My eyes widen as I look over the water. A castle-a frigging real life castle. “Can we go and look?” I


    grab star’s hand. “Oh, please, can we go look?”


    He picks up my hand and kisses the back of it. “We can.”


    I bounce up and down in my seat in excitement. “Oh my God. Oh my God.”


    “We are staying here tonight.” He smirks.


    My eyes bulge. “What?” I shriek. “You can stay here?”


    starughs out loud. “You can and we are.”


    My mouth drops open and I grab him in an embrace. “This is my surprise? I love it.” My eyes fly back


    to the castle over the water. Never have I seen anything so beautiful.


    Heughs into my hair as I try to squeeze the life out of him while bouncing in my seat like a child. We


    continue up the road to two huge stone gatekeeper houses on either side of a gigantic stone gate. It leads


    over the water on a sort of moat kind of set up. My eyes stay glued to the castle in front of me. This is the


    most magical ce I have ever been to and I am totally lost for words. We drive up to the parking area.


    star parks the car and gets out while I stay seated in the car.


    I am in awe. I don’t even… I can’t describe how perfect this is. Hees around and opens the door


    for me, but I remain still, my eyes glued to the grand castle.


    “Come on, out you get.” He smiles.


    I inhale deeply. I love this fucking man. I jump out of the car and throw myself into his arms. “I love


    this surprise.”


    He smiles into my lips. “Aye, I can tell.”


    “And I love you.”


    He kisses me quickly. “Come.”


    I p my hands together in excitement. “This is my best day of…” I hesitate as I try to articte my


    words. “Forever,” I breathe.


    He smiles a proud of himself smile, removes our suitcases from the trunk, and we walk up the front


    steps as my eyes search the property in wonder. I stop on the bottom step and stare at the windows up


    above on the many stories. I follow the line along until I get to the fifth window from the end and I stop


    immediately. Goosebumps run down my arms and I get a vision of looking out the window to the pathway


    in front of us. I frown and look back to the road behind us.


    My face falls.


    “What’s wrong?” star frowns as he watches my face.


    “Huh?” I am pulled from my thoughts. My imagination is getting the better of me.


    “Nothing.” I shake my head embarrassed.


    The doormanes, retrieves our suitcases, and we head to the office.


    “Booking for O’shea.” star smiles.


    “Yes, sir.” The receptionist starts to type on herputer.


    I stand silent, my heart racing, rocked by the vision I just had. I was definitely looking out from that


    window upstairs. It’s your imagination. It’s your imagination. It isn’t real. Stop it. I need to go and see


    someone about this when we get home. This isn’t right.


    “You okay?” star smiles.


    I nod nervously. “Yes, perfect, this is just…” I hesitate. “Perfectly overwhelming.”


    He kisses me gently. “Yes.”


    I look at the kind receptionist and I smile as my equilibrium returns.


    “You are in the master suite-” She stands to show him the way.Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g


    “I know where it is.” He cuts her off.


    “You have been here before?” She smiles.


    “Many times.” He smiles kindly.


    Huh? He’s been here before. Oh. That’s disappointing. I thought this was a special thing for just us.


    He catches my face fall and smiles politely to the receptionist before he heads off to the left. “This


    way, Emmaline,” he calls over his shoulder.


    I follow him silently as he takes the second set of stairs from the grand foyer.


    “What was that look for?” he asks.


    “What look?”