I let out a chuckle. “Take a look around, Chloe, because I want us to make this our home.”

“Shut up!” she exclaimed. “Are you serious?”

“Very serious.” I smiled.

“I love it, and it needs a lot of work.” She looked around.

“I know it does and you and I are going to do it together.”

“Huh?” She bit down on her bottom lip.

“We’re going to fix this place up together, and I’m going to teach you a few things in the carpentry world. We’re going to knock out walls together, saw wood together, and hammer nails. I’m going to go back to a time when I enjoyed doing those things before I started Bennett Enterprises.”

“Wow. I think I just fell in love with you all over again.”

“Keep remembering that while we’re working on the house.” I smiled.

“Can we have a lot of sex while we’re knocking out walls and being all sweaty?” she asked with a wide grin.

“We can have all the sex you want.” I kissed her. “Now, if you’ll take a seat at the table, dinner will be served in a moment.”

I pulled out my phone and alerted the caterers to bring in the food. As dinner was being served, Chloe couldn’t stop looking at her ring.

“This ring is so beautiful, Sebastian. I love the cut of the diamond. It’s one of my favorites.”

“I thought the cut was fitting since it was for a princess.” The corners of my mouth curved upwards.

“Stop.” She looked up at the ceiling. “The tears are coming again.”

I grabbed her hand from across the table and brought her ring up to my lips.

“When are we going to make the announcement?” I asked.

“I can hardly contain myself right now. But we should wait until tomorrow at the latest. What do you think about having my parents, Sam and Sienna, over for dinner tomorrow night? We’ll tell them all at once.”

“I love the idea. I’ll let Karina know and have her make something special.”

“Great. Let me send a group message now. But I have to do it in a way where they won’t suspect. I’ll just tell them that we need to discuss something about the shelter.”

Chloe

Opening my eyes, I held out my hand and looked at my ring. I was still shocked that Sebastian asked me to marry him since I thought it would be years before he was ready. Even if it took that long, I was willing to wait because he was more than worth it.

“It still smells like sex in here,” Sebastian mumbled as he kissed my head.

“Well, considering we had sex when we came home last night and then again just a couple of hours ago, I would say it would.”

“Sorry, but I woke up and I was hard. I couldn’t let that go to waste.”

I smiled as I sat up and kissed him. “I’m not complaining. Trust me. We have to get up now. The alarm will be going off in about five minutes.”

“Do we have to?” He closed his eyes.

“Yes.” I softly stroked his chest.

After showering, we dressed and headed to the kitchen for breakfast.

“Good morning, Karina.” I smiled.