Page 27 of Possessive Mechanic
But Axel saved the day and took charge just like he took over my heart.
“I know you better than you know yourself,” Axel says, tapping my dad on the leg because he still won’t make eye contact with him. “Yeah you,” he adds. “You don’t think this is real. You think it’s fleeting, or just something out of convenience for both of us. Well, let it be known that this is forever.”
“I’ll see it when I believe it,” my dad says laced with sarcasm as he rolls his eyes.
“Perfect. Because it’s time to show the both of you…right now.”
Axel pivots and drops to a knee on the metal foot plank below the bench seat where he was just sitting next to me.
“This isn’t where I planned this, but no time is better than the present, especially considering I want to make up for lost time, and never want to miss another second without you.”
Out of nowhere a shooting star streaks across the sky as he reaches in his pocket and pulls out a small, velvet, black box, and pops the top open.
Inside is a beautiful, huge, sparkling diamond. We’re in a loud place with other spectators below us, but in this moment the entire world stops. All I see. All I hear is him.
“Beautiful. You were meant for me. I didn’t know it at the time, but it’s the truth. We were connected since before you were even born, and now, more than anything, I want us to be connected forever. Always. And I want the whole world to know that you belong to me. Me and me alone. Your beauty makes me a wild, possessive beast, and I can’t even control myself when you’re near. So my only solution is for you to never leave my side.” He smiles. “Take this journey through life with me. Be my wife…forever. Will you marry me?”
I nod. “Yes,” I say softly, before yelling it as loudly as I can. “Yes. Yes. Yes!”
He slides the ring on my finger, a perfect fit. Then he seals it in place with a kiss, both of us knowing it will never leave my hand ever again.
Carefully taking his place next to me on the bench his lips find mine, his rough hand gently on my cheek as I melt into him.
Finally…everything makes sense. And it’s all because of my possessive mechanic.
Forever.