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Beep.
“We will find a way around this. I promise,” Jack said.
Beep, beep, beep.
“Fuck,” he growled and pulled his phone out, silencing it and turning it upside down on the table.
Amelia let out a little laugh.
“I love you, sweetheart,” Jack said.
“I love you too.” She smiled. “God, it’s going to be horrible without you.”
“One week. I’ve decided. I’ll fly in Friday and out on Sunday,” Jack said firmly.
“Okay.” She felt her eyes tear up.
“Amelia, sweetheart,” Jack started, and her heart began to pound as she took in his serious expression.
Oh, God.
He’s going to ask me.
Yes, my answer is yes.
“Yes, Jack,” she whispered.
“I never dreamed I could feel like this about someone. You make me laugh every day. You make me want to be a better m—”
Brrr, brrr, brrrr.His phone vibrated on the table.
She frowned down at it.
“Dammit. Give me a second. This sounds urgent,” Jack said, giving her a loving smile as he lifted it. “Stay right there.”
“Okay,” she grinned. Amelia was happy to wait two more minutes. It was apparent he was asking her to marry him.
Oh, my God.
Jack Rutherford is going to be my husband.
He’s the one.
The. One.
Jack stared at the screen, and she watched his face drop.
Then pale.
He kept staring at it. For nearly a minute, he sat there as an icy dread filled her.
Something was wrong.
Amelia watched his Adam's Apple bounce as he swallowed hard. Then his eyes met hers.
“Jack?”
They stared at one another over the table for so long she began to feel physically ill.
