Mac had a smile on his face that was unlike anything I’d ever seen in my life. If I could capture this one moment in time, I’d do it in a heartbeat. He was holding our daughter, Colleen Micah Knight, one big hand cradling her head while the other cupped her little body, swaddled snugly in a baby blanket. She slept on, completely unaware that she was utterly devastating this mountain of a man simply by existing.
“You look pretty pleased,” I said lightly.
He quickly glanced at me, a faint half-smile lifting his lips. “Do I?”
“Ohhhhh…yeah.” I patted the bed next to me and watched as he got up and moved so we were side by side. He handled her like she was made of delicate, spun glass, etched in pure gold. Precious and fragile.
She was.
The sight of them together was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen.
“Speaking of looking pleased,” Mac murmured. “You look amazing, mon ange.”
“Well, I managed to pop out a human being,” I said loftily. Then I grinned at him. “Trust me, my body’s feeling the after-effects for sure. I’m sore all over, but seeing the two of you together makes my heart hurt. In the very best way, of course.”
“So, you’re happy.”
“Happy doesn’t touch it.” Leaning against him, I took in the scent of his skin and the sweet smell that was our baby as I looked down at Colleen. “I can’t think of anything that would make my life better.”
“You sure about that?”
He held out a hand.
I should be used to it. Really. After living with a master of illusions for a few months, I should be used to it, but I wasn’t. One moment, his palm was empty. He’d shifted Colleen so that she was snug in the crook of his left arm, leaving his right hand free. His empty palm faced upward. Then he snapped his fingers. I don’t know how he did it, what misdirection he used, but in what seemed like the next second, there was a white rose in his hand.
Delighted, I reached out to take it.
“Careful…this is a special rose,” Mac warned. “It doesn’t have thorns. It’s got something else.”
His eyes dipped to the stem and I followed his gaze to it.
That was when I saw it.
A gold engagement ring with a massive solitaire diamond.
Sunlight shone in through the gap in the vertical blinds and hit the precious stone, which shattered the beam of light into a thousand shards of brilliant sparkles. All the air escaped my lungs. “Is that…” I couldn’t finish because in the next second, Mac put little Colleen in my arms and gently lifted the engagement ring from the stem of the rose. Carefully, slowly, he cupped my face and kissed me, cutting off the question.
He slid off the bed and lowered to one knee in front of me.
“You and Colleen are my world.” The words, bluntly, flatly stated, were so…so Mac. And his eyes shone with raw, unspoken emotion. “I want to spend the rest of my life making you happy, taking care of both of you…and letting you take care of me. Angel Halliwell, will you marry me?”
For a short while, I couldn’t speak. I could barely see through the tears that spilled from my eyes. I couldn’t breathe. Colleen made a squeaky little grunt, pulling me from my momentary paralysis from the sheer awe of the moment. With a nod, or maybe four, I reached out and rested a hand on his shoulder. Grinning at him, I pull him toward us and kissed him hard.
“You bet your ass I will.”
32
Angel
One Month Later
I sat in the chapel with Mac as he held Colleen Micah Knight…our one-month-old daughter.
We all wore white.
It was our very private, very Vegas-styled, quickie wedding. And Colleen’s baptism. Only in Vegas, right?
Behind us, Mom and Dad held hands in the second row. LeVan was the best man, and sat with Thea across from us. Tamika, my maid of honor, sat in the same row as Sly but at a distance, directly behind LeVan.
And all the way in the back, Mac’s mother.
He invited her. And she came. There was still some distance between them, though. Even with the closure from Danny’s case, it seemed like the pain of their loss was too great to allow them to be in too close proximity.
But she came.
I was sure that time would mend things between them.
As the priest was still preparing in the apse, I leaned over and pressed my lips to Mac’s cheek. “I love you.”
“I know.” He turned his head and caught my mouth before I could pull back. “I love you more. Both of you. And I’ll move heaven and earth to show you every chance I get.”
I couldn’t ask for anything more.
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