On The Border - Marry Him Or Die

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Lucas’s POV

One Month Later

“I can’t believe I’m saying this already, but I can’t wait to get back to Snow. I miss that town so much” she said dreamily with a radiant smile on her face.

It's been a whole month since she settled down in Snow with me and that sexy smile rarely left her face ever since then.

Our family was thrilled that I found a girl who could put up with all of my crazy bullshit and they haven’t stopped teasing Angel about it. But my Angel was completely in love with me, with all of me along with my crazy bullshit.

My whole family were very fond of her and made her feel completely cherished, especially my mom.

She gave us her blessing and allowed us to stay together in my room. But made me aware that I need to step up and make it more official for the sake of traditions. We were pretty old school when it comes to relationships in this town. And I promised her that I will do that very soon, as soon as Angel settles down with us properly.

It still catches me by surprise every time she looks at me with those fuck me eyes and that I love you to the moon and back look. We’re both still locked in our heaven and I don’t think we’re ever planning on coming down to planet earth again. Who would when you’ve got an angel who loves you and gives you herself with complete trust and passion?

We were about half an hour away from reaching home.

We spent the past week away from Snow, just the two of us. We stayed five days in Seattle getting her college papers ready to transfer her to Fairbanks’ online fashion design program just before the semester starts.

The trip was very emotional and hard on her but I made sure to be there with her every step of the way, taking all her pain away and stopping her from going into the same state of experiencing a full on meltdown like she did on her first day with us.

We went to her mom’s company where she got her scholarship from and talked with the CEO. I was prepared to pay a settlement for the first year they paid for, but the CEO was very fond of her and her mother, she refused to take the money and signed the papers necessary for the transfer in honor of her mother’s death. Angelina kept the details vague about how she died exactly but still managed to convince her that she couldn’t stay in Seattle anymore and had to move away for the sake of her emotional well being.

Getting the transfer papers ready took a few days, so we stayed in a hotel until they were.

The hardest stop in our trip was going back to her house to collect her clothes and sketches.

It wrecked her to no end but it had to be done to get the proper closure. I had a talk with the landlord and told him to make use of the place and do whatever he wanted with the stuff.

She wanted to take her small sewing machine but I told her that I’ll get her a much better model.

It broke my heart and shattered it to see her in such immense agony. Her tears were like acid to me, flaying my soul alive. That’s why I made damn sure to do everything I can to erase all that torment after we left her house for good.

And it has brought us so much closer to each other. I was her remedy and being able to be that person for her made me so damn proud of myself.

We stayed two days in Fairbanks after that to enroll her into the program and now we’re finally heading home.

I have one hell of a surprise awaiting her in the front yard when we arrive. A surprise I asked my family to prepare for me.

I tried my best to hide it from her and not let it show, but I was nervous as hell for her reaction.

“Hey, Angel…I want to ask you something” I said casually.

“Shoot” she said playfully.

I said warily “You’re okay right? I know that trip did a heavy number on you and that it opened up your fresh wounds all over again but I just want to make sure that…”

“I love you” she interrupted me by saying tearfully.

I looked at her and saw her gazing at me adorably despite the tears filling her eyelids.

“With you by my side Lucas, I’m perfect. You took such good care of me in the past week, you left no trace of those wounds, not even a single lingering scar” she said softly.

I breathed a sigh of relief, gaining more confidence that my surprise will totally pay off now.

I held her hand and kissed it passionately “I love you too baby” I murmured against her hand.

A calm silence settled between us until we reached our home sweet home.

And true to his word, Alex and the rest were already standing outside, waiting for our arrival with huge grins on every single face.

It was about nine at night right now.

“Oh my god! They decorated the front yard for our arrival!” Angelina’s wide eyes traveled to all the beautiful decorations and lights hanging from the roof of the house on thin ropes all the way down to the big old tree by the driveway and the various light columns around the yard.

It gave the front yard such an alluring and magical atmosphere, even I was left awed. They went above and beyond to make everything special for us.

“It’s not for our arrival, Angel. I have a very special surprise for you. Come on down” I said mysteriously as I got out of the car.

I met her by her side of the car and took her hand, guiding her through the walkway to my family, where they were standing by the wide porch of the house.

She was looking at me in curiosity but I didn’t give her any hints and remained quiet.

“Welcome home!” they all said together in excitement.

Alex was looking at me with a very proud smile on his face. He was very happy for me and it shined so brightly in his eyes without the need to say it in words. I nodded my head at him in appreciation for helping me out with this.

My eyes traveled to David and I saw the same joyful look in his eyes too. He came over to me and gave me a brotherly handshake while secretly pressing the small red ring box into my palm. I had asked him to buy it for me before I left, after showing him the design I had in mind.

Angel was distracted with being hugged by my family to notice the exchange.

“You got this Lucas” David whispered to me with a grin before he stepped away and hugged Angelina who had her back to me.

I took that as my cue and got down on one knee, my heart beating rapidly inside my chest in anticipation.