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“Don’t do that,” she gives me a reproachful look as she lets me help her walk downstairs. “It’s not their fault.”
I grip her arm a little tighter. “If Mark hadn’t shown up, you would be gone.”
The fierce intensity in my voice has Eve stilling. “Zayn.”
“No,” I snarl, forcing her to face me. “For these past few months, I’ve lived with the constant fear of either losing you or having you walk out on me because this life is too much for you. I can’t live like that anymore.”
Eve takes a step back, her eyes wide, fear in them. “Are you… breaking up with me?”
“What?” I narrow my eyes. “No! Jesus, no!”
“Then why would you…?” Her eyes now light up with anger. “Why would you say something like that?”
“Because I want to marry you, you idiot!”
“Oh.” She blinks, the anger fading. And then her eyes fill. “Oh.”
“No, stop crying. Because I’m not asking you.”
She frowns at me through her tears. “What? What the hell is wrong with you?”
“I want you to do it,” I tell her.
“Excuse me?” She looks baffled now. “You want me to ask you to marry me?”
I take a step closer to her, breathing hard. “I want you to demand it like it’s your goddamn right. Like you’re not scared of me walking away just because you want something from this relationship.”
She freezes. “You heard me that day, in the hospital.”
“Ask me, Eve. Tell me what you want,” I say, softly.
She hesitates.
“Tell me what you want from me, and I’ll lay it at your feet: my money, myself, my last name. Whatever you want, it’s yours. But you have to demand it.”
I see her swallow. “I want you.”
“I don’t hear
you,” I lied.
Through the shimmer in her eyes, she glares at me, grabbing me by my shirt. “I want you, you idiot! I just want you. Marry me!”
I smile. “Was that so hard?”
She reaches out and kisses me, biting my lower lip..
I let her.
When she pulls away, I ask, “Satisfied?”
She nods. “I don’t want a normal wedding.”
“What do you want then?”
The slow smile on her lips makes me sigh.
Oh, she is going to get in trouble.
