I have no doubt that he would. He doesn’t let anything come between us. “Bear.” I put my hands on my hips to try and talk him down. His eyes roam over my body and a smirk pulls at his lips.
“Where did you get that?” he asks, and I smile. I turn, letting him see my shirt with his name across my back. The front of it has both our initials inside of a heart.
“I made it. Do you like?” It’s pink and glittery and was so fun to make. I’ve been working on it on the sly for the past few days. It was hard when he’s been pretty much attached to my hip, but I got it done.
“Yeah I like.” He closes the distance between us and reaches up, tugging on my braid. “You know what would make it better?”
“What?” I say, thinking he’s going to kiss me.
I gasp as he pulls a box out of his pocket and slowly drops to one knee.
Immediately my eyes are filled with tears knowing what he’s about to do. He opens the box and takes the ring out before kissing my shaking hand. Then he slides the ring onto my finger and I throw myself into his arms before he even has a chance to ask me.
“Yes, yes, yes!” I shout, not letting him get the words out.
Bear wraps me in his arms and we start kissing. In seconds I’m flat on my back with Bear between my thighs. We’re both crazy with need.
“What did I tell you two?” Rico yells standing in the doorway, breaking up our makeout session. Bear growls deep in his chest and I smother my laugh. “Save it for the fight.”
Bear pulls me to my feet and kisses me once more on the lips.
“Holy shit.” Tasha pops up behind Rico. “You look so adorable.”
In addition to my shirt, I’ve got on short black shorts and knee socks. I thought it would look sporty, but I had second thoughts when I got to the event. Some of the other women were dressed up like they were going out to a club. But when Bear looked at me with ravenous eyes, I knew I made the right decision.
He pulls me into his side and wraps his arm around me. “There’s this, too.” I hold up my hand and realize that I never even looked at my ring.
It’s a large circle diamond with small pink ones all around it.
“Good lord, can your little hand even carry that around all day?” Tasha squeals with excitement.
“This is too much,” I say to Bear. I don’t know a ton about jewelry, but I’m pretty sure the center stone is five carats and flawless.
“It’s not as if he can’t afford it,” Rico says, then congratulates us.
Bear and I never talked about money before. I know he owns the building we live in, so I guess he does all right with fighting. I never thought much about what he made before now. Maybe I should have, because he said he was retiring.
“It’s true,” he says, as if reading my mind. He shrugs like it’s no big deal and he’s right. It doesn’t change anything between us. “I live where I do because it’s where I grew up. I don’t need much.” He leans down and his lips brush against mine. “Only you.”
“I only need you, too.”
“She’s not signing a prenup,” Tasha says, breaking our moment, but I laugh.
“I wouldn’t ask her to. I’ll make sure she never has a reason to leave me.” We start kissing again because I can’t help myself. I get lost in him so easily.
“Remember that guy who was fucking with your girl a few days ago?” Rico says, and Bear’s body goes rigid. “He’s waiting on you out there in the ring. And he thinks he’s going to beat your ass and then take your girl.”
“He’s not taking me.” I roll my eyes, but Bear looks ready to kill.
“Hush, Pep. We gotta get him all worked up and get him in the zone.”
I shake my head at Tasha, trying to fight a smirk. I want Gio to go down tonight. Not only is he going to lose this fight, but he’s about to lose everything.
Rico found a video of what Gio tried to do to Bear that night. Someone had a phone out and recorded everything. They weren’t sharing it until after the fight because Bear wanted his time with Gio first. Then Gio is likely going to be banned from ever fighting again. I don’t have a trace of sympathy for him. He made his choices and he can live with the fallout.
Bear’s coach walks in the room and everyone goes into business mode.
“We gotta get you ready,” Rico tells him, and Bear nods.
Bear gives me another kiss before letting me go. I step aside as he takes his shirt off to get ready.