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“Come here. Let me talk to you for a minute.” Kenzi stepped inside the yacht, pulling him down the stairs. I laughed at her little self pulling him away.
“That’s right, Kenz! Get his ass together! Ruining my damn fun!” Shelby mused.
“You a soft ass nigga now, Ru!” Nehemiah yelled after him and chuckled.
“Y’all need someone to make y’all hard asses turn soft,” Shani jested.
Lawrence leaned over and whispered in her ear as she blushed. Those two—well Shani—was trying to hide their little relationship from us, but I had already peeped their game.
“Aye, can everybody gather around please? I have an announcement to make,” Nehemiah said, pulling me to the center of the deck.
Everyone gathered around, then I heard the soft sounds of a cello strumming the tune of “If This World Were Mine” byLuther Vandross and Cheryl Lynn. I glanced up on the top deck and saw Megan up there playing her cello in shock.
She’s supposed to be at the villa!
Nehemiah stepped in front of me, taking my hands, and kissing my knuckles.
“My Morgan, my Mo Boogie, my heart, my soul, my life…I don’t even know where to start or how to explain the insurmountable love I have for you. How life had taken us in two totally different directions, but somehow still kept us connected. We may regret a lot of things, but one thing we can never regret is our love for one another. Morgan, as I looked back on all that I’d accomplished, I realized I have yet to accomplish my main goal.”
He got down on one knee, and I was no more good. My palm came to my face as I bawled as if someone shot me. All the heartache, lonely nights, depression, and longing I’d endured over the years came rushing out of me.
“Awww, it’s okay, Morgan,” Drue said, wrapping her arms around me.
“I-I’m sorry. I’ve dreamed of this moment for so long…I never thought it would come.”
“No more dreaming, baby. I’m turning all your dreams into reality from here on out. God doesn’t make mistakes, Mo. I knew you were mine when we locked eyes on that field. Chels told me to stop being a wimp and come holla at you, and from that point on, you are and were the only woman I wanted. That cool ass, genius kid we created that’s playing the soundtrack to our love is how I knew the Big Man knew what He was doing. He brought you back to me.”
“He did, and I’m so happy…like genuinely happy.”
“And that’s all I want for you—for us. The pieces of us that led to this moment. Morgan Anissa Prescott—”
“Yes! Fucking yes, Nehemiah!”
“Boogie! Let him finish.” Chelsea tittered.
“Fuck all that,” I said as everyone laughed.
Nehemiah pulled the ring from his shirt pocket, and he opened the box. Inside sat a Now+Forever oval-cut diamond that I knew for sure cost a grip. My eyes sparkled along with the diamond as he slid it out of the box and onto my finger.
“Eek!” I screeched and wrapped my arms around his neck.
He stood, lifting me with him as we kissed like long lost lovers. The tune kicked up some as my eyes went to my baby girl in her zone.
“Aye! Roman numeral seven, bae, drop it like it’s hot!” Shelby started.
“If this world was mine, I’d take your dreams and make ’em multiply,” Chelsea followed.
“If this world was mine I’d take your enemies in front of God, introduce ’em to that light, hit them strictly wit’ that fa!” Drue added.
“Fa fa, fa fa fa, fa fa… fa!” Everyone yelled out as Nehemiah and I looked at each other, shook our heads, and fell over laughing.
“I love you, Boogie.”
“I love you more, Booby.”
“Boogie and Booby forever.”
“Forever and always.”
The End