“I love it,” he replied.
Kate Stanger ♥ Bruce Stanger
She thought that it was fitting. Bruce clicked the padlock closed and gave Kate the key.
According to the ceremony, she tossed the key into the water. Below, a couple in a gondola waved at them. Everyone seemed so happy and content and Kate could honestly say that she found her own happiness as well.
She turned to Bruce and leaned in to his open arms. “So does this mean that you are stuck with me for life?”
“Hmm. Something like that. But it also means that you have to have me for the rest of your life too.”
He leaned in for a passionate kiss. “What do you think about that?” he asked after they both came up for air.
“I guess I will just have to deal with it,” she replied jokingly.
Bruce took her by the hand. “What do you say we go back to the villa and eat one of those meals prepared by the world renowned, gourmet chef that is there and then we go to bed? I don’t know about you, but all this excitement for the day has got me exhausted.”
“I would say, I agree. Let’s go. But I hope you aren’t too exhausted to participate in your honeymoon.”
“A woman after my own heart.” He squeezed her hand as they strolled back to the car.
As they rode back to the villa, Kate tried to make sense of all that had happened. The only conclusion she could come to was that trusting in love had made her a very happy woman.
Having Bruce in her life was more than what she bargained for. Not only was he her protector and her lover, but he was her friend. He had gone through so much to make sure she knew he loved her and she was loved. From the many small gifts that were tokens of his love, to the impromptu trips and just simply being by her side.
Her mother was right. Trusting in love was the best thing she had done thus far. Trusting Bruce was the man for her and allowing him to love her had changed her entire perspective on being in love.
“A penny for your thoughts.” Bruce said, interrupting her thinking.
“I was just thinking how lucky the both of us are. How we were not only lucky enough to find one another, but we were lucky enough to fall in love and be the right fit for one another. There are so many people who never find love. So many people who don’t get the opportunity to know what it is like to have someone honor and protect them and adore them. Life has been so great, I’m just wondering what I did to deserve so much good fortune.”
Bruce shook his head. “I don’t know the answer to that. All I do know is you must have been good to someone, because karma makes sure that it repays you with good. But you think that you are the lucky one, what about a man like me? A beautiful, intelligent woman who finds me attractive? I am the one who hit the jackpot.”
Bruce wiped the tears that streamed from her eyes. “Just know that from now on, I am here with you, and as long as you are here with me, there is nothing that we can’t conquer. We are a team. Maybe like one of those power couples or something.”
Leave it to Bruce to make her laugh. “A power couple? You think?”
“Hey, I believe in us. We could do it.”
“Bruce Stanger, you make me believe that I can do anything.”