Page 75 of Seized by Love at Seaside
“Lizzie,” he said through gritted teeth.
“Camera’s rolling,” she whispered, though she’d already turned it off with the remote she kept beneath the counter. He tried to frost the cake, stopping every few seconds to breathe heavily or mutter a curse as she wiggled her butt, taunting him.
She rose up and pointed to the spatula in his hand, which had stilled over the cake. “What’s wrong? Camera shy?” She licked her lips playfully.
He tore off his hat and glasses and tossed them aside. “I’ll delete the tape, but I’ve got to be close to you.”
She swiped her fingers in the frosting and rubbed it over her lips. “Enjoy.”
“God, I love you,” he said between frantic kisses, knocking the flour and sugar off the counter with his elbow and showering them in white powder. They both laughed as he kissed the sugar and flour from her lips, her neck, her jaw, scrambling her brain into love-soaked mush.
“Marry me, Lizzie,” he panted out, gazing into her eyes. And what she saw there, all that love, forher, bowled her over. “Marry me. I want you to be mine. I want to be yours. I’ll support your naked baking on every level.”
She could barely breathe, but a smile tugged at her lips. “You want to marry the Naked Baker?”
“More than I want anything else in this world. Say yes, and I’ll be right here by your side every moment of every day. We’ll fix up the lighthouse just the way you want it. And after two years, if you want to stop filming the show, we’ll start a family, or we’ll keep filming. Whatever you want, as long as we’re together.”
She smiled up at him. “I’d say yes, but I think you’re just asking me because of my mad baking skills.”
He laughed, narrowed his eyes, as if to say,Really? You’re going to tease me at a time like this?But he played along with it, and that made her fall even harder. “It’s that obvious?”
“Yeah, but you’re kind of cute, and you are a really good kisser, so…” She wanted to remember this moment, the look in his eyes, the flour hanging in the air, the aroma of love and freshly baked cake surrounding them. She wanted to remember the fullness of her chest and the way her heart was so happy that there was no room for doubt.
“Wait,” Blue said. “I almost forgot.”
“Wait? You don’t want my answer?” She laughed as he reached into the pocket of his apron and pulled out the most elegant diamond band she’d ever seen. Her heart nearly stopped. It, too, was peppered in white dust. He blew the dusting of white powder off the beautiful ring and gazed into her eyes again.
“I’ve never seen you wear jewelry, and I assumed it was because you don’t want it to get hooked on things while you work. I hope this isn’t too cumbersome, and if I was wrong, and you want a different ring, something bigger, flashier—”
With fresh tears streaming down her cheeks, she pressed her finger to his lips. “You’ve never read me wrong a single time since we’ve met. Yes, I’ll marry you, Blue. Yes, yes, yes!”
As he slid the ring on her finger, he said, “I love you, Lizzie, and I will spend the rest of our lives making sure you are the happiest woman on earth.”
“That’s all well and good, but can we get back to making out, please, because I really want to knock another item off my list.”
He laughed and kissed her again. “Which item is that?”
“Make Blue happy.”
“Baby, you’ve just made me the happiest man on the planet.”
“Oh? I think we can make you even happier.” She wiggled out of his arms, opened the fridge, and held up two cans of whipped cream.
“You just got even sexier.” He scooped her into his arms, and his lips came lovingly down over hers, sealing their vows as he carried her toward the stairs.
Epilogue
BLUE COULDN’T TAKE his eyes off Lizzie, standing across the room with Trish and Susan. They say that the bride should always be the most beautiful woman at her wedding, but Blue knew, at least in this case, that wasn’t true. Despite how gorgeous Susan looked, no one compared to his stunning fiancée. Lizzie was a vision in a blue dress that hugged every lush curve, her hair pinned up, with sexy tendrils framing her beautiful face. It was after midnight, and many of the guests had already left the reception. Blue couldn’t wait to get Lizzie back into his arms.
“Bro, you’re going to burn a hole through her, staring like that,” his older brother Gage said as he came to his side with Jake, Cash, and Duke.
Across the room, Jeremy was talking with his siblings. He winked at Blue and mouthed, “You’re next.”
“There are worse things in life than being attracted to the woman you love.”The woman I love.Blue hadn’t imagined thinking those words, and now he couldn’t imagine a day going by when he didn’t think them at least a dozen times. “I hope you guys find what I have someday.”
Jake snickered before taking a swig of his drink. “Don’t hold your breath. Cash and Gage haven’t dated in forever and Duke? Well, he likes to reel them in and toss them back.”
“Says the man who can’t settle down with one woman long enough to buy her a drink.” Duke lifted his chin with the barb.
