Page 40 of Chance

Harley replies, “Where are you thinking of taking her? I will help out with your baby.”

“I’m going to take her to our lake. I will set it up with her favourite roses and candles. I might need a little help from Izzy on this one," I say, and everyone goes silent.

"You sure, man? I mean, I know you’re serious about her, but you shouldn't rush into a marriage at your age," Luke saysinto the silence, and I look around as everyone waits for my answer.

"I know you don't understand this, but she is it for me. She always has been. I can't live without her, and I want to spend the rest of my life with her," I say, and Luke looks away. I can’t explain it to him because I don’t think he would understand yet, maybe when he meets someone important to him.

"I understand. It's the same for me, but I agree, on some level, that maybe we are a bit young," Blake says, and I nod at him. It’s different for him because he and Izzy haven’t been together as long as I have been with Maisy.

"It's a great idea. I watched you become a shell of the person you are when she wasn't here, and I finally have my brother back. She is a sister to us, anyway, and you have my full support," Harley says with a slight glare in Luke’s direction. I grin at him before pulling the small box out of my pocket.

"I bought this before she left; it was always my plan to ask her," I tell him, and I see Luke’s shocked face. Something changes while he thinks because he nods at me with some kind of understanding of my love for Maisy. I hope Luke finally finds someone. Hell, I hope all of my brothers do.

"Let's see it then." Luke grins, and Blake leans over too.

I open the box to a tear-shaped diamond in a white-gold band. It's simple, but the diamond is quite big and was very expensive. Maisy only deserves the best with everything I have put her though. Plus, you can’t miss it on her finger. Hopefully, that will keep any other men away.

Blake whistles."Damn, when Izzy sees that I'm going have to look everywhere for a better ring," he mutters, and I laugh.

"I had it designed and made. I’ll give you the store name in New York, and you can make her one," I tell him, happy to hear his long-term plans with my sister haven’t changed.

"I'm going to have to when she sees how amazing that is." He points at the ring, making us all laugh. Luke takes the box out of my hands and looks at it.

"Dude, that's a big diamond, but it's a good ring."He smirks and hands it to Harley.

"I like it," Harley says simply, with a smile. It must be strange to see your younger brother getting married and having a child before you. I wish he would date or find someone, but he isn't interested. I've seen him take random girls home, but I can't remember the last time he had a girlfriend.

"Thanks." I slip it back into my pocket after Harley hands it back. "How are the new roommates?" I ask Blake, as we haven't seen each other much with everything going on. We will have to go out for a beer soon.

"Allie is great, she is a fantastic cook,” he says, and I grunt at him. The lucky bastard, everyone knows how good of a cook Allie is, but she won’t make food for me.

“The other one is called Emilia, she is nice and quiet. Darren is all right, but he flirted with Izzy the other morning and pissed me off. I might have punched him, and he's moving out now."Blake grins at me.

"If you didn't punch him, I would have, and fuck, I want Allie as a roommate," I grumble.

"You know if you win that bet, you'll get her cooking for you," Luke says with a smirk in my direction.

"What bet?" Blake asks, and I remember that he wasn't there.

"That if Allie and Elliot sleep together within two years, she will cook me cakes for a whole month," I say with a big smile. It's going to happen, and when I'm not too busy, I’ll push them together if I have to. I’m sure Maisy will help me with that.

"What does she get if you lose the bet?" Blake asks with a smile.

"My car, but I'm not worried." I laugh as Blake goes slightly pale. Blake loves my car almost as much as I do, and it would be an insult to the car to see Allie driving it. The girl drives like a maniac.

"It will happen," Luke says, and I nod at him.

"They wind each other up and say they hate each other. Everyone knows there is a fine line between love and hate," I tell them both, and Blake nods.

"He has always wanted that girl, and it's confusing. Elliot usually does go after what he wants," Blake says to me.

“Elliot thinks she knows her father is the one who makes us fight, and that she doesn’t care," I say, and we all go silent.

I don't think she knows because of Izzy. She loves Izzy, and I know she wouldn't do anything to upset her. I will admit, I thought she must know before she became friends with Izzy because she always ignored us all. The more Izzy has told me about Allie, it doesn’t make sense anymore. Maisy always said Allie was a good person, but I couldn’t ask her outright if Allie knew who her father was and what he did.

"She can't know," Blake says, shaking his head.

"I was there. Tristan told Elliot she knew and she didn't care; that we all deserve it because of our father. That's why Elliot was so mean to her and still is," I say, shaking my head.

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