Page 150 of The Plan

“No, they aren’t, but how many do you plan on getting?” I tilt them down so I can see her, and her shoulders slouch a bit.

“They’re just all so pretty. I want them all.”

I feel a smile grow on my face. “You do?”

“Yeah, but that’s impossible.” She lets out a sigh, and I grab her hand.

“Nothing’s impossible. They’re all yours.” I kiss her forehead and guide her back to the picnic.

“What do you mean they’re all mine?” She lightly laughs, and I go to explain, but then I hesitate and look around at all the land. It’s a lot of acres… When I look down at her, she’s still smiling at the huge field of flowers.It’s worth it.

I put down the flowers she picked, and then we both sit on the blanket. She picks at bits of the food as I lean back on my elbows, watching her.

“What?”

I shake my head, and she bites back a smile. “Stop staring at me.” She throws a pillow at me, but I catch it and place it behind my head, keeping my eyes on her.

“Beautiful.”

A smile grows on her face. She places her hand on the other side of me, caging me in as she leans in, her lips landing on mine. I softly place my hand around her throat, pulling her closer. I let her deepen the kiss, sliding her tongue along mine, but when she lets out a soft moan, I pull away. She looks disappointed, but then I say, “I have one more surprise,” and her somewhat sour expression is replaced with yet another smile.

I lean behind her and grab her present. “You never opened your housewarming gift.” Sage made her have a housewarming party, but she didn’t see what I got her, so I grabbed it when we stopped by her house. She unwraps it, revealing a framed picture of us.

She lightly chuckles as she stares at it. “This is so cute!”

I look down at it and can’t help but smile. She’s on my shoulders in the middle of the baseball field. It was right after my last college game, so I was still in my uniform, but instead of looking at the camera, we were looking at each other. We had just won the game, so I wanted a picture on the field, and Sage insisted we recreate some post she saw, so she helped Vid climb my shoulders.

“That was the day I said I loved you.” She looks up at me, and I’m already staring at her. That was also the day we graduated, so, sure, we have better pictures from that day. This was takenrightafter I said I loved her. With the way she’s gazing between my eyes, I know she knows that.

“I love it.” She leans in again, kissing me. “I loveyou.” I try not to smile so hard, but when she laughs, I know I am. I’ll never get used to her saying that.

“Ilove you.”

Her eyes light up like she just remembered something. “I also have a gift for you.” My brows furrow a bit, but I don’t say anything and watch as she grabs something from her bag. She pulls out a baseball keychain with three keys. “Here.”

I take them from her and look back up.

“You can have one drawer.”

A smile slowly grows on my face. “Just one?” I tease, and she squints her eyes at me. “So why are you giving me a copy of your mailbox key?” I squint my eyes back at her.

“I mean… youcanmove in.” She shrugs shyly.

“Do you want me to move in?” I know she wants me to, but I just want to hear her say it. She gives me a shy smile and turns her head to the food, grabbing a grape.

“You’ve been sleeping over every day since you first spent the night, and you leaving to go get clothes is annoying, so moving in will be more convenient.”

“Convenient?” I poke the side of her ribs, and she squirms a bit. It’s been a couple of weeks since I got Athena for her and first slept over, but she’s right; leaving just to change is pretty annoying. I just want to hear her say it.

“Yes, Sire. Move in with me or else.” She squints her eyes at me, and I throw my head back with a laugh.

“Or else?”

“Yup.”

“Or else what?” I lunge at her before she can reply, attacking her with tickles. “Huh?” I can’t understand her through her laughs, so I ease up.

“Stop it!” I don’t and blow a raspberry in the crease of her neck instead. “Sire!”

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