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Paul's P.O.V
As I waited for Stephanie to get ready, I was lying on the ground with Kaliyah. Kaliyah was lying on her belly and was holding her head up, looking at me. I rolled her over and started tickling her making her scream. Stephanie poked her head out of the bathroom and I looked up at her innocently.
"What are you doing to our daughter?" Stephanie asked.
"Nothing babe," I replied innocently.
"Uh huh, I find that hard to believe." She replied.
"Come here for a second Steph," I said, standing up and lifting Kaliyah up. Stephanie walked over to me and I ran my hand down her side.
"Come closer," I said.
"No!" She replied, moving away from me. I laughed and her eyes twinkled brightly.
"I love you," I said, tilting my head to the side.
"I love you too, now please let me get ready." She said earnestly. I nodded my head and sat on the sofa with Kaliyah wrapped up in my arms. I could feel the box hiding the engagement ring pressing against my thigh and I sighed nervously. Stephanie knew that this was coming, but she didn't know it was tonight. I didn't think I would be this nervous.
Once we left the apartment, I felt guilty for leaving Kaliyah there with someone that was a complete stranger to her. I felt Stephanie squeeze my hand and I looked over at her to see her smiling at me reassuringly.
"Why are you so nervous tonight huh?" She asked. I shrugged and her hand bumped into my pocket. I panicked but she didn't even notice. We arrived at the restaurant and I placed my hand on the small of Stephanie's back as we walked inside.
"Mr Levesque, your table is right over here." A waiter said, directing Stephanie and I to our table.
All throughout dinner, I was incredibly nervous. I tried to avoid eye contact with her and I knew that she was going to be annoyed at that. Finally, I heard her sigh and I looked up as she softly put her knife and fork down.
"What's up Paul? You've been acting so strange tonight." Stephanie said. I smiled and took a bite of my food.
"Sorry baby, maybe it's just the fact that I am able to go out with the most beautiful girl in the entire world and I also know that she is the Mommy of my baby." I said. Stephanie blushed and I smiled. We ate the rest of our dinner in silence and then we left the restaurant to go for a walk around the city.
"So... how is everything holding up in the company Paul?" Stephanie asked.
"It's going all right, I know where going to be here a while longer though." I said.
"When I spoke to Mom today she said that Dad was going to be very annoyed if Kaliyah and I didn't make it back in time for his birthday." Stephanie said.
"Well we can try to make that deadline otherwise you will have to tell your Daddy that I am terribly sorry and we can make sure that we get him an extra nice present to make it up to him." I said. Stephanie nodded and snuggled up under my arm.
"Did you ever think you would find true love by sleeping with your personal assistant?" Stephanie asked. I laughed and playfully nudged her with my hip.
"I didn't always dream about it being with my personal assistant but I did dream I would find true love with someone like you. You are beautiful, sexy, friendly, loving and wonderful Steph." I said. Stephanie blushed and I chuckled.
"I just love making you blush," I said to her. We got to the park just below the Eiffel Tower and I smiled.
"This is perfect," I murmured.
"What's perfect?" Stephanie asked.
"This place, this night, being here with you, that's what's perfect." I said. Stephanie nodded and I turned around to face her seriously. She looked confused and I smiled as I got down onto one knee.
"Stephanie Marie McMahon, you know that I love you," I said. Stephanie was staring at me shocked but she managed to nod her head.
"You know that I love our daughter," I said. Steph nodded her head again and I gently took her hand in both of mine.
"I love you two so much that I don't want to ever be out of my life. Stephanie Marie McMahon, will you do me the greatest honour by becoming my wife?" I finally managed to get out. I watched her carefully and her face broke out into an excited smile
"Are you serious?" She said, tears running down her face. I nodded my head and stood up again, producing the box and she jumped into my arms.
"Gee, I just asked you to marry me, not to maul me like an animal." I said, wrapping my arms around her tightly.
"Oh shut up. Let me look at the ring." Stephanie said. I nodded my head and opened the box. She gasped at the sight of the ring and our mouths connected in a deep kiss as she slipped the ring on her finger.
"You know you never did answer the question I asked earlier." I said to her about an hour later, as we made our way home.
"You know the answer." Stephanie said. I smiled and nodded my head, playing with her engagement ring softly that was on her finger.
"It still would have been nice to hear you say yes." I said, pouting in her direction. She turned to look at me and smiled, placing both her hands on my cheeks.
"Paul Michael Levesque, it would be my honour to accept your engagement offer. I will marry you and I can't wait to become your wife." Stephanie said, a soft smile gracing her lips. I smiled and pulled her forward for a soft, sweet kiss.
"I love you Stephanie," I said.
"I love you too Paul," She replied. We arrived back at our apartment complex and I was so excited to see Kaliyah again. I knew that she would be asleep but that didn't bother me. We made our way into our apartment and I helped Stephanie take her coat off. The worker at Levesque Inc was sleeping on the couch and I chuckled.
"Let him sleep and give him a good tip in the morning, our daughter was probably a handful." Stephanie said. I nodded my head and laid out some money on the table for him. Then Stephanie grabbed my hand in both of hers and dragged me to the bedroom.
"How is Kaliyah?" I asked.
"She's sleeping soundly, come on, I've got a present for you as well." She said. I smiled at her and her smirk back was a seductive one. I pulled her into my arms and started a trail of soft kisses down the column of her throat.
Author's Note:
Hey and thank you to all of you that are reading my story. I appreciate the people that take the time out to comment because I can't make my stories better if I don't know what the readers want to read. I know that I've only update one chapter but I'm aiming for Friday to finish putting this entire story up on this site. Then I might take a break before I start a sequel. This story has provided me with some great bludging periods in school :) I always look forward to reading the reviews, even if it might only be one or two. :) Once again, thank you. :)
