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For the second time in a few short minutes, he shocked the shit out of me when he proposed…
“Marry me.”
—Tristian—
She didn’t just stumble back, she fucking flew. “Excuse me?”
“You heard me, kitten.”
“Is this a joke?” she aggressively questioned. “Another one of your little games?”
“You used to love my little games.”
“I used to love a lot of things that were bad for me.”
Despite feeling her remark in the pit of my stomach, I acted unfazed. Hiding how I truly felt was an acquired trait I'd learned at far too young of an age.
“We need to talk.”
“Obviously or why else would you be here?”
“I could think of a handful of reasons, and that’s only referring to us.”
She scoffed out a snide chuckle. “Us?”
“Would you rather I let you go in unprepared like I was?”
“Go where?” Her eyebrows pinched together. “What am I unprepared for?”
“For the deal of a lifetime.”
“What deal?”
“The one where you carry my last name.”
“Enough, Tristian! You’ve truly lost your mind if you think that’s ever going to happen.”
“I’ve never been more sound of mind, kitten.”
“Tristian,” she stressed through a tight jaw. “Stop calling me that. I hated it back then, and nothing has changed. If anything, I despise it more than I used to.”
“That’s not how I remember it.”
“Your time is up.” With that, she snapped around, angrily rushing toward her desk. “You can see yourself out.”
I didn’t move an inch. Instead, I added, “What we want isn’t far from reach, Belle.”
Now that she was sitting behind her desk, her gaze connected with mine.
“Oh, that got your attention, did it?”
She didn’t hesitate in asking, “How do you know what I want?”
“Because it’s the same thing I’ve always wanted and didn’t think I could have until now.”
“Until now, what?”
“Marry me, kitten.”
