Page 38 of The Maid

He dropped down on his knee.

"Gunther!" Her hand went on her mouth.

"I screwed up back then and let you go, Adalyn Finney. I won't do that again. You may not want to label it. You may not even understand it. But that's okay, I understand it enough for us both. You love me and I love you."

"You do?"

"Yeah I do. Addie, I've loved you for a long time. I'm not letting you go. Not now. Not ever. And you don't want me to let you go. You want to be mine as much as I want to be yours."

"I do?"

"Yeah baby, you do. And I’ll say it again, even with all your fucking baggage, I love you.”

He kissed the top of her hand. "I'd walk away from the Tornados, from NIKE, from everything except you. I want to have kids with you. I want those kids to have your parents as their grandparents. I want a life with you." He reached into his pocket and took out a box and opened it.

Her hands shook and she covered her mouth. "Oh God, Gun."

“The money that I tried to get out of my account yesterday was for this. Last week when I was with George it was because he came with me to go shopping for the rings and his girlfriend found out and gave him shit for it. Apparently, she was under the impression the ring shopping was for her. I designed it and it was ready yesterday and then I went to pay…”

“And it was declined.”

“Yes. George paid for it. I owe him money.”

She laughed.

"So now, that you know everything, Adalyn Finny, will you marry me?"

Tears formed in her eyes and began to run down her face. "Yes," she nodded up and down. "Yes, I'll marry you."

He took the ring out and tossed the box away and slid the ring in her finer. "You love me, baby?" He asked.

"So much. I love you so much. I'm sorry I haven't said it before. I just didn't know how to handle it. And I don't want you to give anything up. I'll talk to Kellerman on Monday and if he doesn't accept it, I'll resign."

"I already talked to him. That day, the same day I was gone with George, that was the first thing I did. I went and spoke with him. He wasn’t happy at first but then I told him it wasn’t just a fling and that I was going to propose and I'd give you all my accounts, which would make him very rich too. He gave us his blessing.”

“Oh wow.” She said looking at her ring. “I can’t believe this is happening.”

“Believe it baby. And, I don’t want to wait long. So unless you need a big wedding, I want to get married next weekend. We can fly to Vegas.”

“Can we take my parents and aunt?”

“Off course.”

“And yours? What do they say?”

“Don’t’ know, don’t care. Everything I want is right here in front of me.”

“It’s so fast?”

“Not really. I knew the moment I saw you again.”

"Promise one thing. When we move in together, I need one promise from you."

"Anything."

"We can't hire a maid."

THE END

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