Page 136 of Finding the Forward: Part Two
“I’m going to use my grandfather’s ring,” I admitted as my toes were painted a sparkly blush. A lot of people had been angry when he’d left it to me with the instructions to give it to the omega of my dreams.
“Aww. Not sure that’s going to fit on Grif’s giant hand. He could always wear it like a necklace,” she replied. “Go for it. Are you going to propose tonight? You could do something silly at the game?”
Oh. I hadn’t considered that. Though he wasn’t playing.
“I… I ordered the cake we had on our first date for us to have tonight and I’ll put the ring on it. I’d make it, but it’s one of those labor-intensive cakes.” I wasn’t having alet’s bake a five-hour cakesort of day, anyway.
“Love it. After the drug store, we should get him a big ass bouquet like he did for you on your first date.” She wiggled her toes, which were now painted with little separators in them.
I grinned as I recalled how chaotic it was. “That sounds perfect.”
“Who wants some cake?” I asked as the six of us piled out of the elevator and into the living room. The Knights had won their game, and we’d gone to Tito’s as usual.
“Cake? Please tell me that’s a euphemism?” Dean grabbed me and kissed me. He hadn’t gotten a shutout, but it was a good game and would go far in getting the Knights back on track.
“No. It’s an actual cake.” I put my shoes on the rack and leaned my crutch by the coat closet. Flipping on the kitchen light, I got the bouquet and cake out of the fridge. Shaking, I took the bouquet over to Grif.
Mercy shrugged off her coat and tried to hang it up on air, then caught it. She turned to Jonas. “We need a coat rack by the door.”
“We have a coat closet,” Jonas told her, again, as he gathered up everyone’s coats.
“Kitten, these are beautiful. What’s the occasion?” Grif sniffed the flowers. “I do love eucalyptus.”
We’d both worn Dean’s jersey tonight–AJ had worn Jonas’. Mercy had gone out with her friends and joined us at Tito’s.
Dean eyed the flowers. “Those look a lot like the ones I picked out for your first date with Verity.”
“Do they?” With a coy look, I returned to the kitchen and opened the bakery box, positioning the ring in one of the frosting rosettes. Taking the cake, I carefully set it on the dining room table. “Who wants cake?”
“Cake. Did I miss your birth–” Grif sucked in a breath as he took in the writing on the pink marzipan fairy cake decorated with little rosettes–and the ring.Grif, will you marry me?
“This is the kind of cake we had on our first date. I didn’t make it but–” Before I could finish, Grif’s mouth pressed to mine. His beard tickled my face as his arms wrapped around me so hard my feet lifted off the floor.
His hungry mouth possessed mine, tongue exploring as his hardness pressed through his jeans into me. Grif’s breezy scent, which now had omega-y tones, surrounded me as I got a hit of his arousal. Finally, Grif set me down on the ground as he removed his lips from mine, leaving me breathless.
“Is that ayes?” My heart hitched in my chest. I put myself out there, taking what I wanted. What if I wasn’t whathewanted?
“A thousand times, yes.” Grif pulled me to him and kissed me again.
“Wow, you’re pornographic,” Mercy snorted. “This is why we need giant air purifiers.”
“Noted, Squirt,” Jonas told her, tugging on one of her braids.
“And a coat rack by the elevator.” She grinned.
“Can we cut the cake? There’s aringon the cake?” Dean asked. “Is this fairy cake? Fuck me. This shit is tasty.”
“I know the ring is way too small. It’s more for significance than anything. It belonged to my omega grandfather on Baba’s side. He told me to give it to the omega who stole my heart. You stole it on the airplane. Well, Lucky did.” I gazed into Grif’s eyes, remembering how he’d made my shitty day so much better.
“Damn Lucky.” He kissed my temple. “Your grandfather’s ring? That means everything.”
AJ looked at Jonas. “I told you she wasn’t going to do anything at a game.”
“And I told you it would be tonight or tomorrow,” Jonas laughed as he got plates.
“What?” I gave them an incredulous look. Because I didn’t know I wanted to do it today until I ordered the cake this morning.
“Princess, we know when you’re plotting.” AJ smirked.
