Merry Me Darling

by Lilian T. James

Happily ever after didn’t always mean pregnancy and a diamond ring. Sometimes it also meant only working forty hours a week and discovering who I was as an adult and as a woman.

“I don’t think there’s a single man on this Earth who loves someone more than he loves you.”

“I miss home every time I’m at work. Every day I walk out of our home and have to spend hours away from you and Jamie, I miss it.”

“Now get this ass naked so I can spend Christmas Eve permanently engraving my name on the naughty list.”

“Tell me you’re mine, Garrett Rowe.” He pulled back to look down at me, the glittering hazel of his eyes bright and fierce. “Fucking hell, Maddie, I’ve never been anything else.”

you think I’m going to take this ring off until we’re home, you’ve lost your fucking mind, Maddie. It’s not going anywhere.”

Garrett’s smile only got bigger. Probably because he’d spent his Christmas morning burying his face between my thighs rather than sleeping in. “You’re not in trouble for eating extra muffins.”

“I am part of your family, bud. Your mom meant in a permanent manner.” “As in you’ll move into our side of the house?” “As in, I want to marry your mother.”

“I’m going to make something very clear to you, Jamie Hartland. You are not, and never have been, a second thought. Yes, I love your mother, and yes, I want to marry her because I love her. But I am not only marrying her.”

“I slipped this ring on my finger knowing full well, that when I did, it’d mean I also got to have you.”