I havea plan set in place. It’s perfect, at least I hope it is.
Waiting until my cast was off was the worst part. Second worst was making sure the ring was hidden. Now that Lily lives with me, she’s no stranger to looking in every single drawer whenever she wants. Which I normally wouldn’t mind, I don’t have anything to hide. Except right now.
The first part of my plan is tonight, something she asked for a while ago. She wanted a big show of my love in public, in front of people. So that’s what she’s going to get. That’s why I have flowers I picked up from the local flower shop with the owner I can’t even look in the eye because I just think of Lily referring to him as “flower daddy.” I’m at the hospital, toward the start of her shift, and don’t care if it’s embarrassing for either of us.
She’s not expecting me, but I talked to some of her coworkers as a heads up. They don’t knowwhatI’m doing. They just know I’m coming. I’m given nods as I walk through the front on my way to the nurse’s station where Lily’s supposed to be.
I find her and lean on the desk across from her. She does a double take as soon as she sees me. “What’re you doing here? You’re not working?”
“Nope, I came to see you.”
“You just saw me, literally an hour ago.” Her voice drops. “You were justinside mea little over an hour ago.”
I smirk at the vivid memories of her screaming my name as I made her come in a handful of positions. Being pregnant has made her crazy for my dick, and I’m not complaining about it one bit.
“And I missed you already.” I hand her the bundle of flowers with the tulips she loves so much.
“What’re you up to?” she questions.
“You told me before I should have showed up at your school and made a big scene of declaring my love for you,” I start. “But you’re not in school anymore, so this was the next best thing.”
I gesture for her to step out from behind the desk. She does so warily, but I can see how excited she is about it as well. My girl loves the attention.
“Lil,” I start, and she raises an eyebrow at me. “I love you more than anything else in this world. You’re my everything, and it would be the biggest honor if you would…” I pause for dramatic effect, and I can see the panic on her face if I’m about to ask her right here at work.
Then I continue.
“Go out on a date with me.”
She lets out a breath, laughing lightly, shoving at my shoulder. “You’re ridiculous.”
“Is that a yes?”
“Yes, I’ll go on a date with you.” She kisses me softly. “Now leave, I have work to do.”
I wink in her direction as I leave, but what she doesn’t know is that she just agreed to the date that will end with her being my fiancé.
I madea reservation for Lily’s favorite restaurant to start our date. Then it’s going to end in true Parker and Lily fashion. My truck, our spot with the moon and stars.
She comes out to the living room with Tulips following behind her like she usually does. Lily’s wearing a light blue dress that matches the color of her eyes. Brown cowboy boots are on her feet; her blonde hair is loose, hanging down her shoulders in curls.
“You look beautiful,” I tell her, feeling under dressed in a button-down flannel with my sleeves rolled up to my elbows, jeans, and boots. I move to kiss her, but she stops me with a hand on my mouth.
“You’re not ready,” she tells me.
I furrow my brows as she goes back into our room and comes out with my light brown cowboy hat in her hands. I used to wearit more when we were younger and hung out with the horses. I lean down so she can place it on my head.
Smiling, she says, “That’s better.”
I haul her against me, crashing our lips together in a passionate kiss. She moans against my mouth, and I know we’ll end up fucking right here on the floor if I don’t stop it. As much as I want that to happen, I’m not wasting another day waiting to ask her to be my wife.
The ring in my pocket is long overdue to be on her finger.
“Let’s go, baby, we have plans to get to,” I tell her, panting against each other’s lips.
“Do we have to?” she whines.
“Yes, but trust me, it’ll be worth it.”