Page 104 of Save Me

Jamie: Congratulations! Tell Ryker good job on the ring!

She chatted with them for a few more minutes before promising they’d get all the details when they got back from Vegas. When she put her phone down, she spotted Ryker watching her from across the room looking very pleased with himself.

“Everyone said congratulations and that my ring is beautiful.”

“You really like it?”

Standing, she walked over and wrapped her arms around him. “It’s the most beautiful ring in the entire world. I love it and I love you.”

“Love you more, baby girl.”

There was a knock on the door, and while Ryker went to answer it, Ryleigh kicked off her shoes and went into the bathroom to strip out of her clothes and put on her nightie. The thought of ice cream sundaes in bed seemed like the perfect celebration.

When she stepped out, she found the room lit only by candlelight and a small table set up with not only their sundaes, but champagne and chocolate-covered strawberries.

Tears stung her eyes as she joined him at the table. “I was wrong.”

“Um…what?”

“I was just thinking about how ice cream in bed was going to be the perfect celebration, but I was wrong. This is all just so…so incredible. Thank you.” Kissing him softly, she stroked his cheek. “Thank you for loving me, Ryker. And thank you for making this the most amazing trip ever.”

“Sweetheart, we have only just begun…”

There was a whole lot of promise there, and she couldn’t wait to see what was next for them.

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Most days, being Jamie Donovan was pretty damn awesome.

But today, it was fan-freaking-tastic.

Walking into his family’s pub, he took a moment to simply admire it in a way he never had before. For the next month, he was the one in charge. His parents left early this morning for a month-plus trip with their best friends, the Murphys. First, they were driving across the country—something they were dragging out for two weeks—and then they were embarking on a ten-day cruise to Alaska. The plan was for them to drive home afterwards, and when all was said and done, they’d be gone six weeks.

“And now I’m the boss,” he said proudly, even though no one was in yet to hear it.

Except…

“Well, boss,” his uncle Ronan said as he walked out of the kitchen, “the produce delivery is here early and they’re missing a few items.”

Jamie was prepared for this and wasn’t even bothered about the missing items. He was up for the challenge, and nothing was going to bring him down today.

Famous last words.

Two hours later, he was ready to pull his hair out.

Well…not really. He had really great hair and there was no way he would do anything to harm his appearance.

But he was frustrated.

The missing produce wasn’t an issue; he had simply asked his uncle to run to the grocery store to get what they needed. No, it was everything that happened after that—an internet outage in town meant they couldn’t process credit card payments and he couldn’t finish doing the online banking he had been in the middle of. And while all that had been incredibly frustrating, it was the text he was currently reading that was going to push him over the edge.

Jenn: We need to talk Jamie. You’ve put this off too long and you’re going to be sorry

Jenn: You need to call me back today

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