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“Now I feel really silly for being worried.”
“I hope you’re not feeling worried anymore. That’s the last thing I want you thinking about or feeling right now.”
Jenna placed a kiss at the corner of his mouth. “I’m feeling a lot of things right now, but worried isn’t one of them.” Her voice sounded low and husky, drawing out a brilliant smile that made her want to start kissing him again.
“Okay, happy couple! Time to celebrate!” Beau called.
Taking her hand, Jackson led Jenna over to the group by the wide kitchen island. There were glasses of champagne and sparkling cider.
Beau led the toast. “To love: the kind that knocks us off our feet and changes the course of our life.” Jenna didn’t miss the way Beau looked at Mercer when he spoke. He raised his glass, and everyone clinked theirs together. “To Jackson and Jenna, and to love!”
“To love!”
As she set her glass on the counter, Jackson wound a strong arm around Jenna’s waist and pulled her away from the group to the balcony. When they were alone, his lips found her ear, sending a spark all the way down to her toes.
“I hope it’s okay that this wasn’t a flashy proposal. I thought about doing something really big and extravagant, but this felt like a better fit for you.”
Jenna pulled back enough to look him straight in the eyes. “This was perfect.”
A smile tugged up the corners of his mouth. “My other idea was to trap you in the elevator until you said yes.”
Jenna threw back her head and laughed. “You might have gotten a different answer if you tried that, Jax.”
He kissed her neck, just below her ear and she tried to hold back a squeal. “No way. You can’t resist me, Monroe.”
She knew that he was right. She couldn’t resist Jackson. As she leaned into the warmth of his body and the security of his tender kisses, surrounded by their friends, Jenna was so glad that she had stopped trying.
THE END