Page 51 of Operation Wolf: Hunter
“Wait . . . what?” Kia lifted my face so that she could look into my eyes. “Are you serious?”
Grinning, I stepped away from her. Then I went to the desk and pulled a small black box out from one of the drawers. “I bought this a week ago, thinking I was fed up with this nonsense of us trying to pretend we didn’t care about each other. But the last time we made love, I decided that you weren’t ready for me to give it to you yet.”
I popped open the velvet box, and my heart swelled as Kia gasped, her eyes widening as she caught sight of the chocolate diamond set in platinum.
“I thought it matched the color of your eyes,” I murmured as I started going down on one knee.
“Wait . . . hold on.” Kia reached for her jeans, but I swatted her hands away.
“Stop that. I like you naked.” I chuckled as I knelt, offering the ring up to Kia. “Kia Nash, love of my life and the most beautiful woman I have ever known . . . will you make me the happiest man on earth and be my wife?”
Tears filled Kia’s eyes as she carefully took the ring from the box and slid it onto her finger. “It’s a perfect fit,” she whispered.
“Is that a yes?” I grinned up at her, happy as hell.
Laughing, she dropped to her knees and threw her arms around me. “Yes!” she cried, raining kisses down all over my face. “Yes, Hunter, I’ll be your wife.”
And I claimed her mouth in another bone-melting kiss, secure in the knowledge that Daniel was finally going to be avenged when we took all the evidence we had on that fucker Bradley, siccing the authorities on him. And I was finally settling down with the only woman I’d ever truly loved. I quietly acknowledged the reminder that, sometimes, you didn’t know how much you were going to miss someone until they were back in your arms again. I’d just have to make sure I kept my arms around her for the rest of her days.
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