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The bed next to me is empty, and I frown. It can’t be that long since we came down here.
After long looks over cake and drinks, we didn’t even make it to the bed before Harrison lifted me up against the door and pressed inside me, his scent making my head spin while his hot breath fanned my throat.
But when we lay down together, me soaking in the perfection of this day, he seemed like the one locked in his head.
Now, sliding out from between the sheets, I tug on a shirt and shorts and head above deck, trying to be quiet so as not to wake Annie and Tyler or Rose or Elle or Beck.
At the top, the moonlight kisses the boat. The lights of Catalina are glittering jewels on the horizon.
Harrison leans over the railing, shirtless and in drawstring pants.
I take a moment to admire the view—of our surroundings, but equally, of him.
“Thinking of jumping off?” I tease, wrapping my arms around me against the breeze as I cross the deck to him.
He turns at the sound of my voice, chuckling. “Not seasick, love.”
“Right.” I lean over the railing next to him, staring down at the waves lapping against the yacht. “Men like you charter yachts to fuck on them,” I tease. Hard to believe it was more than a year and a half ago we had that conversation.
“It’s not the only reason.”
I sigh out a breath, relaxing into the evening.
He shifts off the railing, and it’s only moments before I miss his company.
“Where did you…”
When I turn back, my words dry up.
Harrison’s not standing behind me.
He’s on one knee.
My heart stops. “Um. What are you doing?”
I grip the hem of my shirt, twisting it nervously in my fist.
I want to look around to see if this is some joke, but can’t tear my eyes from him.
“Making my birthday wish come true,” he replies.
He pulls out a small box and lifts the lid.
The blue-diamond teardrop, surrounded with white diamonds, sparkles back at me.
“I lived by my own rules until I met you. You were impossible and stubborn and…“
My eyebrows rise further.
“And I never want to live a day without you by my side.” The breeze ruffles his hair, his throat bobbing with emotion. “You’re already my queen, Reagan. Be my wife.”
Holy shit.
I never thought of myself as the kind of girl to be swept off her feet, but there’s no deck. No earth. Nothing stable to hold on to, except the commitment in his eyes.
I reach for the ring, lifting it out of the case and turning it in my fingers. The blue diamond is the size of my fingertip. He knew it was huge when he bought it. He probably doesn’t know it’s the same color as his eyes when he’s inside me.
The band is wide enough for an inscription on the inside.
