Saved By The One & Only

A Nice Surprise

Amy's POV:

1 hour later-

We were en route to my apartment complex in his Lamborghini as he weaved in and out of traffic in swift motions.

All too soon we were pulling into the apartment complex.

After I showered and put on the sweatpants and sweatshirt that he laid out for me, I spoke with Detective Bronner and provided him with the details of last night including what Julian said.

"We need to prepare for the possibility that Julian will try to take her again."

Detective Bronner's words echoed through my mind non stop throughout the entire ride here that I hadn't notice we parked until his hand touched mine on my lap.

His touch made me jump at the unexpected touch and as I stared into his eyes I could tell that me flinching somehow hurt him in a way.

Damon Anderson, the man who's inadvertently become such a vital person in my life at the moment.

He quickly masked away his hurt as he asked me if I was ready to go upstairs.

I shook my head yes, as he stepped out and walked towards my door as he held it open for me.

I thanked him as I got out of the car and soon after he was at my door opening it as held out his hand to me.

I looked at it and couldn't help but lift my hand and place mine in his outstretched hand.

"I know that we agreed to meet my parent's today for lunch but we can re-schedule with everything that occurred last night." He says to me as he pulls me close to him, while we walk towards the entrance of my building.

"I'm fine. And I don't think re-scheduling the lunch with them will make me feel any better, if anything it will make me feel worse."

A thought crawls is way into my head and shortly after the words are tumbling out of my mouth.

"Unless.." I take a deep breath. "You don't want me to have lunch with them. I understand if it's all too soon for them, for you, for me. Meeting the parents', let alone having lunch with them is a 'have been dating' for a couple of months' type of deal." I finish off with a small chuckle after my comment.

My comment stops him dead in his tracks as he releases my hand and turns to face me.

Uh oh.

Why can't I just believe in the happily ever after? Why do I have to always wait for the other shoe to drop.

I stop and turn to face him myself.

A small smile crosses his lips as his hand reaches to grab my face.

"You are my priority now. I want nothing more than to share my life with you." His husky voice lowers an octave as his eyes darken.

His eyes lower as he stares at my lips before leaning in to kiss me.

****

As I open the door to my apartment I am instantly greeted by dozens of red roses throughout my apartment, and it halts me in my spot.

"This was meant as a surprise for you last night." He says from behind me.

"They're beautiful."

My eyes scanned every inch of the kitchen and living room as it displayed so many beautiful roses. And It didn't take long for me to notice the beautiful ornate white bookshelf standing in the living room perched with every single book that I'd picked out when we were at Barnes & Noble.