Charlie

Six months later

I got home and I could see that Merle was still reading her book. She was usually very antsy, so I was happy that she was finally sitting down. I had a surprise and she didn’t do well with them, so I was hoping it would be different this time around.

“Hey baby. How was your day?”

She had a look on her face that I had seen before. She wasn’t feeling good and it was clear that the trend was continuing on. The more she looked like that, the more I was happy that I had good news. I had been waiting on something to come in that I ordered and it was in now and I couldn’t wait to show her.

Merle got up with a little help from the back of the couch and moved towards me. I tried to wrap my hands around her front, but I hadn’t been able to do that in quite a while.

“My day was fine. It’s better now that you are here. Can you rub my back?”

“Of course.”

The Alaskan sky was a bright, but the wind was cold and I pulled the blanket around her shoulders a little more. “Do you want to go upstairs?”

She nodded her head that she did and I followed her up the stairs. Merle was moving slow nowadays and I knew that it wouldn’t be long before everything changed again.

“How is the baby doing today?”

“She is still in there. I don’t think she is ever going to come out.”

“Well maybe there is a reason for that. Maybe she is waiting for things to get official with us.”

“Official?” She really had no clue

We had talked about marriage a little bit, but it wasn’t something that we had talked about more than a few times when we first got back together. It wasn’t long before we found out that she was already almost out of her first trimester. She had moved back to Alaska with me and that had taken up some time, so I was sadly late in what I was going to do next.

We got upstairs and she lay down on her side so that I could rub her back. It was something that I did daily because I know that it helped her and it was the perfect time for me to get her right where I wanted her. I really didn’t need an excuse to touch her, but I wanted to all of the time and this helped.

She took her clothes off and smiled back at me. It was the naked part that I liked the best and it was clear that she liked that part of it as well. My hands went to her back and she sighed softly. “That feels so good Charlie. So what did you mean that it is better off that she is late? I really don’t feel that way right now, so I need a good reason.”

“I wanted to ask you something before she was born.”

“Well ask me already so that I can have her. I think I am over this pregnancy thing.”

I paused and shook my head. Of course she would say something like that and leave me to stutter through this. I had been so sure, but now that it was the time to ask her, I was worried that she would say no. What if she didn’t want to?

My hands stopped and she made a whining sound.

“Baby, what’s the matter?”

“I want you to marry me.”

She waved me off and wiggled underneath my hand. She was trying to get me to keep going.

“I told you that I would.”

“I mean really, marry me Merle and make me the happiest man in the world.”

She turned around and Merle looked at me like she was trying to figure out if I was joking or not. I wasn’t, not at all. All I could think about was this moment and I felt like I was screwing it up.

“Are you serious?”

I showed her the ring and she had a smile on her face as I moved to put it on her hand. “When?”

“Well since our daughter is waiting to come out, let’s do it tomorrow. We can go down and get the license and I can have my friend officiate it. He has his license. I know it is not a big wedding and all of that, but I want you to wear my ring and be my wife now. We can plan something out later after she is here.”

She giggled at my words. “I am already yours. We don’t need a piece of paper to tell us that.”

“I want the rest of the world to know as well. So what do you say?”

Merle kissed me and had the most loving look in her eyes. “Of course I will marry you Charlie. I have never wanted anyone else but you.”

“Now we can be a real family.”

She made a sound like she was startled. “What’s the matter?”

“Your daughter just kicked really hard.”

I kissed Merle and pushed her down onto the bed so that I could kiss her properly as my fiancée. It wasn’t going to be long before she was my wife.

“God I love you Merle.”

She let me hold her for a minute before she was wiggling away again. “Okay you asked your question, now are you going to rub my back?”  

THE END

***

I hope you enjoyed MOUNTAIN MAN’S PROPOSAL. For more enjoyment, I have  included some bonus stories along with sneak peak of my other books.

Also, I have included a steamy bad boy romance – “Next Door Temptation”.

Please check the table of content to choose what to read next.

***