A Thousand Times Yes

SERAFINA

My heart pounded. “Dario…”

“Don’t say no,” he said gently, his thumb tracing the corner of my mouth. “You said you always dreamed we’d have a home, the three of us. This, this is how we start it. No more waiting. No more running. Just us.”

I covered my mouth, laughing and crying at the same time. “You’re serious?”

“Dead serious,” he murmured. “You could say I’ve been planning this since t