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“This place is so beautiful, Remy. Can you believe how clear the ocean is?” Harlyn stood in front of the large, open window that overlooked the beach.
Roc had gone all out when he had picked this resort to get married at. All-inclusive and all out extravagant. When Roc did something, he fucking did it. Plus, he had set me up with an amazing setting to ask Harlyn to marry me.
“It’s pretty amazing, babe.”
She glanced over her shoulder at me with a huge smile on her lips. “I still can’t believe Roc paid for all of this.”
“And then Brooks flew us here on his private jet. Gotta say, I could get used to this.” I laid back on the bed and propped my arms behind my head.
“Oh please,” she laughed. “I know all of you guys are chomping at the bit to get back to the garage. These two months of down time kill you.”
She was right. Racing definitely in my blood, but I knew how to take the time to slow down and enjoy life.
“Why don’t you come lay down with me?” I reached under the pillow and palmed the small ring box I had put under it.
Harlyn ran from the window and catapulted herself on to the bed. She landed on top of me, straddling my hips with a huge smile in her lips. “Hello, lover,” she laughed.
“You’re a goofball, Harlyn.”
She pressed a kiss to my lips. “But you love it.”
“I sure do.”
“Now tell me why I needed to come over here. While I love looking at you, I have to take advantage of looking at the crystal clear ocean while I can. We are pretty landlocked back at home.”
“Very true, babe.” I squeeze the box in my hand and took a deep breath. “You know I love you, right?”
“Yep.” She nodded her head. “You better.”
I was just going to go for it. I held up the box and flipped opened the top.
“What the hell is that?” Harlyn gasped.
I grabbed the ring and tossed the box on the floor. I sat up, knocking Harlyn back to sit on her back between my legs. “It’s a ring.”
“Yep.” Her cheeks were flushed pink, and her breathing was short and staccato.
“I love you more than anything in this world, Harlyn. I can’t imagine sharing my life with anyone but you.”
“Yep.” Her eyes darted from the ring to me. “Yep.”
“Will you marry me, Harlyn?”
Her breathing stopped and she froze. “Yep,” she gasped.
“Yep?”
She nodded her head. “Yep.”
“Yep?” I laughed. “Do you have anything else to say, babe?”
“Yep.” She looked panicked and flustered. She swallowed hard and closed her eyes.
“Are you speechless?” I had never seen Harlyn like this. I had figured she was going to be surprised, but I didn’t think she was going to be speechless.
“I love you, Remy. I love you so much I don’t even know what to say other than yep.”
“So you’ll marry me? You’re sure.” Hell, this was more nerve-wracking than I had thought it was going to be.
She grabbed the ring from my fingers and slipped it over her ring finger. “Yep.”
I wrapped her up in my arms and tackled her back onto the bed. I covered her with my body and she wrapped her arms around me.
“You’re gonna marry me, Harlyn.” It wasn’t a question anymore. It was going to happen.
“Yep, as long as Roc doesn’t kill you when you tell him.”
I leaned back and looked into her eyes. “Babe, I asked him before I asked you.”
“Shut up,” she gasped. “And he said you could ask me?”
A huge smile spread across my lips. “Yep. But he did tell me if I hurt you, he would run me over with the racecar ten times.”
She burst out laughing then lifted her hand up to admire the ring. “Then I guess you better not hurt me, Remy, because I’m pretty fond of having you around.”
I pressed a kiss to the ring on her hand. “That’s never gonna happen, babe. I love you.”
Harlyn sighed. “I love you too, Remy.”
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