Baby Proposal (Marrying the Boss) by Evie Rose

Author:Evie Rose [Rose, Evie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-09-06T16:00:00+00:00

Adi is a bit scared by the helicopter, which is fine by me as she sneaks close as we take off, and when I slide an arm over her shoulders she eagerly snuggles in. I breathe in the scent of her. Cherries. So sweet.

There’s too much noise to talk as we travel north to her grandmother.

I honestly don’t know what to expect when we’re set down on the lawn of the care home. All I did was snatch the phone from Adi when she’d found someone local and kept saying higher numbers until they agreed to drop everything and organise the wedding. But Adi’s gasp is expressive enough as we walk, my arm still around her waist because I’m a possessive psychopath, towards a walled garden with a large terrace.

Close to fifty older adults are sitting in curved rows facing a gazebo. As we go through the archway into the garden they break into applause and next to me in her white dress, Adi gapes and blushes.

That blush suits her, and I smile.

“Rhys,” she breathes. “How did all this happen?”

It’s a riot of colour. The florist has excelled herself. She obviously didn’t have enough white flowers, or even flowers of one colour, so the terrace is coated with petals in a rainbow of hues, one into another, in patches. The gazebo looks like it’s made of flowers, mainly pale pastels compared to the more vibrant colours underfoot as we walk to the front where there is an officiant waiting.

Adi’s dress parts the flowers on the ground. It’s long and white and not as clingy to her perfect curves as I would have chosen for her, but her eyes shone when she saw it.

There’s applause, mainly from the care home staff scattered among the residents, as we approach.

“Grandma!” Adi lets out a little shriek of delight as she sees a woman in a chunky high-backed chair at the front.

“Go to her.” I relinquish my hold but Adi doesn’t, dragging me with her to her grandmother’s side. Then they’re hugging and my heart squeezes at seeing my girl so happy.

“Are you going to introduce me to your young man?” her grandmother asks, with a sardonic slant of an eyebrow.

“This is Rhys Cavendish,” she says, a bit shyly.

“A pleasure to meet you, Mrs Blake.” I give her what I hope is an ingratiating smile. I’ve never tried one before, so I shouldn’t be surprised when she looks down her nose at me, despite my standing over her. She has grey hair in a little bun and is wearing a scoop neck top and cardigan.

“I’m chucked all of a heap…” she says conspiratorially to Adi. “Where did you find this fine specimen?”

“Ah…” Adi meets my eyes and panic flares in hers. “He’s er…”

“We met at work.”

“Wouldn’t mind coming out of retirement if that’s the sort of men available in the workplace, nowadays,” Adi’s grandmother says, at full volume, to the woman next to her with white hair and dark skin who must be her friend.

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