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In his arms.

Inourhouse.

My head rested on Luke’s chest and as I listened to his heartbeat, falling asleep, I knew what I wanted. “I want to get married this summer while we’re in Hawaii.”

“I’d marry you tomorrow if I could, but can you plan the wedding of your dreams in such a short amount of time?”

“It’s not a lot of time, I know, but I don’t want anything too crazy. I just want to marry you with our friends and family there. I can find a planner who can do the rest. I have a few things I’d like, but they’re easy. We can do it right after filming wraps, that way we can go on our honeymoon and not have to wait.”

Leaning down he kissed the top of my head. “Whatever you want.”

“What doyouwant?” I didn’t want this to be all about me.

“I want to see you walking down the aisle to me, and for you to be my wife. For my family and friends to be there.” He half laughed to himself. “I wanted you to meet them first, but I know they’ll love you and I don’t want to wait.”

“Well, I’m sure I can meet them at least a couple of days beforehand. Does that count?” I laughed out and squeezed my arm around his middle.

“Not exactly what I had in mind, but I guess it counts.” His voice rumbled through his chest, one of my favorite sounds. “Leo already loves you and has been singing your praises since he went back home. My mom is dying to meet you now.”

“I’d say for her to come visit when we first get to Hawaii, but it’s a lot to ask of her to come back in a couple of months. If Mason wasn’t in school we could visit them, but we leave the day after he gets out. Maybe we can Skype or something like that. It’s better than nothing.” Letting out a sigh, I apologized. “I’m sorry it’s so difficult to find time to see your family.”

Holding me closer, Luke nuzzled my hair. “Don’t worry about it. We’ll figure something out, and we’re going to visit them for Christmas.” He smiled at the thought. “We need to decide a date so that we can make sure that everyone has time to make arrangements. If anyone can’t afford to come let me know and we’ll help them out.”

“If we wait until after your movie wraps up that puts the wedding at the beginning of August or maybe late July. Do you want our wedding date and subsequent anniversaries so close to your birthday?”

His chest moved as he shrugged his shoulders. Not an easy task while lying in bed and with me on top of him. “I don’t mind. It could be on my birthday and I’d be happy. That would make the day even better.”

“Tomorrow let’s look at your shooting schedule and try to find a date that we think will work. Right now, I want to fall asleep in your arms and spend all of tomorrow in bed with you.”

Angling his head to look down at me, Luke locked eyes with me and I knew instantly I wouldn’t get what I wanted. “Spending the day in bed sounds fantastic, but I have a feeling that you’re not talking about resting. I’m not sure if an all-day sexathon is really what’s best for you right now. You need rest to get better.”

“I’m already better now that you’re here.” I mumbled into his chest. “Besides it will be a long time before we’ll have another day to stay in bed. I want to cuddle, have as much sex as possible, dance, and eat all day. It sounds like the perfect day with you.”

“Hey,” he softly spoke as his index finger lifted my chin to meet his gaze. “I’m here now and not leaving once the weekend is over. We’ll have all the days that Mason’s in school until we leave for Hawaii to spend in bed and do all the things that you want to do.”

Closing my eyes, I took in his words. Slowly I opened them back up to see a sated and serene look on Luke’s face. “I can’t believe you’re really here.”

Luke pulled me up until we were face to face. “I’m really here. No more being apart. I may not go to bed with you every night, and I may not be there when you wake up every morning, but I promise you that every night we will sleep together no matter where we are.”

I spoke, brushing my lips against his with each word I spoke. “I want you to promise me that if you have to leave me in the morning, no matter how early it is, I want you to wake me up so that I can at least tell you goodbye.” I smiled down at him. “And I want you to wake me up when you get home so that I can say goodnight.”

An amused smile teased his lips. “Are you sure you know what you’re asking? I know how much you love your sleep. I could have to leave at four in the morning or get home at two or three. You never know, especially on a tight shoot.”

“I love you more than sleep so yes, I’m sure. Promise me.”

This time his smile was blindingly happy. “I promise, but if you ever change your mind let me know. Now seriously let’s get some sleep. Goodnight my beautiful girl. I love you.” He pressed a long kiss to my forehead.

Scooting down and off to the side, I placed a kiss over his heart, and nuzzled into his side. “Good night, my handsome fiancé. I love you.”

* * *

I sat out on the patio, enjoying the morning weather, looking out at the pool waiting for Taylor to call me back. I’d left her a message almost an hour ago, and I couldn’t wait to share the news that Luke had asked me to marry him last night.

My phone rang and instead of it being Taylor to my surprise it was Reeves. It had been a long time since I’d last talked to him. He’d been out of the country filming and with the time difference it was about impossible to talk on the phone. We’d managed to text a little bit here and there, but I’d sorely missed my friend.

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