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pleasure points.
     
    After presenting his condom, they’d made the most passionate love she’d ever had. There was no pretence that night. She thought she’d died and gone to heaven. She’d never experienced so much pleasure in her life before. Not in her thirty years. She could not believe this.
     
     
     
    *  *   *
     
    The following morning, Jody leaned over in the bed, but Jake was not there.
     
    “Jake?”
     
    All that was there was the scent of his cologne and a warm dent in his pillow. At first, she swallowed hard and thought it was all a dream. Or he’d had a change of heart. Then…
     
    She smelled the juicy aroma of bacon and eggs frying in the kitchen and the scent of freshly brewed coffee lingering in the air. She also caught the sound of a man whistling in the kitchen.
     
    She pulled the sheets over her body and jumped out of bed.  She freshened up in his en suite marble bathroom and made her way over to the kitchen. The bright sun shone brightly in the penthouse from the tall floor to window ceiling. But that wasn’t the first thing she noticed. How early did Jake wake up? She knew he was a gym buff but she didn’t recall so many roses around his apartment. In fact, scented candles and rose petals were sprinkled throughout. She walked over to the kitchen table and there was a beautiful long stem rose on the table by her plate.
     
    Jake came out of the kitchen area with a salacious grin on his face and his dark dreamy eyes slid down her silhouette in a dreamy state.
     
    “You know, I’ve never felt this way about anyone before. Just so you know.”
     
    “Same here,” she smiled, sheepishly. “Baby, this is….beautiful. All of this. You didn’t have to.”
     
    “I know. I wanted to.”
     
    “Wow, I’ve heard of loving thy neighbour, but his was not quite what I had in mind.”
     
    She reached over and kissed him gently on his soft lips. Tingles erupted in her belly. She could tell he was getting aroused, too.
     
    “Let’s have breakfast,” he said in a low voice that was mesmerizing. “We have plenty of time for more later.” He kissed her on the lips again.
     
    She looked at the rose and her eyes could not believe what she saw.
     
    A red, velvet jewellery box. Just near the breakfast plate. She opened it and it was a very small diamond ring. It was beautiful in her eyes. She didn’t care how small it was.
     
    “I’m not usually a man of impulse but you only meet your soul partner once in your life.”
     
    Jody could hardly squeeze words out of her throat.
     
    “I…I…”
     
    Jake got down on one knee. “Will you marry me? Doesn’t have to be today or tomorrow or next month. Just will you promise to be devoted to me as I will be with you.”
     
    “Jake…I…yes…” Tears streamed down her face just as it did the day she found out her ex had stood her up at the altar. But this was different, it was tears of joy.
     
    Jake got up and traced his fingertip along her lips and kissed her passionately again!
     
    “I want you to know everything about me.”
     
    “What?”
     
    He grinned. “No, it’s not like that at all.” He presented her with another jewellery box and when she opened it, her eyes popped wide open.
     
    “Oh, my God! Is that real ?” It was the biggest diamond ring she’d ever seen…No, actually, she remembered one of those celebrity A-listers wearing something similar.
     
    “Yes, and so is my love for you.” He grinned. “Yes, it’s also paid for by me,” he teased her with another seductive grin. “It’s hard to find a woman willing to love me for me. Here you are accepting a small ring worth $50 and you were emotionally attached. The ring belonged to my late grandmother on my mother’s side. It was all they could afford. When I had showed it to another girlfriend in the past, she scoffed her nose at it not realizing it’s true value. All that glitters is not gold. Sometimes you can find treasures where you least expect it.