Page 17 of Promising Her Forever
“I love your clothes, Daphne and I own a lot of your designs and I can’t believe I’m meeting you,” I blurt out.
Fiorella laughs and gives me a hug.
“I’m so glad you opened a coffee shop. I was planning on coming in today, but I got stuck getting started on my new line that will be out later this year. Maybe you can give me your opinions on the new collection as I design it.”
“Holy shit, are you serious?” I gasp.
Fiorella laughs. “I’m serious. I love having feedback, especially from people who wear the clothes I design.”
I hug her again. “I would love to. Thank you so much.”
“I’ll definitely be in tomorrow for your grand opening.” She smiles.
“Giacomo wants to have a barbecue tonight with the whole family,” Ares tell Fiorella. “Do you know what time you’ll be done today? We’re also upgrading the security on all our buildings.”
“Did something happen?” She frowns at him.
We all tell her what happened today and Fiorella comes and hugs me and Daphne. She really likes to give hugs, I could get used to this.
“I’m so sorry you have a psycho stalker. But don’t worry, you’re family now.”
Fionn takes my hand and squeezes it. Fiorella watches us and smiles. I think I’m going to love being a part of the family. I look at Daphne and she hasn’t stopped smiling either. Tomorrow myfamily will be coming out for our grand opening. And I’m excited for them to meet my new family.
It’s definitely overwhelming meeting the whole Lake Renegade family. There’s so many of them. And I’ve now met some of my favorite hockey and baseball players. I keep telling Fionn that I must be dreaming. He said that next week I’ll get to meet my favorite MotoGp riders. This can’t be real, I have to be dreaming.
Tomorrow’s grand opening is going to be the highlight of my career. The one thing I’ve wanted for so long. I still can’t believe my dream has come true.
The barbecue that the Lake Renegade family is throwing tonight is incredible. Every one of the family that can be here, is here. There’s only a few of them that couldn’t make it, but I’ll be meeting them after this weekend.
“I can’t believe this is our life now.” Daphne chuckles as she comes and stands next to me.
“Me either.” I smile as I look at Fionn, who’s staring back at me.
“I love the smile that takes over your face when you look at Fionn. You deserve to be happy.”
I look at her and hug her. I wish she would open herself up again, maybe one day she will. The rest of the night is filled with laugher and stories. Listening to the families tell stories is my new favorite thing. But for some reason, I have a feeling that the Athanasious and Nikolaidises are holding something back. I just don’t know what it is.
“Your babies are going to be huge. Fionn’s entire family is abnormally large. I feel tiny and I’m fucking five eight.” Daphne giggles.
“I was thinking that earlier. Not the babies. But how big all the family members are. They all definitely ate their veggies growing up.”
The rest of the night goes by faster than I want it to. But everyone assures me that they do a lot of family parties and dinners. Falling asleep in Fionn’s arms is one of the things I loved when we were together in Ireland. Tonight reminds me of that night. As I’m falling asleep, I pray that he doesn’t realize that I’m not the one for him. Because this is where I want to be forever.
CHAPTER SEVEN
Riley
As I’m walking down the stairs, I smell bacon and eggs.
“You know, if you keep doing this, you’re going to spoil me.” I smiles as I join Fionn in the kitchen and give him a kiss. I stop and look him over. Holy shit, he’s sexy in his uniform.
“That’s my plan. If I spoil you enough, you’ll never want to leave. I was going to make you coffee. But my coffee skills are weak.”
“I’ll make you coffee when we get to the shop. Are you working today?”
“Not really, I planned to stop into the station and shadow the guys for today. I don’t know the areas around Lake Renegade yet.”
I can’t stop staring at him. He starts patting himself down, finally checking the zipper on his pants.
