Page 62

Chris’s eyes glinted with mischief. “Olivia?”

“Yes, Chris?”

“Will you marry me?” He slipped a second box out of his pocket. This time a beautiful diamond sat right in the center of the box. He pulled it free and held it up, an eyebrow cocked as he awaited my response.

Meanwhile Linc vibrated beside us, clapping his hands and chanting, “Yes! Say yes! Say yes!”

It was fast and crazy and perfect. I fell to my knees in front of him, grabbed his face in my hands, and kissed him hard. “Yes I’ll marry you.”

21

A cruel joke

Chris

We waited long enough. That much was true. Linc was more than ready for us to be a family. He insisted I sleepover that night and move in immediately. I agreed to stay the night, but Olivia wanted to break the news to Beau before we got too far down the road.

Plus, there were other things to discuss.

Linc sat at the counter, his legs dangling and kicking the wall as he munched on pancakes. “So will your boat stay at your dock, or will you move it to ours?”

“I’ll leave it at mine.”

Linc chewed thoughtfully. He had been grilling me for thirty minutes. “I guess the only thing that’s changing is where you sleep.”

“Pretty much.”

“I’m really happy.” He grinned up at me, mouth full of the last bite of pancakes.

“I’m really happy too.” I took his plate and rinsed it. Then jumped when a FaceTime call rang through on Linc’s iPad. We knew it was coming. That was part of why I was so jumpy.

“Hey Dad!” Linc crowed. “How are you?”

“I’m good. Did you sleep well?” Beau asked.

“Not really. I was too excited.”

“What were you excited about?” Beau laughed.

“I’m not supposed to tell you. Mom said she will.”

“Oh really?”

I put my head in my hands and sighed as quietly as possible. Linc...he was a force. When he used his powers for good I was all for it, but when he wielded them against me...not a fan.

“Lincoln!” Olivia admonished as she came rushing in from the bedroom. She was dressed but her hair was still wet from the shower. “Hey Beau.”

“So what’s this big news?”

Liv shot Lincoln a look and then nodded at me. I cautiously walked into the shot. “Oh hey Chris. How are you?”

“I’m good.”

“So…” Liv took over. “We have news.” She held up her left hand, displaying the diamond I just gave her. “I’m getting married.”

I held my breath, completely clueless how Beau would react. We were friends and he knew Liv and I were moving toward dating, but he was also a classic alpha. I wasn’t completely sure he’d be happy to see his former lover with another man. Officially.

So I was pretty surprised when he winked at Linc. “Told you it would work.”