.
She props up on her elbows, pulls her sunglasses down her nose to get a better view. “Hmm, if you enjoy thesmaller things in life.”
Letting out a small laugh, shaking my head I lay back. “You’re so…” I pause, trying to find the appropriate word.
“Lucky,” Ben finishes my sentence, straddling her. Not really the word I was shooting for. A smile creeps up on her face. “Especially since you enjoy the bigger things in life.”
When he lies on top of her, it’s my cue to leave. I love them together, Ben keeps her on her toes. He’s great at giving her almost everything she wants, enough to keep her coming back. She hasn’t been with anyone else for a year, so I don't know what's keeping her from saying yes. She’s too independent for her own good.
The wind whips my hair around as I stroll to the back of the yacht. Kase is relaxing in a chair and he watches me wobble back and forth when we hit a few waves. “Whoa!” I say, grasping the side of the boat. “How did you live on a boat?”
He stands and reaches his hand for me to take. Helping me to the chair next to him, he sits back down. “A big boat doesn’t feel the waves like this one. Although, I could live on this boat forever.” He sighs.
