CHAPTER 99 – A BLESSING
The last few hours had been nothing but pure bliss for Mackenzie. She had never thought – not in ten light years – that she would be under the same roof with both her children, and the man she loved with everything, Chase, and they would be regarded as one…a family.
She had always dreamed of it, but had given herself a million reasons to believe it could never happen. This time was different. This time, she was going to wallow in all the love she could get, because she absolutely deserved it all.
As she sat on the stool and dapped her cheeks with her powder, she glanced over to her side and watched the video playing on her screen. It was from a local news tabloid, saying Selene had been arrested in her penthouse that morning, with charges of kidnap, arson and other criminal activities. She shook her head and looked back at her beautiful face.
The glamourous emerald pendant that rested on her neck helped to highlight the hazel brown of her eyes, and Mackenzie found herself lost in her own gaze. She jerked up when she heard the sound of the door opening.
It was Chase, clad in an army green tuxedo that matched with Mackenzie’s dress. It had been his idea to wear matching colours, and Mackenzie didn’t understand why. She had never pegged him to be the type of man who wanted matching outfits, but he found a new way to surprise her everyday.
“This is the tenth time you have gone over that video.” Chase said aloud as his gaze shifted from the screen of Mackenzie’s phone. He placed both hands on her shoulders and leaned in to kiss her right cheek. Mackenzie touched his right hand and stroked it gently. His strong scent tickled her nostrils, and she closed her eyes to savour it.
“I just can’t believe it. Everything feels so surreal, Chase. Like it’s…”
“Too good to be true?”
Mackenzie looked up at him with a blush.
“Yeah, almost like that.”
“Well,” he held his hand out to her and helped her rise from the stool, pulling her into his arms as he did so.
“Everything…” He paused to push her hair to the back of her shoulder, and lowered his lips beneath her right ear. He placed a soft kiss there, and Mackenzie shuddered. Her grip on his biceps tightened, the hairs on her skin stood erect at his kiss.
“… Is very much…” He tilted his neck to the left and kissed her left ear. Mackenzie’s teeth dug into her lower lip, allowing a small moan escape from the back of her throat.
He was driving her crazy. So fucking crazy.
“Chase…” Mackenzie whispered, holding onto him. Chase did not speak, he pulled her closer, until her breasts pressed against his hard chest, and lowered his hands to the curve of her ass. He squeezed…tight.
Mackenzie threw her head backwards. Her lower lip escaped her teeth, letting out a breathless sigh.
Chase’s eyes darkened at the sound. The sound of her raw, pure and evident need. There was nothing like it, there would never be.
“Oh, Sunshine.” He breathed out. His right hand cuffed her throat with a gentle grip as he pressed his lips on hers, seizing control of her every move, her every thought.
She was his. He knew from the moment she locked her fingers around his neck and called out his name in between kisses.
His cock hardened in his pants. He reached for the zipper of her dress and pulled it down with haste. Mackenzie chuckled, face as red and hot as hot sauce itself.
“Aren’t we supposed to have dinner in ten minutes?” She giggled, while Chase pulled her dress down her shoulder, and down her stomach, exposing her round and firm breasts to his hungry gaze.
Chase could barely take his eyes off the beauty in front of him, and when he finally did, it was to smirk at her.
“You wouldn’t mind dessert before the main course, would you?”
“Hmm.” Mackenzie’s smile broadened as she pulled him by his tie. Her hands dropped to his hard crotch and she stroked him gently, causing Chase to stand on his damn toes.
“I thought desserts normally come after the main course.”
Chase gritted his teeth, slowly pulling his tuxedo off him. The anticipation and desire building up in him was slowly driving him mad. He cupped her ass cheeks again, harder than before, and Mackenzie groaned with pleasure. He said nothing more, there was no more need for words.
In one swift move, he picked her up from the ground and laid her gently on the bed. Her dress had rolled up to her hips, exposing her white lace panties, soaked with the juice from her wet pussy. Chase growled like a fucking animal and snatched the waistline, pulling it and tearing it off her.
Mackenzie arousal doubled – no, trippled. She had no idea how much she wanted him until that very moment. She spread her legs open, willing, needy. Chase closed his eyes and sucked in a deep breath.
“Oh, Kenzie. You have no idea what you do to me.”
She raised her right leg to his face, and her toes caressed his cheeks. Chase’s eyes dropped to her swollen clit – a very visible evidence of her desire for him. What the fuck was he still waiting for?
He reached for his belt and unbuckled it in a haste. He pulled down his zipper, and dropped his pants to his knees, his boxer briefs followed shortly.
Mackenzie’s eyes widened at the magnificent sight. He was gorgeous, big, glorious. She couldn’t forget the first night she had spent with him. It was embedded into her memory, and even now that they were together again, flashes of that night still flooded her mind.
“You’re mine, Mackenzie.” He breathed out, leaning into her face to kiss her.
Mackenzie closed her eyes. With every inch he drew closer, her heart pounded in her chest. When he was finally inside her, she gasped in shock and her eyes flew open. First came the natural pain – it had been quite long ago – but the pain soon dissolved to leave nothing but endless waves of pleasure as he thrust his cock deeper into her insides.
Mackenzie wrapped her legs around his hips, urging him deeper.
“Oh fuck!” She screamed. Her nails dug into the skin of his back as she embraced him, anything to have him inside her skin.
Chase gave her everything he had, and she took everything he had to give. He kissed her face, her lips, her hair, every inch of her body his lips would allow him. He worshipped her body, fucked her like it was the only thing that mattered to him.
Alas, they came together and Chase rolled off her to his side of the bed, both panting heavily with broad smiles on their faces. Mackenzie turned to look at Chase, and found him staring at her already. His dark eyes danced all over her face, and he reached for her right cheek. She felt heat creep up from her stomach once he touched her again.
Could she ever get used to his touch?
No. The answer was no.
As Chase watched her pant heavily, he could feel his heart pound against the muscular walls of his chest. He had wanted to save this for their outing, but…
“Marry me, Mackenzie.” He blurted out.
The room around Mackenzie’s head began to spin. She sat up immediately, narrowing her eyes at him as she frowned.
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Good, Chase thought, because he was never one to joke.
He sat up beside her, and reached for his bedside drawer. He pulled the first cabinet open, and held out a green box for her to see.
Mackenzie’s eyes felt as though they would pop out of her sockets.
“How long had that been there?!” She exclaimed.
“Since tonight. I was going to do this at the dinner, but…”
Tears gathered in Mackenzie’s eyes as her heart swelled in her chest. She knew she was going to burst at any moment if she continued to sit next to him.
Was this real?
“Chase,”
“Please, Mackenzie.” Chase casually strolled down from the bed and propped himself up on his right knee. Her hands flew to her mouth as she let out a shocked gasp.
“Every moment with you has been the most colorful moment of my life. Your bravery and strength, and the love you have for our children, our babies, have inspired me greatly. There has never been any woman like you, and there would never be. So, that is why I want you to do me the honor of being my wife.” Chase swallowed hard. He had never thought he could be nervous, but Mackenzie had always made him feel things he never thought he was capable of feeling.
“Oh Chase! Of course I’ll marry you!”
How could she say no to the love of her life?
Chase sprang up from the ground and locked his arms around her. He couldn’t stop himself from kissing all over her face and lips, before he finally slid the heart shaped 24-karat diamond ring into her finger.
Mackenzie could barely breathe. It was so beautiful, she just had to keep on crying.
After another hour of holding onto each other with promises they both knew they were willing to keep, Mackenzie and Chase got ready again and headed out of the room.
Mackenzie had still not been able to breathe down. The night had carried a lot of surprises, but she was not ready – not at all – for the last one Chase had in store for her.
At the foot of the stairs that led to the living room stood a tall man, slender and fair, with bright brown eyes and a messy brown hair. It was the man she had known all her life, the one who had raised her with all the love in his heart.
Mackenzie’s jaw dropped to the ground on sight of him. Calista and Cameron stood by his side, fingers intertwined with his.
Mackenzie threw her arms wide open and ran down the stairs.
“Daddy!” When she flung herself into his arms, she forgot she was the mother of four-year-old twins, she forgot she had just promised the rest of her days to the man after her heart. At that moment, she was nothing but his daughter, his baby girl.
When he locked his arms around her and kissed her forehead, tears rushed down Mackenzie’s cheeks, and in that moment, she knew that everything she would ever wish for, would forever be right in front of her.
She decided to have their little dinner at home – which had been Chase’s plan from the beginning, just to get her dressed up. She wanted to have everyone she loved around her on that special night.
Felicity, Beatrice, Charlotte, Richard, her father, and even West, hovered around her, constantly peeping at the ring on her finger.
Surrounded by everyone they knew they could love and trust, Mackenzie and Chase realized – once again – that having somewhere to go is home, having someone to love is family, and having both is a blessing.
And boy! They were blessed.