Page 119 of Midnight Witness

“No. Actually, I had someone in mind.”

Reaching out, I traced the carvings on the wooden mantle. This place was incredible. There was so much detail everywhere I looked. “Oh, yeah? Who?”

“Us.”

My fingers froze on the wood.

What?

Slowly, I turned my head. My gaze dropped to where Luke now knelt on the floor on one knee.

With wide eyes, I could only stare. “What are you doing?”

A crooked smile lifted his mouth. He reached into his jacket pocket. “Proposing.” His hand emerged, clutching a navy-blue ring box.

Lifting his free hand, he curled a finger, motioning me closer. “Come over here.”

Of their own accord, my feet shuffled closer. It was like an out-of-body experience. I was present, but I wasn’t.

He took my hand, bringing reality crashing back. Suddenly, I was right in the mix of things again.

The knowledge of what was happening sent adrenaline rushing through my veins. My knees shook like the ground during an earthquake. I sank to them in front of him before I fell.

He let go of my hand to cup the side of my face. “I know this is fast. It’s only been a few months. But I don’t want anyone else, and I never will. You’re it for me, Mina. I love you, and I want to spend the rest of my life making you happy. Will you marry me?” With his thumb, he flicked open the lid on the ring box, revealing an emerald-cut diamond set low in a gold band. On either side, embedded in the gold, were two smaller stones. One was an amethyst, the other a sapphire—our birthstones.

I raised my left hand, covering my mouth. “Oh, that’s beautiful,” I whispered from behind my fingers.

Luke moved his hand from the side of my head to remove the ring from its velvet bed. Reaching up, he pulled my hand away from my face, then slid the ring over the tip of my ring finger. “So, what do you say, Mina? Will you spend the rest of your life with me?”

A happy laugh bubbled free, along with a few tears of joy. Would I? Only a crazy woman would say no to this man.

I blinked away the water flooding my eyes and nodded. Swallowing the lump in my throat, I managed one whispered word:

“Yes.”