\u201cAnd never again let me threaten to end things when I\u2019m angry,\u201d she said. \u201cThat was cruel and I\u2019m sorry.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t have to apologize,\u201d I started but she put her finger over my lips.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes I do,\u201d she said firmly. \u201cWhat I said was hurtful and wrong and I need you to know that I didn\u2019t mean it, that I would never\u00a0<\/p>\n
actually leave you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She moved her finger and replaced it with her lips, kissing me softly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
68\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI love you Tristan,\u201d she whispered against my mouth. \u201cI love you so much and I want to marry you and spend the rest of my life with\u00a0<\/p>\n
you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I kissed her back, trying to pour everything I was feeling into that kiss, trying to show her how much she meant to me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When we finally pulled apart we were both breathing hard.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI want that too,\u201d I said. \u201cMore than anything.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
We fell asleep wrapped around each other, and for the first time in days I slept peacefully, no nightmares, no anxiety, just the comfort of having her in my arms.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The next few days passed in a blur of happiness and preparation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We spent our time planning the wedding, shopping for more baby things, and just enjoying being together without the weight of our fight hanging over us.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I made sure to tell her I loved her at least a dozen times a day, made sure she never had any reason to doubt how I felt about her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And she bloomed under the attention, seemed to relax in a way she hadn\u2019t before, like she\u2019d been waiting for me to prove that I was all in, that I wasn\u2019t going anywhere.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Three days after our fight, I woke up to find her already awake, propped up on one elbow watching me with a smile on her face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMorning,\u201d I mumbled, still half asleep.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMorning,\u201d she said, and I could hear excitement in her voice. \u201cI need you to get up and get ready.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I opened one eye to look at her. \u201cWhy? What\u2019s going on?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a surprise,\u201d she said. \u201cBut you need to shower and put on something nice.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
18:33 Thu, Jan 29\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 356\u00a0<\/p>\n
The excitement in her voice was contagious and I found myself smiling even though I had no idea what she was planning.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay,\u201d I said, sitting up. \u201cGive me twenty minutes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThirty,\u201d she corrected. \u201cI want you to look really good.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I raised an eyebrow. \u201cShould I be worried?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d she laughed. \u201cJust trust me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
68\u00a0<\/p>\n
So I showered and shaved and put on one of my nicer button\u2013down shirts and slacks, taking extra care with my appearance because clearly this was important to her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When I came out of the bathroom she was ready too, wearing a beautiful dress that showed off her small baby bump, her hair falling in soft waves around her shoulders, and I forgot how to breathe for a second.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou look incredible,\u201d I said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She blushed. \u201cThank you. You clean up pretty nice yourself.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo where are we going?\u201d I asked as we headed downstairs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ll see,\u201d was all she\u2019d say.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We said our goodbyes to Sarah and Orion, who were looking at me with a look I couldn\u2019t place.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Athena drove us to a part of town I didn\u2019t recognize, and I watched out the window trying to figure out what she had planned.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finally she pulled up in front of a small Italian restaurant that looked intimate and romantic, the kind of place you took someone when you wanted to impress them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDinner?\u201d I asked as we got out of the car.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDinner,\u201d she confirmed with a mysterious smile.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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