"Hey," Rob called.
I turned around with a smile and he snapped a picture with his phone before quickly catching up with me.
He wrapped an arm around my shoulder and pecked my cheek. We were in the Turks and Caicos Islands again. We had spent a month here in January to start looking at villas for sale. We were in no hurry to buy a house of our own, but it was something we both really wanted to do so we were back again to spend a bit more time exploring the market, but more especially, to be alone together on this beautiful island that we loved so much to celebrate our ten-year anniversary.
"God, taken on the spur of the moment and you still look gorgeous as fuck," he smiled as he showed me the picture.
"If you say so," I said with a chuckle. "are you sure that you want to drive?" I asked before we got into the car.
"I'm sure. I don't want you to know where we're going yet," he said as he opened the driver's door.
I didn't insist on knowing more. He'd told me that he was taking me out to a very special place that I would love, had said that he'd take care of everything and that he didn't want me to plan anything for the evening.
All I knew was that I was going to have a romantic evening with my man and that was really all that I needed to know.
Once in the car, Rob began typing something on his phone.
"What are you doing, GPS?"
"No, this pic is just too good. I have to share this!"
He had this goofy smile on his face as he was typing and I understood that he was writing a caption for the picture so I waited for him to finish, eager to read it.
"Come on, let me drive!" I pleaded again, pretending that I was tired of waiting.
"Hang on, I'm almost done.... There," he said after a few seconds and put his phone down between the seats.
I smirked at him. I was too curious to wait so I immediately took out my own phone and opened Instagram. The picture was the first one that appeared on my feed. I had to admit that I did look good on it.
Then my eyes shifted to the caption that said,
"
Taking this gorgeous boy out on a date for a special surprise tonight, because it's been ten years since he's made me the happiest guy alive. I love you so much, more and more every day, and I can't wait to call you my husband
."
As I read it quietly to myself, it sent a shiver right up my spine and I looked up at Rob.
"Aww, babe, come on, aren't you the sweetest!" I smiled and leaned in closer to him to kiss the well-groomed three-day stubble he had going on, "I love you too," I said tenderly.
He wrapped his arm around my shoulder and pulled me close to him. He cupped my face lightly and placed a kiss on my temple,
"Love you more, baby," he murmured before he removed his arm and switched on the car's ignition.
I just watched him as he began driving and he turned his head to look at me. He smiled lovingly, knowing how I was feeling.
"Maybe you can at least give me a hint about where we're going!"
He shook his head no.
"Dinner?" I asked.
"Sort of...," he said, lightly shrugging.
I looked at him suspiciously,
"You're scaring me."
"I know I am," he smiled wickedly.
I eyed him up and down suspiciously, the Instagram caption making me wonder if maybe...
"We're not getting married tonight, are we?"
His eyes lit up and his lips formed a broad grin,
"Would you like to?" he asked with mischief.
"Well, I dunno. The thought just crossed my mind... that... it's something you might do...," I said hesitantly.
He laughed,
"Just the two of us, huh?" he frowned, "No, we're not getting married tonight, I want everybody to be there for that!"
My brows furrowed,
"You're so lying!" I exclaimed, studying the smirk on his face.
"We're not getting married," he repeated, looking at the road.
"Ok, we'll see."
We laughed.
Since there was no point in asking again, I concentrated on the picture and the comments while he was driving us to our destination. As usual, all the comments were very supportive and positive and I had a good time reading all of them. Most commenters were wishing us a happy anniversary, telling us that they adored us, that we were a great couple, or as usual, were telling us to get married and to adopt them.
After reading them, I looked out the window and thought about whether or not to post a comment myself, when, after a short moment, something he had told me ten years ago flashed through my mind.
I smiled to myself and began typing, unable to control myself from chuckling a little.
"What is it?" he asked.
"Hold on," I said.
I waited for him to stop the car and handed him my phone. He began reading to himself and then he smiled and let out a laugh,
"Excellent! Post it, I love it!"
"No," I answered and shook my head.
"Yes, come on, post it, seriously," he insisted with a grin.
"They won't get it!" I said.
"Sure they will. They'll understand it's some kind of private joke between us. See," he exclaimed happily, "this is why I love you!"
I let out a chuckle,
"Alright," I agreed and posted the comment.
"
Dude, are you still living in that perfect parallel universe in which you're a rock star and I'm in love with you
?"
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