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“You’ve got a date, babe.” Destiny grinned and gave Faith a quick kiss.

Oh, this is going to be so much more than a date, my love.

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Destiny opened her eyes and immediately knew it was going to be a great day. She’d woken up a couple of times throughout the night with Faith’s arms around her and now her gentle breathing whispered in Destiny’s ear.

Today they would do their final walk-through on the biggest project of both of their lives. It was easy to see that it was a success. They had imagined it, created it, planned it, and made it come to life, together. Faith had come across a building with land that was perfect to start their new company. They could afford it and all that was left to do was sign the papers and move their stuff.

The hurt and pain from the last three years of being apart was gone. They had found their way back to each other, learned the truth of their breakup, and recognized they both had issues, but wanted to grow together. Today, they were on the verge of realizing their biggest professional dream.

Destiny could tell Faith now trusted her in the way she couldn’t when they were first together. Even though breaking up had broken Destiny’s heart, Faith had put it back together. On top of that, Faith could now trust her own heart and that was invaluable. Destiny had watched Faith blossom into the person she always knew she could be.

Destiny had been trying to think of a way to show Faith that all the doubts between them were gone and that they should be living their lives together. An idea came to her and she smiled, looked over at Faith’s peaceful face, and thought of who she needed to see to get this right.

Destiny gently kissed Faith’s cheek and eased out of bed. She got to the bedroom door and stopped when she heard Faith’s sleepy voice.

“Where are you going?” Faith groaned.

“To make you breakfast,” Destiny said. “You can sleep a little longer.” She grinned at Faith, who was looking at her. “I’d give you a kiss, but I know you’re going to drag me back into that bed.”

Faith chuckled. “So right.”

Destiny went about making breakfast while Faith showered. They both planned to work at the site that morning, have lunch, then check in with other customers that afternoon. They would meet back at the site for the final walk-through later in the day.

The morning flew by while Destiny finished up in the rock garden. She’d made a circular design of rocks to show Faith that evening. For her it symbolized their lives together. The circle may have once been broken, but they put it back together and it was stronger than ever.

She walked over to the other garden where Faith was adjusting the fountain and whistled. “That looks beautiful, babe.”

“Thanks,” Faith replied, turning around to face her. “Is it time for lunch already?”

“Yep,” Destiny replied.

They sat down on the bench and Destiny handed her the lunch she’d packed for them this morning.

“Are you okay?” Faith asked, furrowing her brow.

Destiny looked up and smiled. “Yeah, why?”

“I don’t know,” Faith replied. “You seem distracted.”

“I’m just looking forward to this evening,” Destiny said. “Aren’t you excited?”

“You have no idea.” Faith grinned.

They finished lunch and Destiny kissed Faith goodbye. She got in her truck and drove to the one person who knew Faith as well as she did.

“What a nice surprise,” Mrs. Baker said as Destiny sat down beside her. “I thought you’d be busy finishing up your big thing.”

Destiny chuckled. “I was there all morning. Let me show you.” She took out her phone and showed Mrs. Baker pictures of the gardens and the landscaping around the main building.

“That’s an interesting design,” Mrs. Baker commented when Destiny showed her the rock cairn.

“I did it for Faith,” Destiny replied.

Mrs. Baker smiled. “She’ll love it.”

Destiny nodded and put her phone down. She looked at Mrs. Baker and took a deep breath.

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