One Last Time(96)

I giggle at the tone he takes. As if I wasn’t fully aware. “I know, babe. Your wand works just fine.”

“Damn right. I’ll Slytherin to your Hufflepuff tonight if you need me to remind you.”

I burst out laughing. My arms wrap around my stomach, and I let it go. “Oh my God. Only you!” I continue on. “Only you would make a freaking dirty joke here.”

Noah laughs along with me, wrapping his body around mine and walking me as I try to stop my hysterics.

He’s ridiculous and irresistible.

We make it over to the side with a lot of stares as Noah guides me and I make a spectacle by being goofy. After we’ve settled down, he kisses me, and we stay in each other’s arms.

I watch his green eyes fill with so much love it becomes hard to breathe.

I love him so much that sometimes I feel like I could burst. Each day with him, I cherish. Sure, he drives me nuts and I make him crazy, but it only makes me appreciate what we have even more.

Most people don’t have the baggage we do, but we carry it together.

“When are you finally going to agree to marry me?” Noah asks with his playful grin.

I get this every few months, and the answer is always the same. “Do you love me?”

He smiles. “With my whole heart.”

“Are you leaving me?”

“Not going anywhere, sweetheart.”

“Do you trust me?” I question him as I stare into his eyes.

Noah’s gaze turns serious and his deep voice leaves no room for wonder. “With my life. Do you love me?” he tosses it back.

“In every fiber of my being.”

“Are you planning to find yourself a new sexy actor?”

I smile. “There’s no one sexier than you, baby.”

Noah laughs, kisses me, and then asks the last question in our little skit. “Do I give you everything you need?”

In my peripheral, I see Aubrey and Finn standing there, watching. With the four of us here, I feel complete. For so long, I’ve said there was no reason to get married, it’s just become a thing. I’ve been happy, blissfully so, and I was getting paid from Scott, so there was that, too. But I see it in Noah’s eyes each time I say it.

And right now . . . I don’t want to say what I’d normally say.

In this moment, I want to give him back something he’s given me.

“Noah,” I say softly. “Will you do something for me?”

Confusion sweeps across his face. “Anything.”

“Ask me to marry you, just one last time,” I say with my heart pounding against my chest.

Noah sucks in a breath, looking for something in my eyes. I don’t know if he’s worried I’m joking, but I let him see everything in my heart.

I wait, praying he was serious.

“Kristin, will you marry me?” His voice is thick with emotion and there’s a shine in his eyes that wasn’t there a moment ago.

I take his face in my hands and smile. “Yes, I’ll marry you.”

Before I can kiss him, two sets of arms are wrapped around us, and tears of happiness stream down my face. I have everything I could ever need . . . and more.