Page 182 of Taming the Beasts
I turned to look at him. “Thanks, Huxley.”
“And it’s going to be a night to remember for sure,” he said.
“Why did I get in trouble for saying something similar?” Otto asked.
“Would all of you stop it?” Ace said. But he was smiling more than usual too.
They were all acting kind of strange. I stared at Bennett who’d stopped carving the turkey.
“Bennett, the rest of the food is getting cold.”
“Yeah, sorry,” he said. “But apparently this can’t wait.”
“What can’t wait?”
“I forgot something. I’ll be right back.” He stood up.
Well I wasn’t going to let the whole meal get cold. I grabbed a biscuit.
But I dropped the biscuit as soon as Bennett dropped to one knee in front of my chair.Holy shit.
Bennett cleared his throat. “Zoey.”
Is this really happening?!
“We’ve been looking for over a decade for the perfect woman. Each of us have dreamt of her. And it truly feels like we’ve dreamt you into existence. You are perfect for all of us. Even Titan.”
I laughed and covered my mouth as Bennett pulled a ring box out of his pocket.
“As soon as we moved to town, I knew it was you. But you friendzoned me so hard.”
“I didn’t mean to,” I said. “I liked all of you so much.”
He smiled up at me. “Well, all of us love you. We love your humor and wit and that beautiful smile.”
I knew I was smiling so big right now.
“You’re our girl.”
I loved when he called me that.
“But we were hoping you’d do us the honor of being our wife instead.”
Titan put his hand on my thigh. I turned to look at him. He nodded.
I looked over at the twins.
Ace smiled at me. Huxley winked.
My heart was racing so fast.
I turned to look at Otto.
“Baby, I would have asked you last Thanksgiving,” he said.
Oh my God.I turned back to Bennett.
“What do you say? Be ours forever?”
