Daisy (Part I & II)

Part II - Chapter 23

I missed him. I missed him so much. This past month has been so challenging. I mean I have my brothers and my daughter but what I didn't have was my boyfriend. I don't want to be away from him ever again. I want to spend the rest of my life with him.

I want to marry Dante Gomez.

"What are you thinking about pretty boy?" He mumbles using the nickname that started giving me butterflies ten years ago.

"I don't want you to leave." I tell him as I sit up facing him. I feel vulnerable. Him and Daisy are the only two people I have ever felt comfortable enough to be vulnerable with.

"What are you saying?" He stares into my eyes. I put my hand on his cheek staring into his eyes.

"Stay here. Stay with me." He looks like he's contemplating it. "I don't like you being away, I want to sleep next to you every night, I want to wake up next to you and share a coffee with you every day. I don't want to see you once a month. I want to see you everyday for the rest of my life."

I feel like all of my brain is finally deflated. The pressure and need to say all of that has been eating me away all week. He looks me into the eyes with a look of happiness. He smashes his lips onto mine.

Electricity burns through my veins as the kiss becomes more heated. Our lips work together and we move in synch. The need for oxygen is the only reason we split apart.

"Marry me." He mumbles staring straight into my eyes. My eyes go wide and just the thought of him proposing to me makes me feel so damn happy.

"You really want to get married?" I ask him hopeful and in need of his reassurance. The thought of spending a lifetime with him makes me nearly explode with happiness.

"Yes, I want everything, your last name, your heart. I want to wake up and fall asleep next to you every fucking night. I want to be there for you and your family. I want to be your family. I want it all. I want you. So, will you make me the happiest man alive James King, and marry me?"

"Yes, holy fuck! Yes!" I smash my lips back onto his.

I am marrying Dante. I am going to spend the rest of my life with him.

Just that thought makes me the happiest motherfucker in the world. "I love you." I tell him. I'm going to be able to tell Dante Gomez for the rest of my life that I love him.

"I love you, pretty boy," He pulls away from my lips. His are swollen and most likely so are mine. "This wasn't really on my plan for today, and as much as I would love to kiss you all damn day, I promised your daughter we will take her out."

Poor Daisy. Having Matteo around made her really happy and I can tell she's been sad since we dropped him off at the airport.

"Was it math?" I ask him recalling she was doing math with Roman in the kitchen.

"Yeah, poor kid was just like me when it came to math, no matter what I tried I could never understand or pick it up. I thought she could use a happiness boost."

I kiss him again with so much passion I didn't even know I could do but I guess I could. "Daisy is going to be ecstatic at the news, she has been our biggest supporters since the beginning."

"That little munchkin will be our flower girl." He smiles down at me. Just as we are about to kiss again I hear the painfully familiar screams. We both jump up and run to our room.

She's thrashing in her bed and her tears are staining the sheets. "No!" She begs in pain.

"Dante grab her legs I got her shoulders." I order my fiancé.