“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.”

me back

yourself said I am not obsessed with revenge. I am merely revering

revering a chance to

He shrugged. “Maybe.”

She launched herself at

weight as he wrapped his arms around

at the neck on the white dress shirt he wore with the ring in his pocket. His gaze skimmed toward the

lounged against the wall and watched

Come Sunday at

a prat of myself pacing

“I’m expending excess energy.”

do you call looking at your watch every thirty

to be here

you seriously worried Piper isn’t going to

me text her last night.” She’d said she wanted to observe the full tradition and he had indulged

He was an idiot.

rolled his eyes. “Man,

answer that silliness. “What I have is six minutes past the

“And a bride arriving.”

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

his flashers. Zephyr sprinted down the steps to

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