He smiled. "Maybe a little, but only because I've never seen anything like it. But I know everything is going to be fine, Zoe. I trust you."
Those last three words were the greatest gift she'd ever received. She reached up and kissed Michael. He was her everything. "Thank you. So you don't mind if I continue running Maid for Love?"
He shook his head. "I don't, on one condition. That you remember first and foremost that the magic is not what you can do, Zoe, but who you are."
But Zoe knew better. The real magic was the way Michael loved her. And she was going to love him back just as fiercely for just as long as he'd let her.
Michael swept her up in his arms. "Let's go. Your mother and the kids are waiting to witness you accept my proposal."
"They don't remember anything?"
He shook his head. "No, they said dinner was nice but it's a blur. They're blaming the bread basket for a carb fog."
Zoe laughed, more than a little grateful she'd been successful at smoothing things over with Kathryn and Josh. She knew her mother was going to be thrilled by the developments. Poor Michael, he had no idea what he was in for in the mother-in-law department. "Kiss me again?" she asked.
But Zoe thought a kiss was a much better idea. She reached her arms around Michael's neck and laced her fingers behind his neck before leaning in for a kiss. Her mother and the kids could wait. She and Michael didn't need to hurry back to the beach house or anywhere else for that matter. There was no rush.
They had forever.
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CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN