Free Touched By You (The Touch Series) by t. h. snyder

her putting a fallen piece of hair behind her ear.
    “It’s beautiful, its amazing Derrick. Thank you.”
    “You don’t have to thank me Angel. Come let’s sit down and eat. Then we can do some dancing before we leave.”
    Chloe follows me over to the table and I pull out her seat. She sits and I help get her comfortable. I take my own seat and look across the table. She’s taking it all in looking around the small room set up here in the middle of Pier Park. It’s the most romantic moment and I’m so glad it’s us in here together.
    She looks up at me with her big brown eyes and gives me that killer smile. I return the smile and grab her hand giving it a kiss.
    “Today has been absolutely one of the best days of my life Chloe. You and I really have been through just about everything and I’m so glad that we have made it to this point.”
    “Me too Derrick. I really am so proud of you for doing all this. You have accomplished every goal you’ve ever set for yourself. You inspire me to do the same.”
    “I did it all because I want us to have a great life together. With you by my side I know that will happen.”
    “I know.” She replies
    “Well come on let’s eat before our dinner gets cold.”
    “It smells amazing.”
    I lift the silver domes off of the plates and we begin to dig in to our food. It tastes so good and I’m starving. As much as I want to move onto the next destination of our evening I can’t help but enjoy this moment watching Chloe. She’s the most beautiful woman in the world. Her long dark hair is falling in waves to her mid back. The crimson red dress she’s wearing shows her amazing curves and when she looks at me with those eyes… she just takes my breath away.
    “Dinner was wonderful Derrick.” She says tossing her linen napkin onto her plate.
    “Oh do you hear that?” I ask.
    “Hear what.” She says looking around the tent.
    “I think they are playing our song.”
    She looks over to where the music is set up and she stares, like that will help her hear better.  
    I stand alongside the table next to her and extend my hand.
    “May I have this dance?” I ask.
    “I can’t believe this night Derrick, it’s our song.”
    “It sure is Angel. Come on let’s dance to it.”
    I walk her over to the small dance floor area and swing her around in my arms. As we dance to our song, Lucky by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat, I envision what it will be like to dance with her to this song on our wedding day. I pull her in closer to me so that I can feel her heart beating against mine. This day has been absolutely perfect and there’s just one more thing I need to do. I pull away from her just enough so that I can look into her eyes again.
    “You’re so beautiful to me Chloe.” I tell her and kiss her lips ever so softly.
    “I love you so much Derrick. No matter what we’ve been through we always make it work. You make us work. I love you.”
    She kisses me back but instead of a soft kiss she kisses me fiercely. I feel tears coming down our cheeks and I pull away.
    “Don’t cry Angel. This is all for you. Everything I do is for you so that our future is perfect. Come on we have one last surprise for the night.”
    Chloe holds onto my arm and follows me through the tent and out into the park toward my car.
    We’re about fifteen minutes away from our next destination and I’m about as antsy as a four-year-old at an ice cream shop waiting for his treat. My left leg is twitching and I’m beginning to get a headache from clenching my teeth.
    I look over to Chloe and she’s resting her head back against the seat with her eyes shut. This is perfect; she won’t notice where we are until we’re parked right out and in front of it.
    After exactly fifteen minutes I pull into our final stop for tonight.
    “Chloe love, we’re here.” I say rubbing her thigh.
    “Oh no, sorry Derrick I must have dozed off.”
    “No worries Angel let me come around and get the door for you.”
    When