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Telford glances at me. “That’s more than some people have offered. Carrie critiques and then tells me to speak from the heart.”
Rook pats the left side of his chest with his hand. “That’s good advice, but I take it you want…”
“A winning proposal script,” Telford interrupts. “I want Cameron to remember it forever after he accepts.”
“Show me what you’ve got.” Rook tucks his hands in the front pockets of his pants.
My best friend wastes no time dropping to one knee right in front of the man of my wildest dreams.
CHAPTER NINE
Rook
“I know you love pizza, so let me be your slice for life.”
Jesus.
That. Is. Not. It.
“Cam hates pizza,” Carrie points out to her best friend after he dropped that line while staring into my eyes.
“He loves pizza,” Telford argues with her. “Whenever I order it…”
“He needs to take a work call,” she says before he can get another word out. “Think about it, Tel. Have you ever seen Cam take a bite of pizza?”
I swear to fuck, I’m witnessing Telford’s heart breaking right before my eyes.
Everyone needs a friend like Carrie to set them straight, but something tells me that right now, the guy on one knee in front of me needs a helping hand, so I offer mine.
He grabs hold of it and drags himself back to his feet.
“It was bad, wasn’t it?” he asks me. “Was it bad?”
“It wasn’t good,” I counter, because I’m a lawyer and I’m paid to spin the shittiest current situations into brighter futures. “At least you ran it by us before you tossed it at Cam.”
Telford presses a finger to the center of his eyeglasses to push them up his nose at the exact moment Carrie does the same to hers.
It’s fucking adorable.
“True.” Telford nods. “I’m never going to get this right.”
“You will.” Carrie is on her feet again, her hand landing on her friend’s. “Cam loves you, Tel. You need to tell him how much you love him. That’s the kind of proposal everyone dreams of.”
“I love you,” Telford states with no emotion. “That’s all I’ve got, Carrie. I can’t exactly propose with I love you. Will you marry me?”
It’s obvious this guy is torn up inside over this, so I do what any good man would do. I drop to one knee and give it my all.
I know I should be looking at Telford, but as the words spill out of me, I can’t take my eyes off Carrie. “You’re the most beautiful person I’ve ever seen. When you walk into a room, it’s brighter, lighter, and instantly filled with life. I don’t know how the hell we found each other in a city this big, but we did, so let’s run with it.”
Carrie’s mouth falls open just as I hear a high-pitched shriek behind me. “Oh my God! Are you proposing to my sister right now?”
This has been one hell of a night, and it’s not even nine p.m. yet.
“No, of course he wasn’t,” Carrie answers as I pop back up to my feet. “He was talking to Telford.”
“Telford?” Declan rounds us, so he’s facing me. “Bring me up to speed here, Rook.”
I huff out a laugh. “I’m helping Telford nail his proposal.”
