Chapter 98. The Proposal

LILY’S POV

  The fork I was holding fell from my grasp as I froze. My eyes which were large from my shock locked unto Noah’s. He had a dreamy smile spread across his face. 

  “Lily Jones, meeting you and spending time with you has been some of the best moments of my life. You are the perfect woman for me, and I want what we share to last forever. So I ask, will you make the happiest man on earth by agreeing to marry me?” 

  The question reverberated in my head over and over again. I felt like I was caught in a daze. Like my reality was twisted or something. What could possibly make him think I was ready for marriage? What made him think I was the perfect woman for him? Was it because of the hot sex we’ve been having? Or because we shared the same painful past? The question kept hammering in my mind as I stared at the diamond ring. 

  I had already made up my mind to be a single mum right from the moment I stepped foot outsid