“I was hoping that you wouldn’t leave me. I figured I had to keep myself occupied doing something, and so I prepared Brian’s room, complete with all the toys that I should have gotten him.”
“He’s going to love it.”
Jack went down on one knee, holding her hand.
“Jack, what are you doing?”
“I’m going to ask you to be my wife. Right now, the fact you’re here with me, loving me, it’s a miracle. I’m going to take another chance, and ask you to marry me. Piper Johnson, will you marry me?”
“Yes.”
All of his life he’d been a bad man. A man that killed to get what he wanted, and fought to be feared today. When it came to Piper, he just wanted to be the good man that she deserved, and now as she accepted his proposal, he knew he could spend the rest of his life proving that she made the right choice. He’d do whatever was needed to protect her, even if it meant hurting people to do that. He couldn’t live without her.