He sank down on one knee. “Will you marry me?”
She tugged him up and took the ring, dancing around with a grin. “Yes, yes, yes.”
Bart's arms circled her body and looped around her back pockets. She asked, “What are you doing?”
“Kissing you.” He pulled her closer. Her soft body sent shockwaves through him.
As their lips were a breath apart she asked, “In front of everyone?”
“We’re in Italy. No one cares,” he assured her. “Italians respectamore.”
Then he claimed her lips. She was his. Forever. And now, he’d never let her go.
Epilogue
Rebecca stared at her ring. She sighed. This was too much. She started classes on Monday, but today was so different.
Never once had she imagined planning a wedding or being a bride.
The ring meant all that would change now.
When they stepped into the mansion, for the first time, she took her shoes off and felt at home.
She glanced at the chandelier and sighed.
How did anyone clean something so high above the ground? Did a maid have to whip out a ladder?
Rebecca would find out how this life worked and make it her own.
She’d never once thought she’d end up here. In her search for happily-ever-after, she’d hoped for a good guy.
Now she had that and so much more.
Bart spoke on his phone to Will, the inventor, he’d set up with a lab in Miami but she only half-listened. Before she made it to her room to put her shoes away, the front door rang.
She turned around when Bart opened the door and she heard a squeal. Her oldest friend in the world stormed in with a huge smile on her face as she said, “You’re engaged.”
Rebecca held up her hand.
Bart hugged her as he put his phone in his pocket and said, “Aurelia, I’m not letting Rebecca go, ever again.”
“I understand.” Aurelia winked at her and both of them smiled.
From now, Rebecca had everything she ever wanted and she hoped her friends were all just as happy. Destiny’s wedding was soon, so the only one to worry about now was Aurelia.
She noticed the black skirt her friend wore. Aurelia never wore black skirts unless she traveled. Rebecca had heard countless lectures on fashion and what to wear to events she'd never imagined she’d go to.
“Now where are you off to?”
Aurelia laughed and said, “Now that I've bought out all the stores I used to work for and sit on the board as the new CEO, there is something I need to do.”
Bart led her into the house as staff set out iced lemonade and waters for them as well as some snacks. He asked, “What’s more important than setting up your stores the way you want?”
Aurelia smiled at her brother and said, “It’s a conference, but it is strange going with personal security guards in tow.”
“Safety first,” he reminded her.
Rebecca understood that this life had less freedom.
