Page 81 of Boss's Baby Surprise

“He did. I’m right here.”

I could not suppress the grin that took over my face. “Well, this is it.” I held my hand out in a very poor excuse for a presentation gesture.

Leo, who Kyle reported as being very tired, seemed to have found an untapped resource of energy and was bouncing on furniture and off the walls with excitement since Kyle was there.

“Why don’t you show Kyle the rest of the house while I order dinner? You remember you cannot go into Davey’s room or Marci's. Those are not your rooms to show.”

“Okay.” Leo nodded and dragged Kyle away.

The poor kid didn’t even make it halfway through his order of chicken nuggets before he fell asleep and started to slide off the chair.

“I’ve got him,” Kyle said as he scooped Leo up.

“Could you take his shoes off and put him in bed?” I asked.

“Do I need to do anything else?”

“Maybe next time you come over, we can go over the bedtime routine.”

I swear that man smoldered at me. His eyes narrowed, and he got this not quite grin that crinkled the corners of his eyes and emphasized his cheekbones. I was positively giddy in his presence.

“So, where are your roommates?” Kyle asked when he returned.

“Davey announced that he was whisking Marci away for an impromptu day on the Sound. I thought he was just taking her out on a boat ride or something, but it seems to have turned intoa romantic overnight at a bed and breakfast. I think he’s finally going to propose.”

“I thought they were already engaged,” Kyle said.

“They were only unofficially engaged.”

“Meaning?” He lifted his brows.

“Meaning they talked about it, and everybody knew they were going to get married, but nothing official has been done.”

“Is that something you would want?” Kyle asked.

“What do you mean?” I asked.

“Would you want to know that you would be getting engaged at some point in time, or do you want it to be a complete surprise?”

I looked at him and bit my lip. I had to think about that for a minute or two. “Maybe at one point, I would have wanted the perfect surprise engagement. Too much life has happened since then. I have a little boy I have to take care of and protect.”

“You’re doing a fantastic job with him,” Kyle said.

“Thank you. He changes everything. I think if I were to be with somebody who wanted to marry me, I would want to know. I know it doesn’t sound very romantic. Maybe knowing that we’re both interested and want to go forward with our lives together is romantic enough.”

“Fair enough. Then you should know that I intend on proposing at some point,” he said with all seriousness.

I blinked, uncertain of where this conversation was going. “This is all hypothetical, right?” I laughed nervously.

“For tonight it is,” Kyle said. “You know I plan on being in Leo’s life, and ideally, that would mean that you’re in mine.”

I’m not sure how I melted or when, but I got out of my seat and crawled into Kyle’s lap. I placed my hand against the side of his cheek and stared deeply into his eyes, something I had longed to do for countless months.

“You have to stop breaking my heart before I think I could say yes.”

“But you think you could say yes?”

I couldn’t speak as I got lost in the intensity of his eyes. I bit my lip and nodded.

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