Page 91 of The Broker

“Well, I guess we both had the same idea,” Isaac said, still straddling Jared’s hairy thighs.

“Yeah, but did you buy a ring?” Jared asked, lifting his hand and holding a blue velvet box in his hand.

Isaac gazed down at the box in shock. He had not actually planned on proposing to Jared on this trip. The words just slipped out in the heat of a passionate moment.

“Oh my God. You were actually going to propose to me on this trip?” Isaac asked, his voice all choked up.

Wrapping his strong arms around Isaac’s thin frame, he pulled them both so that Jared was sitting up on the chair with Isaac still positioned on his lap.

“Yup. I was going to propose to you tonight during dinner, even spent the afternoon with Chase and Diesel putting all the finishing touches together,” Jared said, nodding over at his brothers sitting around watching them. “But this here. This moment holding you in my arms felt like the perfect time to ask.”

Isaac’s eyes began to water. He knew exactly what Jared meant. There were certain moments in a person’s life when they just knew that they were crazy in love with someone. And this moment, right here, was one of them. He couldn’t have asked for a more perfect proposal.

“So, is that a yes?” Levi asked impatiently.

Isaac chuckled.

“Will you hold your goddamned horses! I’m trying to have an intimate moment with my man,” Isaac shouted over his shoulder.

“I’ll say it’s intimate, with your boner and everything,” Levi mumbled under his breath, annoyed and impatient.

Isaac just shook his head.

“I’ll marry you on one condition,” Isaac said, arms wrapped around Jared’s neck.

“Anything.”

Isaac held up his mojito. “Drink this.”

Jared chuckled. He took the glass from Isaac’s hand and downed the whole thing in two gulps.

“Can you please say yes before we have to stare at Jared’s boner as well?” Diesel asked, lifting his sunglasses off his head.

The group laughed.

“Think we should put them out of their misery?” Jared asked, giving him the sexiest smile he had ever seen.

“I think we should wait twenty to thirty minutes,” Isaac joked before leaning in and kissing Jared.

The group around them clapped and cheered before attacking the happy couple one by one.

“Yes! You’re getting married!” Levi cheered, hugging Isaac while he was straddling Jared’s knees.

“Congrats, man,” Diesel said, patting Jared on the shoulder while shoving his package dangerously close to Jared’s face.

“Don’t mind me if I wait until later tonight to congratulate you both,” Matteo said, sitting in his chair sipping his watermelon cocktail. “I’d rather not get stabbed by either of your boners, if that’s alright.”

Levi and the rest of the guys jumped off Isaac and Jared’s chairs, each with looks of disgust on their faces.

“Good point,” they all said.

Realizing that he still hadn’t said the magical words, Isaac turned to Jared and said, “Yes, of course, I’ll marry you.”

He stuck out his hand and watched as Jared slid the white and yellow gold band onto his finger. The ring was perfect. The white gold wrapped around the band in an intricate design that reminded Isaac of his own snake tattoo. The way it wrapped around his body and kept him safe against his enemies.

“So, does this mean that you’ll be proposing to me at dinner again? I promise to act surprised,” Isaac said with a hopeful look on his face.

“Suddenly, this is all about you?” Jared joked. “Where is my big proposal?”

Gasping in mock shock, Isaac stared, mouth wide open. “Guess I’ll have to make it up to you later tonight.”

“How about in five minutes ’cus my shorts are getting real tight, real fast.”

The guys around them groaned as Jared picked up his fiancé in his arms and rushed them back to their villa, boner bouncing as he ran.

Now, this was how every perfect proposal should end. Getting rammed by your fiancé while gasping for air.

God, he loved this man.