Behind Closed Doors (Behind Closed Doors #1)(79)

My heart squeezes and my fingers curl at his cheek. “I love you, too. Before you, I didn’t really know what that even meant.”

“Then marry me, Skye. And I’ll help make your dream of law school real. I’ll cheer you on and study with you and—”

I press my lips to his. “Yes. It’s always yes with you, Jason.”





EPILOGUE


A MONTH AFTER JASON proposes I finally meet his parents, and I know a little more about him the moment I see his father. He’s in a wheelchair. This powerful, confident man, a war hero, doesn’t have control of his body. But he is still Jason’s hero, as well he should be.

It’s our third night with his parents, and we sit on the porch of their bed and breakfast, chatting and laughing. I love them both. His mother is elegant, with long gray hair and a feisty attitude. His father is worldly, thoughtful. The contrast is engaging and fun. We’re sipping coffee, chatting away about everything under the sun, when we all fall into a rare silence.

His mother breaks it by saying, “You’re marrying Skye with all that money of yours. When are you getting her a ring?”

I choke on my coffee and Jason laughs. “We custom ordered it, Mom. It’ll be here next week.”

“I expect to see it when it arrives,” she says.

“Of course, Mother,” Jason says.

I pull out my phone and show her a picture of the opal surrounded by diamonds. “Oh, stunning,” she says, and shows it to Jason’s dad before handing me back my phone. “I think you should get married right here.”

Jason and I look at each other and I nod, which earns us her yelp of excitement. “When?”

Jason laughs. “Never satisfied, are you?”

“I waited a long time for this,” she says.

“November, Mother,” Jason says. “After I’ve retired.”

“That works,” she agrees before turning to me. “We’ll start planning. So, Skye. How many kids do you want?”

We all laugh, and Jason holds me a little closer. “Let us get married first, Mother.”

“Okay.” She smiles and snuggles next to his father, and I do the same with Jason. And for the first time in my life, I really am home, with him.



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