Chapter Thirty-Five Rose
Six Months Later
I swear this man is trying to fucking kill me.
It should be fucking illegal for him to walk around without a shirt on anywhere, let alone my barn.
Like why do you have to take care of my horses without a shirt on.
It is just not fair. My pussy has been bitching at me for not letting it get its way and caving into Caleb when he clearly wants to have sex.
So maybe this is my karma or maybe he just wants to see how long it will take me to give in.
He could also be blowing off steam since he has also been without sex just as long as I have been.
We have gotten so much closer these last six months.
We’ve been learning about each other, getting to know each other's families.
We have been on dates, on bike rides. It really has been truly amazing.
The only complaint I have and I know he has is that we have not gone further than making out.
Which was my choice, I know this, but I wanted to build our foundation on more than just sex this time.
I wanted to see if there was something there beyond that physical stuff.
What these six months have shown me is there is.
We laugh together, we talk about the hard shit, we parent together and truthfully we just like being together.
I let him move out of the guesthouse about a month ago.
I had already had a room designed for Mason.
He helped me pick out what he wanted in it.
But it took me a while to agree to let Caleb move in.
I didn’t want to forgive him too quickly even though, truthfully, I think I forgave him after that first chat we had at the hospital.
I agreed with him when he said that his trauma was no excuse for how he behaved, but I understood better.
I know how certain things can make you see the world and even though that isn’t a reason for being the way he was, I understood.
He really has worked through some of his aversions to telling people about his thoughts and his feelings.
He finally opened up to Devil and that was the first time I saw that man cry.
These big bad bikers act all tough, but when it comes to their family, they don’t hide their feelings.
He was so torn up and really blamed himself for everything that Caleb went through and the fact that he never took him to talk to someone.
Caleb and him talk more and more every day and we do biweekly dinners at their house.
His siblings are all amazing and plus I love that Peyton, Whip and Fang are always there as well.
Caleb did end up talking to Liz and apologizing for all the things he had said and thought about her.
She understood everything and forgave him as well.
They are not going to have a mother and son bond because they are closer in age than Devil and her, but they are friends.
She has been truly amazing, both Devil and her have.
They have really helped a lot with Reid as we have been working on getting all my businesses up and running.
“Would you stop drooling over there and maybe come help me take care of your horses?” Caleb says as he breaks me out of my train of thought.
“Why would I do that? You’re doing such a good job, plus I get a nice little show. Why is it that you can’t do all this with a shirt on?”
He laughs as he scoops the hay up and puts it in the stall.
“Well, every time I have one on it gets all sweaty and fucking nasty. So I just took away that part. Plus, I know you like what you see and I have to say I love watching you drool over me.”
“I bet you do. Who all do you have left to do? I can help.”
“Nah, I was just kidding. This is the last stall. I was thinking that after I take a shower you and I can go for a ride on your babies here and have a picnic. My dad said he was going to keep Mason and Reid for the night. So we have the place to ourselves.
I thought we could get a nice date night in, just the two of us.”
“I’d like that a lot. But I get to ride Magnolia.”
Caleb sighs and looks at me, “You know that girl is my favorite, why do you always try to steal her away from me?”
“Gosh, who would’ve thought the big bad biker who loved to ride motorcycles would become such a cowboy. For your information, Maggie is my first horse. She is my sweet little lady and I want a little time with her. Thank you very much. You can take Whiskey Sunrise.
You are the perfect match for each other.”
“You think that that is an insult, but I am just going to take that as a compliment. He’s smart, he’s fast, he’s protective of you and he’s a great listener.”
I laugh at that, “He’s also stubborn and opinionated. He’s you in horse form.”
Caleb puts the pitchfork down and walks over to me, bending his head to look me in the eye, “Again, a compliment.”
Before I can respond he grabs me by the back of the neck and pulls me in for a crushing kiss. When I go to deepen the kiss he pulls away and I groan.
“Ah-ah-ah, you need to be a good girl and keep it in your pants. I’m going to go take a shower.” He says before he walks around me and heads towards the barn door.
“Do you want company?” I yell at him as he walks.
“Not for this one, baby.” He yells back over his shoulder at me.
I throw my head back and groan out in frustration and he just keeps walking and laughing.
Within the next few hours we clean up and get ready for our date. We get our horses saddled and walk them out of the barn.
“So where are we having this picnic?”
“I have everything set up by that willow tree, near where you have the wedding venue.”
I nod at that, “Alright, perfect. Also I’m concerned I did not know you went and set everything up already. I thought for sure we were bringing everything with us.”
“Nope. I got it all set up for you. I thought we could eat and watch the sunset. It’ll be nice.”
“Wow, who would’ve thought the Rage I met two years ago could be so romantic.”
“I’m full of surprises, baby.”
He bends down and places peck on my lips before getting up on Whiskey Sunrise.
I shake my head and hop on Maggie. We are quiet as we make our way across the property, not an awkward quiet, comfortable quiet that I have grown to love having with him.
We feel at peace and safe with each other in a way that I never thought we would ever have.
I never thought that this man would do a complete one eighty after everything that happened.
Six months ago everything was still so up in the air, but now I can’t imagine not being like this with him.
As we get closer to the tree I gasp at what I see.
He put up lights on the tree and there were nonflammable candles placed all around.
I chuckle at that because we are making sure we don’t start fires.
Very good thought process. He has a blanket laid out with pillows and food laid out.
When we get there he hops off his horse and comes over to help me off of mine.
“Do you like it?” He asks and you can tell he isn’t feeling very confident about it, but I don’t know why.
I turn and grab his face, pulling him down to me and kiss him. When I pull away we are both trying to catch our breath.
“I love it. Thank you. I don’t even know when you had time to do this.”
He grabs my hand and walks me towards the blanket and sits down leaning against the pillows and putting me between his legs.
“I can’t believe you did all this. I mean jeez, if your brothers could see you now. Who would have thought, huh?”
“You deserve this and so much more, Rose. You are the best thing that ever happened to me. You’ve done so much for me and I don’t think I will ever be able to repay you. So doing things like this is not anywhere close to enough.”
I put a hand to my chest and dramatically threw my head back against his chest.
“Oh my, you make me swoon.”
“Oh shut up.”
I laugh and then turn my head and kiss his cheek.
“So what did you make me to eat ?”
“All your favorites, duh. But there is something very special inside that basket there.”
I give him a curious look before pulling the basket closer to us.
“I don’t know what could be better than all of this.” I point around at everything on the blanket and honestly I really don’t know. I’m going to have to ask him who helped him make all this shit and obviously someone brought it here recently because everything still looks warm.
I grab the basket and my heart pounds when I see a small jewelry box inside of it.
“Caleb?” I say slowly.
He reaches around me and picks up the box.
“So I’m not going to get down on one knee and ask because I’m sorry to say, you really don’t get to say no. It’s fucking happening.”
He opens the box and I gasp at the ring inside of it.
I can’t believe what I am looking at and the fact that this man set all this up and picked out this ring.
It is an oval-cut diamond. The center stone has to be about 2.5 to 3 carats.
It is beautiful and elegant without being some gaudy looking thing you sometimes see on women.
It is on a white gold band that is slim and there are tiny pave diamonds set along the top half of the ring.
Underneath the center stone the basket holding the diamond is shaped with tiny delicate rose-petal details, it is almost invisible unless you look at it closely.
There are also rubies inside the band underneath the diamond.
It is fucking perfect. He plucks it out of the box and brings it up closer for me to look at.
“I worked with the jeweler and if you look closely with all these rose petal details you can find an R on one side of the setting and a C on the other side. Then on the inside of the band, I had him engrave it for me.”
He tips it and I read the engraving on the inside of the ring.
My home. My forever.
Tears start welling up in my eyes.
“Caleb, it’s perfect.”
He smirks against my head before kissing the side of it.
“I know.”
“You are such a smart ass.”
“I know that too.”
He then grabs my left hand and places it on my ring finger.
“Now the world knows you are mine.”
I turn around so that I am now straddling his lap.
“The world already knew I was yours from the moment we met and you couldn’t stop eye fucking me.”
“To be fair, you have a really nice ass.” He says as he brings his hands up and squeezes my ass in his hands. “And fucking phenomenal tits. It would’ve been a crime not to eye fuck you. I’m serious, I’d probably have to go to jail if I hadn’t objectified you like that.”
I laugh and swat at his chest.
“So, what do I get to make the MC know that I’m yours?”
He dramatically sighs, “Jeez, I got you a ring and it's still not enough. Are you going to be this difficult now that I made you my fiancee?”
“Yes, yes I am.”
He smirks as he reaches behind his back and pulls out a box from behind the pillows.
“I think this is what you are looking for?”
I open the box and inside it lies his property cut.
Before he can say anything I pull my shirt up and off my body, then reach behind me and pull off my bra. I almost laugh as his eyes zero in on my tits. I then pick up the property cut out of the box and put it over my naked top half.
I then lean in next to his ear and whisper, “I want you to fuck me with just your property cut on. I want you to claim me as your ol’ lady. Right here. Right now.” Before I pull away I lick from his collar bone to his ear before taking a nibble of his earlobe.