Chapter 24: Awakening
"Amber, I love you. There isn't anything that I won't give you. I will move heaven and earth to help Tori, but I also need Jake to help since he is on the inside of this trafficking organization. When you walked out of the spa, I was on the phone with Jake's partner, Richard. He doesn't have any news. However, I didn't hear the rest he was saying because you took my breath away, and I forgot I was even having a conversation.
I will call him back after dinner, but tonight is about you, helping you get your life back and learning how to be an "us." So no more talk about payments or making things up to me. I have spent the last seven years alone, never planning to spend my life with anyone until I met you. Never needing anyone until I met you, never loving anyone until I met you. The gift of you is more than enough for me. I have enough money to retire if I want. My parents are gone, so you are my priority. I never dreamed I'd want this, but now that I have it, I can't imagine living without it. Let's just relax and enjoy tonight; who knows what tomorrow will bring.
The restaurant was amazing, and she felt underdressed, but Troy assures her that they were both fine in what we were wearing. They sat them on the balcony overlooking the river with candles being the only lighting source for the tables. However, there are torches all along the railing adding to the ambiance. Troy ordered a bottle of wine from their waiter and moves his chair closer to hers when he left.
She looked at him shocked but what he said next had her laughing out loud.
"Goddamn, waiter; wouldn't stop staring at your chest. I was about to ask him what his problem was, but I didn't want to embarrass you."
She didn't even notice the waiter, but Troy excuses himself and walks into the restaurant and up to the bar. He was speaking to a man in a suit that just nods his head up and down then walks away. Once back at the table, he sat down and reaches for her hand, pulling it into his lap.
She wanted to ask about the man that he was talking to and what was going on, but just then a female waitress appears with their bottle of wine. She figured it out all on her own and sends a small grin his way telling him he is ridiculous. He just sits back comfortable and happy with his decision. She on the other hand, was not worried about the female server, because Troy did not even once glance her way, and she was beautiful.
The air was a little chilly on the patio, so Troy ran out to his truck to grab his leather jacket. He wraps it around her shoulders making her as toasty on the outside as the wine has warmed her inside.
They talked about their families, both of them small. He was an only child, and she has only one sister. They both have loving parents who raised them, with a sad tragedy for both. She grew a little somber thinking of her Dad alone and not knowing what has happened to his girls, but she knows there is a happy ending here, she could feel it.
Dinner arrives, and she was addicted. She has the filet with button mushrooms and garlic potatoes with a green salad. He has lobster tails with a baked potato and steamed veggies. They shared and everything tastes perfect, right down to the cheesecake for dessert he insisted on feeding her. Leaning back in her chair, her hands lay across her belly to rest as she stares at her gorgeous man. Troy leans forward and takes her left hand in his and uses his other hand to slide a ring onto her ring finger.
"Amber, this is just to make it official. I already told you I wouldn't take no for an answer."
He winks at her and kisses her lips softly. Tears slides down her cheeks; She was so happy. Even though his first proposal wasn't traditional, it was definitely one she will not forget while screaming in orgasmic bliss.
Amber slept all the way home. The spa and the wine have put her into a peaceful sleep coma. Troy carries her up to their room and put her to bed. She only moans a little when he slides her dress down and unstrap her sandals. She looks so sexy in her matching white lace bra and panties, but he could not imagine that a bra is comfortable to sleep in, so he removed that, too.
Damn, I am a lucky man! Troy thought to himself.
He pulled the covers up and quietly left the room.
In his office, he settles in his dad's old chair to made some calls.
"Hey Richard, sorry about earlier, I was a little distracted."
"Who is she?"
He chuckles. No way he will be getting into it with this womanizing man-whore. He knows more about his and Jake's sexcapades than he would like. Jake likes to share women, and when he was no longer interested, Richard became his go-to guy.
"That's for another day, but right now I am desperate to get any info on Jake. I know the protocol, but I also know that you and Jake are tight. He wouldn't just go off-grid without having a backup plan, and I'm sure you're it. There's a lot of information that I was hoping to get to him before he left."
"Look, man, all I know is if I haven't heard from him in two days, I'm supposed to head to NY and wait for instructions."
"When and if you meet up with him, tell him that my girl is it and she has a sister in the same boat."
Giving information over the phone is not the best way to handle this situation, but he does not have time to meet with Richard in person.
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