“Then perhaps this is the ideal moment to do this.”

“This?”

But he was leaning over the side of the oversized tub, reaching for something, and did not answer. When he straightened, there was a dark blue ring box with a white satin bow around it in his hand. There was no mistaking the signature look. He’d been shopping at Tiffany.

“Zephyr?” she asked in a voice that would not come out above a whisper in her suddenly dry throat.

He looked directly into her eyes, his espresso gaze both serious and warm. “Piper Madison, would you do me the honor of becoming my wife?”

He went blurry as happy tears filled her eyes and made her vision watery. “You know I will.”

He took a gorgeous diamond-and-platinum engagement ring from the box and slid it onto her finger. “Every woman deserves a proposal before marrying.”

“Thank you,” she said in a choked voice.

“I knew you were going to go gooey on me.”

She laughed. “That’s me. Gooey.”

“And incredibly sweet.”

She swiped the water from her eyes. “I do love you.”

“Wait until you see what I had done to the wedding rings.” She grabbed for the box but he held it above his head. “No, no, no…not until the ceremony.”

getting me back for my wedding

am not obsessed with revenge. I am merely

chance

He shrugged. “Maybe.”

launched herself

her weight as he

tugged at the neck on the white dress shirt

against the wall and watched him with a

Come Sunday at the front of the church, you

but I won’t make a prat of myself

“I’m expending excess energy.”

you call looking at your watch every thirty seconds? Checking the

were supposed to be here

worried Piper isn’t going to show

night.” She’d said she wanted

He was an idiot.

his eyes. “Man,

I have is

“And a bride arriving.”

over him for the amount of time she was actually late, but she had left him once, if only for a week. And Zephyr knew better than most how easy it was to leave behind someone

steps to open the door before

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