Worth the Risk(109)

My laugh echoes around the empty space. “That’s a lot of pressure, Mr. Malone.”

“You have no idea.” His chuckle is laced with nerves. He produces a ring box with a very delicate infinity band of pale yellow diamonds that is stunningly gorgeous and simple and everything I could have ever asked for. Just like him. “I wouldn’t have asked if I didn’t know without a doubt that you’re the one I’ve waited for. All the pain, every bit of the heartache led me to you. Led me to fighting against you . . . and then fighting for you. Will you marry me, Sidney?”

I lower myself to my knees as my head nods and my hands reach for his hands and my lips find his lips. “Yes. Yes. A thousand times yes.” We kiss. It’s soft and delicate and packed full of every emotion I could ever imagine. “On one condition,” I say against his lips.

“You’re giving me a heart attack here, Thorton.”

“No, it’s going to be Malone soon. You have to get used to that.” Another press of a kiss. “I want to adopt Luke. I want him to be mine, too.”

When Grayson leans back and looks into my eyes, there is so much love and shock and surprise in his that it’s enough to last me a lifetime. He swallows over the lump in his throat as he nods until he can find his voice. “Deal.”

“Whew,” I say and laugh. “It was going to be hard to adopt him and not marry you if you had said no.”

“I’ll never say no to you.” Another kiss as he slips the ring onto my finger. “Never.”

And so starts our life.

Together.

The three of us.

It was definitely worth the risk.


THE END