Falling In Love - Chapter 191

Jack

The next morning, I wake up and the first thing I look at is the ring on my finger. A goofy smile sprawls to my face as I remember last night. I don’t know what time we finally closed our eyes. I felt like I could stay up all night in his arms. We talked about the wedding, talked about starting this new chapter in our lives.

I have never been more excited about anything in my life.

I stretch my hands out and he is not on the bed anymore. turning slowly, I look out the window. The sun is out and shining bright, my heart is beating to the beautiful tune of Trick—everything seems right with the world. my phone rings loudly on the bedside table. I reach for it and see a call from Lance.

The second I press the phone into my ear, he screams loudly “You fucking got engaged?” he yells into the phone.

I sit up on the bed and rest my back on the headboard “It’s so early dude,” I rub the sleep out of my eyes but there is still a goofy smile on my face.

“It is eleven in the morning, how is it still early?”

I look at the clock on the wall and sure enough, it is almost noon “Holy shit, I slept through the rest of the night,” I mutter quietly.

“Stop evading my question, I thought you weren’t interested in getting married.”

Yeah, I wasn’t until it didn’t happen.

“well turns out I am.”

I can almost see him rolling his eyes “Just so you know, you are a hypocrite,” he insults me but I don’t take it personally because it is Lance. We have this relationship where words don’t mean anything. I have said way worse to him and it is not like he is not right. I am one. I pretended to be too good for that and then I begged for it.

“I know,” I agree with him.

“Tell me how and why it happened. The ring on your finger is fucking huge. How can Patrick afford it.”

I smile as I look at the ring again. I don’t tell him about all the other rings in the closet. I don’t tell him because it is between me and my fiancé. Shit, I sound so corny right now.

“How did you see the ring and why do you know so soon?”

He laughs “You are all over Instagram just so you know.”

I put the phone on speaker and open my Instagram app. The picture is the first thing on my feed. Just my hand, nothing else but the finger and my ring. He posted it a couple of hours ago “You know, you are so jobless. How do you have time to stalk my fiancé?”

He laughs again. this time a lot louder “You sound so boujee right now. Fiancé,” he imitates me teasingly. I don’t even take offense to his mockery because I am the happiest, I have ever been in my whole life.

“You are not going to get me off this high horse I am on now. so, give up already,” I advise him.

“When is the wedding?” he asks.

“I don’t know. We haven’t really discussed a lot but it’s going to be something small.” I tell him with a smile on my face. The room door opens and Trick walks in. he is dressed in a pair of shorts—mine to be exact and a white undershirt. He is holding a tray.

Breakfast in bed.

He is really taking on this romantic guy by the bag. My smile widens and I completely forget that Lance is on the phone “We are not having a small wedding,” I hear him as he distracts me from my eye candy.

The way he says we, makes me think that he thinks this wedding is between the three of us. Trick walks over to the bed and stands in front of me with the tray.

“Good morning,” he mouths the words as he plants a kiss on my forehead. I close my eyes as Lance’s voice butts in my moment.

“Hello,” he shouts.

“Hi, Lance,” Trick answers for me.

My eyes never leave him. “How is the new member of the family?” he asks and I remember the kid he is fostering.

“Hey Patrick, I hear you finally grew some balls.”

Trick laughs “Yeah, it took a while but I did it,” he laughs as I remove the phone from the speaker “We gotta go, dude,” I tell him.

He laughs into the phone “Congrats on joining the labeled crew,” he mutters as he ends the call. The second the phone is back on the table, Trick climbs the bed and pulls me into his arms. He is on top of me as I grab his waist to steady him.

“Hey fiancé,” he mutters dreamily. I lean forward until my head is resting on his forehead.

“Is that ever going to get old,” I ask him with a smile on my face.

He shakes his head “Until I get to call you husband,” he tells me and I have to tell you my heart leaps out of my chest with those words. Trick has always had a way with words. he always knew the right things to say.

I kiss him without a care in the world.

I love him with my whole heart.

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“You got this,” trick tells me through the phone. I am in front of Adina’s husband’s firm. He stayed with me on the phone all through the drive. I know this is as much a big deal to him as it is to me. I don’t want to fail at yet another job interview and I also don’t want to be given the job based on nepotism. I want this to be because I earned it and Trick has promised me that they wouldn’t give me the job if they feel like I didn’t earn it.

“Yeah, just a lot nervous.” I manage with sweaty palms.

He smiles at the phone. Seeing his face on this video call somehow makes me feel better “I want you to go in there and take them all by a storm. Show them how amazing you are,” he blows a kiss into the phone, and with his words of encouragement, I walk into the building, dressed in my suit and tie.

The second I close the door, I bump into someone carrying a bunch of stuff and this sends all the papers flying everywhere.

Just my luck.

I bend down to help them pick up the files “I am so sorry,” I tell the person, still haven’t seen his face.

“It’s okay, I shouldn’t have been running,” he assures me with a smile. We both stand up and he adjusts his suit “I am late for a meeting. Gotta go,” he says as he leaves me.

I take a deep breath as I look at where I am going until I get to the receptionist.

“You got this,” I murmur Trick’s words of encouragement.

I got this.