Total pages in book: 79
Estimated words: 76782 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 384(@200wpm)___ 307(@250wpm)___ 256(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 76782 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 384(@200wpm)___ 307(@250wpm)___ 256(@300wpm)
He nods before he wanders off to grant us an extra moment of privacy on the dock.
“What’s going on?” Gina tugs on the front of the gray sweater I’m wearing. “Daniel, tell me.”
“You have given me the greatest gift a man could ever wish for, Gina,” I say with emotion lacing my tone. “This is a small way of showing you how much you mean to me.”
I skirt around her to grab the bottle of champagne encased in gold mesh netting sitting on the dock. I extend a hand, offering it to her.
She glances at it before her brows pinch together in confusion. “I don’t understand.”
I take a step to the left, hoping she’ll follow. She does.
I grab her hand to wrap it around the neck of the bottle before I cover it with mine. “It’s time to christen your new boat, Mrs. Lawton.”
“This is our boat?” Her hand jumps to cover her mouth. “We can’t smash that against the boat, Daniel. That has to be a bad idea.”
I laugh. “The bottle is scored, Gina. It’ll break easily, and the mesh netting collects all the glass. There’s no way in hell I’d risk you getting hurt.”
“You think of everything.” She sighs. “I’m so glad I married you.”
“Me too,” I say before I gesture to the boat. “Gina, this is Wild Love, and whenever we board it, it’s another chapter in the story of our never-ending honeymoon and eternal love.”
She gasps when she sees Wild Love painted on the bow, and as we swing the bottle and crash it against the side of the vessel, we both tear up.
“I love it, Daniel,” she whispers as her gaze catches mine. “I love it so much. Thank you.”
Leif appears and crouches to take the netting filled with glass from me. “Congratulations, you two. It’s my honor to skipper this boat for you.”
I acknowledge his kind words with a nod before he walks away, leaving me alone with my wife again. I immediately take her in my arms. “I love you, Gina. Thank you for saying yes twice.”
Laughter accompanies the tears streaming down her cheeks. “I’d say it a million times if it meant forever with you.”
I kiss her softly before I help her board our boat as I think about the past, the present, and the future that holds the promise of a life better than I could have ever imagined.