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“I understand.” He grabbed her a soda and kissed the top of her head as he set it in front of her.

“Good.” She sighed. Adjusting to a new department took time, but in the end she was happier there. More women of her age and plenty of help with the latest technology other college kids knew by osmosis. She’d placed well on the tests and was one semester in.

The ring on her finger was the big new change. He’d just found the right ring even though he’d proposed a month ago. He was a perfectionist. The ring gleamed up at her, and she’d wondered if he did it to get her to quit and go to school full time. Yet, they were a month into the engagement, and he hadn’t pushed the issue.

“Stop thinking. Give your brain a rest or no hot fudge sundae for dessert.” He grinned.

“I love you. You can’t spoil me in this way forever. A degree will take years. You’ll get tired of it.”

“Never. You pick your major and set your goals, I’ll be there. You’re stuck with me.” He sat down across from her and smiled.

She looked at the ring again. The round solitaire diamond was perfect. Not too big and not too small.

“If you don’t like it, we can take it back for another one, but she was pretty sure you’d like it,” he said.

“She? You had help?” she asked. Then she shrugged it off. “The lady at the store.”

“No, I took your mom’s picture along. She was picky. When I finally found the right one, she was a magnet.” He pointed to the food. “Eat before it gets cold.”

“Don’t play around. You didn’t take the picture to the jewelry store.” She rolled her eyes as she took her first bite of stew. It was almost as good as a spanking! She buttered a piece of bread and devoured the food.

Colin just grinned and watched her.

“What?” she said with a hand in front of her full mouth.

“This weekend we’ll go to Sherman’s Jewelers so they can make sure it’s perfectly sized.” He nodded.

“It’s fine.” She shrugged. He must’ve taken one of her other rings in to get it right, not that she had much jewelry worth anything.

“But I want you to hear it from Mrs. Sherman herself, I had the picture with me. You and Marcus both thought I was so anal and repressed, but I can be sentimental, too.” He looked at her as if he could see into her heart.

“I love you. I knew you had a sweet and fun side, but you have to show it once in a while for others to get it.” She admired her ring. “We will need to pick out wedding bands. We can go look.”

“I don’t care if anyone else sees that side of me as long as you do.” He leaned in and grabbed her hand. “And after the jewelers, you’ll get a serious paddling for not believing me in the first place.”

She laughed. “You’re too good to me. That sort of thing, however, never happens in front of my mother’s picture!”

“I promise. She stays in the vanilla bedroom. Though, technically she’s seen us having sex. Maybe we should move her to the living room?” he asked.

Minny got up and flopped hard into his lap. “Now you’re being ridiculous. My mother always wanted me to go to college, even if I had to delay it. She also wanted me to find a man who loved me and was totally devoted to keeping me happy. She’d want me to have a great sex life.”

“I think you’ve accomplished all those goals. Mom should be happy.” He hugged her tight.

“She is, and I know I am.” She kissed him hard. “Now where’s my hot fudge sundae?”

About the Author

A lover of unusual things, Cheryl Dragon enjoys writing unique stories with sinfully hot erotic romance. Her two favorite settings are Las Vegas and New Orleans...where anything can happen! Cheryl lives in the Chicagoland area with her deaf albino cat. By day, she analyzes numbers for a division of a large international conglomerate, which leaves the creative juices free for her erotic romance novels.

www.cheryldragon.com

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