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The drive to Boulder City is quiet but nice. The city itself is quaint, but it has everything you could possibly need. I love the small-town feel. I’ve always hated living in the big city, preferring less hustle and bustle. Living here will be a nice change of pace.
Once we reach our surprise location, Grim parks and comes around to the passenger side to help me out of the giant truck. He escorts me inside, his hand on the small of my back, and I freeze when I realize where we are.
“What are we doing here?”
I definitely wasn’t expecting him to bring me to a jewelry store.
Grim rolls his eyes. “Did you really think I wouldn’t get you a ring?”
I hold up my hand. “We have rings.”
Granted, they’re the plain gold bands that were included in the price of the wedding, but I don’t need anything else. Obviously, Grim thinks we do.
A friendly saleswoman steps forward to greet us. “Can I help you?”
“Oh, no, thank you.” I pull Grim’s hand to leave, but he’s firmly planted his feet. He frowns, and I shake my head. “I don’t want another flashy ring. These are fine. You’ve done enough for me, and I’m forever indebted to you, but I refuse to let you spend your hard-earned money on this.”
For once, I’m grateful we can have a silent conversation that the saleswoman can’t hear or understand.
“Are you Violet?” she asks before I can pull on his arm again.
I let go of his hand and glance nervously around for any sign of Brad. “How’d you know my name?”
“A woman named Jez called. She told me to be on the lookout for a small blonde woman and extremely large man who is deaf,” she explains. “She said you would try to leave, and not to let you until you picked out a ring.”
“Jez.” I mutter her name like a curse word and tap my foot.
Grim folds his arms and raises an eyebrow as if to say, ‘Are we gonna argue anymore, or can we get this done?’
I toss my good arm in the air. “Fine, you win.”
I’m rewarded with one of his mega-watt smiles. When he does that, I don’t think I could ever deny him anything. He rarely smiles, but when he does, it makes me melt.
“I’m Val, the owner.” She sticks her hand out, and we both shake it. “Let me show you what we have.”
We take our time perusing the cases of rings when one catches Grim’s attention. He points at the glass, and Val takes it out. I gasp as he slips it on my finger. It’s beautiful, yet subtle, and everything I imagined my wedding ring would look like. A half-carat pear-shaped diamond sits in the center with smaller diamonds intertwined in a white gold setting.
“It’s beautiful,” I tell him.
“Beautiful ring for my beautiful wife.”
Heat rises up my neck, and I want nothing more than to throw my arms around his neck and kiss him senseless, but I also don’t want to read too much into his words. Afterall, we have an audience, and we have to play the loving wife and husband to convince everyone this is real.
I give him a shy smile and return the ring to Val so she can size it. “Do you have a matching ring for my husband?”
My husband… it sounds so weird to say it out loud. It does have a nice ring to it though.
She pulls out another white gold band with small diamonds. “What do you think about this?”
I take the ring before grabbing Grim’s hand. I try to slip the ring on his finger, but his hand is so big I can’t get it past the first knuckle. He chuckles and removes it before handing it back to Val.
“Can it be sized to fit him?” I ask.
“Sure, but it might cost a little extra because we’ll need to add more gold.”
“That’s okay. How much will it be?” I mentally slap myself when I remember I don’t have my purse or wallet. “I don’t have my credit card, but if you could hold it for me, as soon as I have it, I can call with the number.”
“Oh, that’s not a pro—”
