“What? Wasn’t the answer you were hoping for?” I playfully asked as I cupped his jaw with my hands and brought his face up so I could see him.
“I mean…”
“Maybe you should just ask and find out what happens?”
He jumped off the bed so fast my head was spinning. I heard a drawer slide open then slam closed. Before I could even sit up, he was on me again, this time he had something in his hand.
The velvet box popped open and he ripped the ring out before tossing the box to the side.
He held it up, pinched between his fingers.
Even in the dim light of the bedside table, I could see that it was fucking huge.
“Jessica,” he said and his tone was soft and serious. “I love you. I never knew that something like this could exist and I certainly didn’t think it was something I could ever have.”
My breath caught in my lungs and tears filled my eyes.
“I wanted to protect you, to make sure that you were safe. I tried for so long to find you…” he went on. “But I never even imagined in my wildest dreams thatyouwould end up savingme.”
“Silas,” I breathed out in a choppy, choked-up breath.
“Will you give me the honor of saying I’m worthy enough to stand beside you for the rest of this life?”
And now I was crying.
“Yes. God, Yes! I love you so much, Silas,” I said through happy sobs. “Put the damn thing on my finger already.”
I held my waiting, but shaky, hand out for him.
He calmly slid the ring onto my finger then kissed it.
“I love you,” he whispered right before he brought his lips to mine.
My fingers threaded through his hair with a heavier kind of feeling.
A symbol.
A reminder.
A promise.
Our bond was meant to be. It was forever and I truly believed that.
I wouldn’t trade any of the bad shit I’d been through because it got me here.
I finally saw the value I had.
I saw it every time I looked into Silas’ eyes.
Jessica
“I always wished you were my daughter,” Elaine said through tearful eyes as she held my hands in hers. “And now you will officially be part of the family, like I always imagined.”
“Maybe not quite this way,” I said with a pointed look and a smile.
“Well, who could have ever thought,” she said with crazy eyes but a beautiful smile.
Reagan came into the room and told me that there was someone that wanted to see me for a moment.
