Always Ever After (Always 2.50) - Page 11

She lifts her head and props it up on her hand. “You did?”

“They accepted my offer.”

I’ve been working for months on a deal to buy a new building for my gym. I’ve outgrown the space I’m in, and Kylie and I decided that instead of finding a new place to lease, it would be a good investment to buy a building. It took a while to find the right location, but the one we found is perfect.

“Are you serious?” she asks. “This is going to happen?”

I smile. “Yep, it’s going to happen. We got a great deal on it too. It’s a pretty big cash outlay, but long term, this is going to be huge for us.”

“Wow,” she says. “It’s kind of scary, but exciting.”

I kiss her forehead. “It is. But don’t let it stress you out. We have a solid plan. We just need to stick to it.”

Kylie takes a deep breath and lays her head on my shoulder. I have another surprise for her. I was planning to wait until after Selene’s wedding to tell her. But I feel like she’s going to be anxious about the business stuff, so maybe now is a good time.

“I have another surprise for you, baby girl.”

“Uh oh,” she says. “You didn’t buy a new house too, did you?”

I laugh. “No. But I did buy some plane tickets.”

“Plane tickets? Are we going somewhere?”

“We are.”

She glances up at me. “Are you going to tell me where?”

“You need to guess.”

“Um…” She caresses my chest while she thinks. I love the way her hands feel on me. “Honestly, I have no idea.”

“I’m taking you back to London.”

“What? Are you fucking with me?”

I shift so I can look at her. “Nope. We’re going to do London right this time. I booked it for a few months from now, so we can both arrange with our clients to be gone.”

“Wow, that’s amazing,” she says. “But … are you sure we should do this now?”

“Of course,” I say. “This is the perfect time. Once I move my gym into the new space, things are going to get a lot busier. Besides, I want to do this with you.”

“But it’s so expensive.”

“It’s fine.” I kiss her again. “I’ll dip into my inheritance for this if I need to.” My parents left Selene and me a considerable amount of money when they died. We both used it to pay for college, and I took out more to buy my condo, as well as open my gym.

Generally, I don’t spend what’s left of it unless I have to. That money feels sacred to me, because it was theirs. But I won’t hesitate to use it for this.

“Oh, Brax,” Kylie says.

“This means a lot to me,” I say. “I’ve wanted to go back to London with you since we were there last time. I want to take you to all the places you want to see so we can experience them together, like we should have before.”

“Why are you so amazing?” she asks.

I rub my nose against hers and kiss her lightly on the mouth. “Did you need to talk to me about something?”

“Oh,” she says, looking away. “I guess I don’t remember now.”

“Was it something to do with Selene?” I ask. “Is she okay? You didn’t tell me why you’re back early.”

“Selene’s fine,” she says. “We had fun, but we didn’t have anything planned for tomorrow, so we decided we’d rather come home.”

“I can’t argue with that,” I say. “I’m glad you’re home.”