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Thirty-Three

"Yes!" Nikki moans, wrapping her legs tighter around Lucas as he strokes his cock inside her faster.

"Shh." He chuckles, "you're going to wake the whole house." He grins as she giggles, and he links his fingers through hers.

"I don't care..." she admits, moaning again as she throws her head back.

Lucas kisses the base of her throat, trailing his lips up to hover over hers. "Stay with me, ma femme."

She nods, panting. "Kiss me," she demands in a whisper just before her orgasm begins low in her belly and Lucas seals his mouth over hers. He captures her moans as she wraps herself around him.

He buries his face in the crook of her neck, shuddering against her as he kisses her neck. "So... that's a yes then?" He teases as she giggles, pulling his mouth to hers.

"I love you, Lucas. I can't wait to be your wife."

"Me too. Come on, we should get dressed for breakfast..." He rolls off the bed, watching her continue to lay there. "Get up!"

She giggles, standing up from the bed as she watches him get dressed. "I agree to marry you and all of a sudden you're Mr. Bossy?"

He laughs, pulling her to his chest. "Of course not, just don't want to be late for breakfast." He grabs her left hand, looking at the ring before kissing her hand. "It's okay?"

"The ring is perfect, Lucas. As was the proposal. I love you so much."

He sighs, relieved, smiling as he kisses her forehead. "I love you. Come on."

Once dressed, he grabs her hand and leads her to the dining room. The table is full, falling silent as soon as they enter, smirks on the majority of the faces. "Michelle!" Nikki hones in on her sister as she sits at the table. "I thought you were coming later."

"I got here last night actually, before you got here. I didn't want to miss the proposal, but it seems we all missed it," she teases, grabbing Nikki's hand.

"We certainly didn't miss the answer though," Marie laughs as the table erupts in laughter.

"Oh god." Nikki brings her hands to her face as Lucas chuckles, guiding her to the table.

"I don't remember god filling the house this time," François teases as she sits between him and Lucas.

"It's my fault," Lucas admits, sitting beside her. "I sort of got caught up in the moment."

"Well?" Marie demands as she holds out her hand. Nikki blushes, holding her hand out to her for everyone to see the ring. "Oh, it's beautiful. Do you love it?"

"I do," Nikki grins, looking at the ring. "Please don't tell me how much it is," she asks Eva as she looks over the ring. "Because I love it so much."

"I won't," Eva promises, smiling at Nikki.

"I can't believe you robbed us of a proposal, Lucas!" Marie demands, pouting from the other side of the table as everyone laughs.

"I'm sorry!" Lucas groans as Nikki rests her hand on his thigh under the table.

"What were you going to do?" Nikki asks as the table falls silent and Lucas turns to her. "Do it again..."

He looks at his sister and Michelle as they both nod adamantly. He chuckles, shaking his head as he grabs Nikki's left hand. "Alright." He slides the ring off her finger as she gasps, and he smirks. "Well, I planned on stopping in the middle of breakfast and turning to you. I brought you here last Christmas because I wanted my family to meet you. I wanted them to love you as much as I do."

"Luke..."

He chuckles as she blushes. "And you would have interrupted me, embarrassed at everyone watching us." She hears a few chuckles in the otherwise silent dining room as Lucas continues. "I would have told you a lot of what I told you in the bedroom. That I love you so much. That you are my best friend and you have been since you woke me up when you moved in. And you did wake me up, in more ways than one. I loved you since those green eyes found mine." He brings his hand up to tuck a loose tendril of blonde hair out of her face. "We both made mistakes and for a while I was worried we weren't going to find our way back to each other."

"We'll always find our ways back to each other, Lucas."

He smiles as she brings her right hand to his cheek and he leans into it, kissing her palm as her eyes well with tears. "I know. I can't imagine my life without you. I look forward to all the new memories we make as our own family. I want to do everything in this life with you by side, as my partner, as my wife. Will you marry me?"

She grins as he slides the ring back on her finger before she brings both hands up to cradle his face. "Of course, I will, Luke. There's nothing I want more." She blocks out the applause and the awws as she leans in to kiss him. "Is everyone happy now?" She asks as she leans back in her seat, looking around the table.

"Yes!" Michelle and Marie answer together, both wiping their eyes on the other side of the table as everyone laughs.

"As long as you hire me to cook for the wedding," Sam teases, winking at them both as Marie hits his arm.

"You already know the answer to that Sam. If I'm not mistaken, I think we promised that to you months ago." She looks across the table at Michelle and Marie. "And you two will stand up with me?"

"Obviously," Michelle responds first as Marie nods beside her, wiping away some tears.

"And my brother's will stand up with me." Lucas looks past her at François beside her and Adrian at the other end of the table.

"Of course we will," François answers quickly smiling at Lucas and Nikki.

"We couldn't be happier to have you in the family, Nikki," Eva offers with a big smile.

"Thank you, Eva! It really means a lot to me to have found a second family since moving here. And you including Michelle means a lot."

"We're all one family now," Daniel lifts his glass up as everyone follows suit. "You both are welcome here anytime you like." Nikki grins at Michelle as they both partake in the Bravo toast.