To Love and to Cherish

“Yes,” she whispered.

“Yes to what?”

“All of it,” she said, pulling his head down to hers. “I say yes to all of it.”

“Why did you offer a woman you’d just met your entire inheritance?” she asked.

His lips pressed to the center of her forehead. “Because you weren’t a woman I’d just met. From the very moment I saw you, I knew. I knew you were the woman I loved.”

“You don’t know how long I’ve waited to hear you say all that,” he said quietly.

She laughed. “A few years, I imagine.”

He pulled back and met her eyes. “Eight years, four months, and twelve days.”

Alexis blinked. “What?”

“Since the very day I met you,”