Dirty Fighter: A Bad Boy MMA Romance
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I held my breath, I thought I knew where he was going with this but I couldn’t believe it. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small box. When he opened it, I saw a glimmering green emerald. It was absolutely perfect in every way. My heart was beating so hard I thought it was going to beat right out of my chest.
“Amber, will you marry me?” he asked me softly.
I couldn’t find the words to speak. I wanted to scream, yes! I wanted to shout it from the top of the world but when I opened my mouth, nothing came out. I couldn’t catch my breath.
Instead, I just nodded my head, tears flowing down my cheeks freely as he slipped the ring from the box and slid it onto my hand. I knew that this was the moment he had been waiting for.
For once in my life, I couldn’t wait to share my personal life with the whole world. I wanted to call my sister and tell her the great news. More than anything though, I just wanted to tell Desmond how much I loved him and how happy he made me. Catching my breath, I looked into his eyes and smiled.
“Desmond, you have made me so happy. We are going to have a wonderful life. I am going to be your wife and our baby will have a loving home. You have given me everything I have ever wanted. I love you so much.” I said to him.
For the first time, I saw tears glistening in his eyes and I wanted to kiss them away. I knew they were tears of joy. It was a joy that I shared with him. Knowing that our world was going to change forever wasn’t frightening anymore. I would have Desmond by my side the entire time and nothing could break us apart. Our future was going to be with each other.
“So, what were you saying about taking a longer vacation?” he asked me.
“Well, I was thinking that, with everything going on, maybe I could leave the shop alone for a while. I think that Diana knows what she is doing. With it paid off, we can leave without having to worry about the bills.
She has really taken a shine to the place too. I have never seen her do so well. Even when she was a nurse, she didn’t thrive as well as she did running the office end of things.” I said to him.
He pulled back out onto the road and smiled, “I think that’s a wonderful idea. I know that you love the shop, and I do too. But, I would really like to spend some time together before everything changes for us, for the better though.”
“I think it will do us a lot of good,” I replied.
“So, did you have anywhere in mind?” he asked me.
I smiled at him, “I hear Nevada is nice this time of year.”
We both laughed as Theresa carried us down the road. It didn’t matter where we were going now, all that mattered was that we were going to be together forever. Desmond, me, the baby and Theresa. The perfect family.