Book 4: Chapter 8

The crowd’s gasp echoed through the quiet room. However, Reed took it all in stride.

“Okay… But are you going to take your ring or not?” he prodded her with uncanny calmness.

“I just didn’t want to say yes, then throw this all on you. If you wanna back out now, I’ll understand. It’s a lot to take in,” Mia babbled out.

“I’m not going to back out now. Just please take your ring,” he pleaded.

“I don’t want to trap you,” she insisted.

“Mia, how can you trap me when I proposed to you?” Reed pointed out in exasperation.

“I just don’t want you to feel—”

“MIA!” he finally shouted, getting her to shut up.

“Yeah?” she answered back, still looking panicked.

“Take the damn ring. It doesn’t matter to me that you’re pregnant. I wouldn’t even care if you suddenly had the urge to open a zoo. I love you and I want to marry you. Now please take the damn ring and let me get up,” he demanded.

“Oh!” she exclaimed and grabbed the ring.

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