Authors: Minx Hardbringer

Never Trust a Bad Boy (6 page)

Chapter Twenty

Josh

I fill the partners in on everything during the afternoon meeting, and they agree to stand by me. My father and Annabel are arrested at the airport later in the evening, and it looks like they’ll be going away for a long time. I finally feel like I can relax. I don’t remember a time when I felt so safe. Now, I’m ready to leave the past behind me and start my life.

Cadence wants to move in with Stacey since Zoe won’t need to live with her anymore. She’s ready for a fresh start too, and now that she’s safe, I can stop being so protective of her. Stacey and Cadence leave Zoe and me alone so they can start packing up Cadence’s things.

“I guess I can move back into my apartment now.” Zoe says as she watches the two other women walk down the hall.

“Oh, I don’t think so.” I say, but she hasn’t turned around to see that I’m on one knee yet.

“What is that supposed to mean, Josh?” Zoe says and whips around like she’s about to lay into me, but she gasps and covers her mouth with her hands when she sees me on one knee.

“It means you’re going to be my wife, so you can just live here from now on.”

“Is that supposed to be a proposal?” She says sarcastically and takes a step towards me.

“No, baby. I’m not asking. I’m telling. You’re mine for the rest of our lives, so come over here and get this ring so I can get up off the floor.” I say and pull the five-carat canary yellow diamond ring from my pocket.

“Fuck me. Oh my God. Josh. Are you for real? Is that for me?” She says and sticks her hand out.

I slip the ring on her finger and stand up. “Yes baby. You can have anything you want. I’ve told you that. But, I have to know, when you said
fuck me
, was that a request?” I ask and pull her into my arms.

“I’m not asking.” She says and bites my bottom lip.

“Yes Ma’am.”

Epilogue

Zoe

Three Months Later

Three months was barely enough time to plan a wedding, but Josh made sure that I’m getting everything I want. We’re getting married on a beach in the Caribbean, and it’s like a dream come true. Stacey and Cadence are my bridesmaids, of course, and I’m pretty sure the two of them met a couple of promising prospects during the few days we’ve been on the island.

Josh sneaks into the hotel room where I’m getting ready for the ceremony, and I want to strangle the insufferable ass.

“You’re not supposed to be here.” I warn him.

“Baby, I do what I want. You haven’t figured that out yet?” He responds and walks up behind me. He wraps his arms around me, and as I look at the two of us together in the mirror, I figure now is as good a time as any to tell him.

“Well, Big Daddy, you won’t be doing whatever you want for much longer.” I say.

“Oh, you think being married is going to change me?” He says and kisses my bare shoulder.

“No, baby. I think being a daddy will, though.” I say and place his hand over my belly.

Tears spill over onto Josh’s cheeks, and I see my bad boy shedding tears openly for the first time. He picks me up and carries me down to the beach. Josh sets me down in front of a shocked audience and an even more stunned priest.

“Right now, Father. Make us married right now. I’m not waiting one more second to make this woman my wife.”

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