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"How about a kiss to help boost your morale?" I offered.
"I would love that," she said.
I kissed her gently, avoiding touching her face so I wouldn't ruin her makeup. Her lips felt sticky from the lipstick, but it tasted like strawberry so I didn't mind one bit.
"I feel a little better," she said. "Thank you so much, Ethan."
"You're welcome, now let's go show them," I said.
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The drive wasn't long but it felt that way. I'm sure she was nervous about watching her dreams finally realized. As for me, I was worried about proposing. We arrived at the event; and to our surprise, we were the only ones wearing the colors of the day. At first, I didn’t get what was going on, but I saw my brothers grinning.
“You have got to be fucking kidding me,” I said and frowned.
"Why is no one else wearing the colors?" Stacy asked softly.
"I have no idea, but I think I know who may have the answers," I said.
Allison approached us, so I left Stacy in her hands and went to confront my brothers.
"What did you do?" I asked. "And which of you did it?"
"It seemed like a funny prank," Ben said. "We told everyone that none of them should wear the colors of the day."
"Why?" I asked and raised a brow.
"Aren't you going to propose?" Ian asked. "We figured if we reduced the chances of you chickening out, then you'd propose."
"You didn't have to, I already have this under control," I said with a frown.
"Are you serious? Alright, so what's the plan?" Ben asked as he crossed his arms.
"Oh, I would love to hear this." Ian wore an amused expression.
"It's simple as the event comes to an end, I call her aside and propose," I said.
"That's boring," Ben said.
"You don't get to call my idea for proposing boring," I said and pointed at Ian. "And you don't have a love life to begin with."
"You'd be surprised actually," he said and shrugged.
"Why do you two feel the need to help me out, I'm not that helpless you know?" I asked. "I'm thirty-five years old, and I can pull my weight."
"They know that," said a familiar voice from behind me.
I turned and found my mom, holding Chloe's hand while Olivia followed behind her.
"Mom, you made it," I declared.
"Of course, I did; it's a big day for my baby after all," she said and pinched my cheek.
I pulled away. "Mom, what if she sees you doting on me?"
She grabbed my ear and pulled me to her. "Did you say something, sweetie?"
"No, nothing, Mom, you're the best," I replied.
