Page 124 of Wild Kiss
“Oh, yeah?” I almost bust up laughing, but I contain my surprise to a smile. This kid. “You think she’d say yes if I asked her?”
“Of course she would,” he answers without hesitation.
“Yeah?” I probably shouldn’t take advice from a newly turned eight-year-old, but he does know her better than anyone else. “You don’t think it’s too soon?”
“She loves you,” he says plainly.
“Well, I love her, too.”
“You should ask her.”
“Yeah?” I want to. I’ve wanted to since the moment I decided I’m never letting her go. It’s still soon, though. I might have to wait a few more months, at least until we’ve been together a full year, but it doesn’t hurt to plan. “I think I should. Maybe you can help me?”
“Can I?” There’s so much excitement in his eyes, there’s no way I can refuse.
“Of course. How should I ask her? It needs to be extra special.”
“And romantic,” Edward adds.
“Oh, yeah,” I agree. These damn book boyfriends and their epic proposals have raised the bar. I’m gonna have to think this over, and re-read her favorite books. “Let’s keep this a secret for now. I want to surprise her. But this is the only secret we’ll ever keep from your mom, okay?”
“Okay, Dad.”
I can’t help but smile. My chest is so full of love and pride, I might just burst. Who would have thought that one night of wild kisses with the uptight town librarian would completely change my world? I never could have imagined this reality, but now that I have it, I’m never letting it go.
Rosalie and Edward have become my reason, my everything, the light of my fucking world. The road to getting here has been paved in an unconventional way, but that doesn’t matter. At the end of the day, we’re a family in all the ways that matter—and no one can take that away.
