AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“Yes, sir.”
I hear him going down the stairs. A minute later, he comes back with a paper in his hands.
“What is it?”
“Open it.”
I read, my mouth getting huge. “Afarm?”
“Yes. In North Carolina. Your dream of being a farmer will now come true.”
“It was a distant plan. I don’t know what to do with a farm.”
“We will have many employees, but we can also learn together.”
I look at him in disbelief, and I think he sees the question on my face because he nods in agreement.
“Yes, that’s right. I’m asking you to be mine.”
“I thought we were past that part. Iamyours.”
“Let me try to do better, then.” He goes to the bedside table and takes out a jewelry box.
Then he kneels at my feet, and my heart races into a mad rush.
“I planned to do this with our parents present, but nothing between us follows a script, Zoe.” He opens the Tiffany’s box, which contains a princess-shaped diamond ring. “I had to find you and then lose you to be sure you’re the one I’ve been waiting for my whole life. I was your silent pursuer. I loved you, even when I still didn’t know it was love and?—”
I don’t wait for him to finish talking; I pull him by the hand, and he gets up.
“I love you,” I say, “and I want to live by your side for as long as I have left in this world.”
“You still didn’t answer.”
“Yes. Yes. Yes! There’s nothing I want more than to be your wife.”
Zoe
CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
“Congratulations,baby. Would I sound too smug if I said I knew this was going to happen?”
“How?” I ask my mom, smiling.
“I’m old, but I can recognize a couple in love when I see one.”
“Oh, that’s true,” Danae interjects. “I also noticed when they were at our house. I think we know our kids pretty well, don’t you, Macy?”
I smile when she refers to her son as a child. When I look at him, he’s shaking his head, too, probably for the same reason.
We’re all gathered in the main house on the island, telling my parents over video call that we’re getting married.
Danae and Alekos arrived earlier today, and my mother-in-law—yeah, I guess I can call her that now—was overjoyed when she heard the news.
I still can’t believe it. I feel so happy, but I’m afraid it was all just a dream.
Earlier today, Christos met with his legal team. They said that the false marriage issue would be resolved within two months. My fiancé didn’t like this and demanded a month as a deadline. Then he told me that he wanted us to get married as soon as a judge ruled that my relationship with Mike was invalid.
“So, where are you planning to get married?” my mom asks.
