Page 31 of Poisonous Kiss
She chuckles. “I’m angel now? What happened to River?”
“You’re looking very angel-esque right now. It seemed fitting.”
She tries to snuggle back into the covers, but I rip them off her and haul her on top of me. She screams and laughs and tries to fight me off but gives up quickly. She flattens herself on my body while straddling my hips, and my dick takes notice of how close she is. I could thrust up and impale her right now, but I take to kissing the top of her head instead.
“I have a couple surprises for you,” I tell her. This gets her attention.
“You do?” She sits up.
“Yep. Go get ready. Wear something comfortable.”
She scurries away, and I lie back to stare at the ceiling. Today is going to be a great day.
Not long after, we’reboth ready to go. We get in the car and I take her to Arcata. She chose good tennis shoes, and I’m glad since we’re going to have a strategically planned chase. I went through and cut down some trees and shrubs in a way that made it look like it hadn’t been planned. It makes a path that goes directly to a very large stump where I will be waiting for her.
We pull off the road and I put the car in park. She looks at me with knowing eyes.
“Run.”
That’s all I have to say before she pushes open the door and is running out of the car. She loves this little game we play. The sun is still trying to break through the canopy so the floor level is almost a purple color. There’s just enough light that she’ll see what’s going on, but not enough to give away my plan.
I stroll through to my spot. I have it all set up. There are battery-operated tea lights everywhere around the stump since fire and forests don’t tend to mix well. She’s still running out there somewhere, her path is much longer than mine, plus she’ll take breaks every so often to try to quiet her breath. She really has picked up some tricks.
I sit down on the stump and pull out the ring I had custom made for her. It has a thick band with a river engrained on it. There are tiny diamonds that are set to make it look like water is glistening. There’s a 2-carat cushion-cut diamond in the middle, surrounded by other little diamonds. It’s low profile, so it won’t stick off her finger much. She mentioned at one point that shewouldn’t want a big ring because she’s afraid of getting it caught on something.
I never gave her one at our forced marriage. I hope she’ll marry me now of her own free will. It’s not like I’ll let her go even if she says no though.
She comes running through the other side, just like I expected. She’s looking behind her as if someone is supposed to be chasing her and stops hard when she finally looks forward. There I am, sitting on a stump in the middle of the forest like a goon.
“Ezra—what is going on?” she asks me.
“Come here, River.”
I stand and she meanders over to me sheepishly.
I hold out my hand, and she takes it.
“Our story may not have started out the way it should have, but we’re here now. There’s nothing else standing in our way, so please do me the honor of marrying me…again.”
I get down on one knee and hold out the ring to her.
With tears in her eyes, she squeaks out, “Yes.”
I put the ring on her finger and lift her up into a hug. I spin her around and tell her those three magical words.
“I love you.”
“I love you too,” she replies, and I stare at her. I turn around to look behind me like she’s talking to someone else, and that makes her giggle.
“Me?” I ask.
“Yes, you loser.” And she keeps laughing.
I kiss her. “Say it again.”
“I love you,” she says as she kisses me again.
“Good, because I have another surprise.”
