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I was nervous

I wasn’t sure if we could pull this off—or at least, I knew that I could It was him that I worried wouldn’t be able to pull it off

He’d have to pretend to be attracted toto be easy

I didn’t have to pretend…not even a little bit

“Ready,” I agreed, abandoning ?”

He held it up and then walked to me

He flipped the box open, and before I could so asp, he was on his knee in front of me

“Henley, will you

There were a thousand different ways I prayed for a man to propose to me, and not one of them went this particular way

I thought it’d be romantic

I thought we’d be in the park, surrounded by falling leaves, while being blissfully in love with thefor my hand

I’d planned out the perfect proposal in my head

But, this wasn’t that

This wasn’t going to be what I’d hoped and prayed for since I was a young girl—and honestly, that was never going to happen anyway

I just wasn’t that kind of girl Never had been, and never would be

Those dreams were just that—dreams This was reality

“Yes,” I grinned “I will”

He surged up and then wrapped his hands arounda chaste kiss on my cheek

I felt my face flush at his attentions, but before I could respond to his exuberance, he dropped me down on my feet and stepped away frohtly to the side before catching myself

Then I had the ring placed in my hand

“Put that on,” he ordered

I did as he said and ad

It was absolutely beautiful—the ring was everything I’d always iined

“I love it,” I told hi smile on my face

He grinned “Good”

Then he was hooking his ar me out the door

“Let’s go convince the rest of your family”

Surprisingly, it wasn’t anywhere near as hard as I would’ve expected it to be