Cam slid something out of his pocket. “When Mia agrees to put this ring on her finger.”
“Whoa.” Tanner leaned over to look at the box in Cam’s huge hands. “That’s big.”
Mia froze as everybody turned to look at her. She waited for the director to call for a cut, but instead he was looking at her, too.
“Should we stop recording?” she asked, her voice thin.
The director grinned. “We’re kind of in on this whole thing..”
“I’m catching it all,” Van said, holding her phone out in front, recording Mia as she stared at Cam.
From the corner of her eye she saw Michael and Josh standing in the doorway of the house, along with Maddie and her twins. They were all grinning at her.
Cam stood and walked over to where Mia was frozen in place, dropping to his knee in front of her. “I’ve been carrying this ring around for two months,” he told her. “Waiting for the right time.”
Mia’s breath caught in her throat. Tanner was right, it was huge. The square cut diamond glistened in the sunlight. She opened her mouth to say something, but Cam shook his head. “I’m not finished yet.”
“He’s turning into a blabbermouth like you,” Tanner told Logan.
“Shut up.”
Cam smiled up at Mia, his eyes full of love. “From the moment you came into my life, I knew everything had changed. You’re everything I’ve ever needed. Everything I didn’t know was missing from my life. And I want to spend the rest of it with you. You and the boys.” He glanced over a
t Michael and Josh, sending them a wink. “They helped me pick the ring. In Josh’s words, it needed to be ‘the biggest ring you’ve ever seen’.”
It was pretty close, that was for sure.
“Will you marry me? Be my wife. The mother of my children. The ones we already have, and the ones we haven’t made yet?”
She pulled her bottom lip between her teeth. They’d already talked about a family. She was still young, and she knew that Josh was desperate for another sibling.
Michael had even said he’d be okay with it. Which was pretty enthusiastic for him.
“Yes,” she nodded, tears pricking her eyes. “Yes, I will.”
Cam leapt to his feet, picking her up and swinging her around as everybody started to cheer around them. When he put her back down, he pressed his lips against hers. “Damn, I love you.”
“I love you, too.” She smiled up at him, not even caring that everybody was still watching them. She wanted them all to share in their joy.
“About the baby thing. When can we start?” he asked softly, sliding his hand down her stomach, caressing her with his fingers. “I’m so ready to be a stay at home dad.”
She laughed, because he was deadly serious. They’d already talked about that, too. Right now he was picking and choosing some jobs. He’d done the occasional commentary for The Sports Network, and a few endorsements like this. But more than anything, he loved being with her and the boys. Helping them with homework and throwing balls with them in the street.
It suited her. Plus she loved her job and wanted to keep working for G.Scott Carter.
“How about tonight?” she suggested, sliding her arms around his waist.
“What about the boys?”
“Josh is going to Noah’s, and Michael is sleeping at Ben’s.”
Cam pressed his lip against her ear. “I’m gonna rehab you so hard you’ll need another ten sessions.”
She bit down a smile. “Is that right, Doctor Love?”
“Yep. Every word.”
“In that case, you’d better go back to your chair and start behaving. We have a commercial to make.”