Ever growing 2

Chapter 53 Ryan's POV

"Hey man, can I talk to you and Trevor?" Sam whispers while I'm fixing brunch for us. Ella and the girls are still sleeping. I don't know why he's being so quiet. Trevor walks into the kitchen as Sam motions for him to come to us.

"What's up?" Trevor asks before Sam tells him to lower his voice.

"Would it be okay if I proposed to Maddy at the after party tonight? It was the plan but with everything that happened..." He gives me a sad look.

"My guy! I thought you were messing around when you talked about the ring! Of course, it's fine, it's perfect." I hug him.

"The pressure is on me now," Trevor jokes.

"What are you waiting for?" Sam asks him.

"Nothing. I guess we just haven't talked about it and I don't know really," he laughs, nervously.

They help me prepare more food as we hear movements coming from the hall. Emma's sleepy face appears and gives us a surprised look. She sits at the table waving good morning although it's almost 1 PM already. Maddy then comes to sit with her looking sleepy as well. Our getaway turned out to be more like a nightmare but hopefully, we can end it on a good note if everything goes well tonight. At least we have our "friendcation" coming up soon. I never thought Sam would settle down. He was quite the party boy but now he's ready to build a life with Maddy. Maddy is a girl who's sweet, fun, and easy to be around. Both of Ella's close friends are amazing and so good to her.

Once the table has been set, I go check on Ella. She rolls around on her back smiling at me. I attempt to climb on her but she winces in pain. I quickly move laying beside her with my head in my hands. "Fuck, I'm dumb! The bruises." She climbs on top of me carefully, removing my hands from my face. "I didn't mean to hurt you, I just wanted you to know we made brunch for our queens," I kiss her cheek softly. "Very sweet of you," she kisses my lips. "The doctor gave me painkillers, I didn't think I needed them but I will take some. I'm sorry about that," she adds looking sad. "Don't be sorry, you did nothing wrong! I'll be more careful," I run my hand on her cheek and she leans into my touch nodding. Rolling around she pulls me to follow her to the kitchen.

Soon it's time for us to start getting ready, the girls are getting their hair and makeup done. Getting ready for us doesn't take nearly as much time which gives us the leisure to play video games while we wait for them. I can tell Sam is getting nervous. Trevor has been lost in his thoughts all day, possibly thinking about engagement too. He's become one of my closest friends which is funny considering I thought he might have been hitting on Ella at first. We share a lot of common interests and he's been good for Emma.

Maddy is the first to walk into the living room area and Sam's jaw drops. She's wearing a baby pink dress that has slits on each leg, her blonde hair has been curled. Emma then comes out of the room where they were getting ready. She has a purple dress with an open back, her hair is loose which is unusual for her but suits her very well. Ella finally comes out and I nearly come in my pants. My love is wearing a black dress, v-neck revealing her cleavage, her hair is straight falling down her shoulders, her makeup is what they call smokey.

"Are we ready to go?" She asks.

"Let's take some pictures outside before we go," I suggest knowing tonight will be a night to remember with Maddy and Sam getting engaged.

The night has been going great so far, Trevor and I keep on looking at Sam while sitting at our table at the after-party. The girls are giving us suspicious looks for our odd behaviors. Finally, Sam turns to Maddy, holds her hand, and takes a deep breath.

"Maddy, I..umm... I love you so much, you make me happy. Will you marry me?" He blurbs out as he holds the ring for her.

"Yes!" Maddy says before bursting into happy tears.

Emma and Ella turn to Trevor and I accusing us of knowing without telling them. We all hug and congratulate our friends before they go to the dance floor when a slow song comes on. Ella cuddles close to me while looking at Maddy with a smile on her face. The happiness I feel looking at one of my best friends also makes me a selfish bastard for being relieved that his actions made my wife feel better. I want her to deal with her trauma in therapy, I want us to deal with it in therapy together actually. But I know being around her friends, sharing happy news is good for her.

We were able to secretly book rooms for Maddy, Sam, Emma, and Trevor earlier. We figured things might get a little wild for the celebration. Ella and I will stay at the villa as planned for our last night. I sent the bodyguards we had hired for them to take them to their hotel, their luggage was taken there by Maria earlier so no one would suspect anything.