by Sandi Lynn
My teary eyes stared into his as my heart began racing. This was so unexpected and the fact that he proposed to me while holding our daughter made me the happiest woman in the world.
“Yes, Max, I will marry you!”
“Really?”
“Yes!” I smiled.
“Did you hear that, Sarah? Your mom said yes!”
He leaned over and kissed me passionately. “Here, take her for a second.”
I took Sarah from him as he reached into his pants pocket and pulled out a beautiful diamond ring.
“This ring is a new one because we’re starting over, and I never want you to take it off. It symbolizes my love for you and a new beginning. This isn’t a proposed deal, Emma. It’s the real thing and I wanted you to have something new. Not something that was a reminder of what the old ring represented. I hope you like it.” He slipped the ring on my finger.
“It’s beautiful and stunning. I love it.” I smiled.
We both stood up and I put Sarah back in her stroller, then Max and I hugged tightly as he picked me up and spun me around. “I love you, Emma. More than words could ever say.”
“I love you too, Max. I love you so much.”
His lips locked with mine as we passionately kissed until Sarah decided to cry. We both laughed as we pushed her around Central Park, taking in the summer warmth and the beauty of nature that surrounded us.
Not all that long ago, Max Hamilton and I made a deal. A deal that neither one of us thought would change our lives forever. Fate stepped in that night we first met in Miami and led us on a journey that got us to where we were today. It wasn’t an easy journey, but I wouldn’t have traded it for the world. Max and Sarah were my entire life and I loved them both with my heart and soul.
We were married a year later. Sarah was my flower girl and looked like a princess as she walked down the aisle to her daddy. Darren walked me down the aisle and gave my hand to Max. As we stood there in front of our family and friends, we said our vows to each other while our daughter stood in front of us and watched. She had her moments, but it was all good. Max eventually reconciled with his mother, but not his father. The scars were too deep, and I couldn’t really blame him. Fiona flew back from Paris to attend the wedding, and my mom and stepdad, Danny, also flew in. Max once again put them up at The Trump because he knew how much they loved it there.
I was now Mrs. Emma Hamilton and married to the love of my life. I never would have thought that the hot and sexy man I stared at across the bar at a nightclub in Miami would become my husband and that we’d have a beautiful healthy daughter. Max’s proposed deal turned out to be the best deal of a lifetime and I couldn’t image my life any other way.
BOOKS BY SANDI LYNN
The Forever Series:
Forever Black, Forever You, Forever Us, Being Julia
A Forever Christmas, Collin
A Millionaire’s Love Series:
Lie Next To Me, When I Lie With You
Love Series:
Love In Between, The Upside of Love
A Love Called Simon
Stand Alones:
She Writes Love
Then You Happened
Remembering You (A Novella)
About The Author
Sandi Lynn is a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author who spends all of her days writing. She published her first novel, Forever Black, in February 2013 and hasn’t stopped writing since. Her addictions are shopping, romance novels, coffee, chocolate, margaritas, and giving readers an escape to another world.
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