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After leaving the shop, I went over to Cartier and paid a visit to my friend, Marcus.

“Wes, welcome. It’s always a pleasure to see you. How are your parents?”

“Good day, Marcus. The parents are good. Still traveling the world and enjoying the retired life.”

“Ah. Good for them. What brings you in today?”

“I would like to take a look at a ring I saw in the window.”

“Very nice. Which one?”

We walked over to the window, and I pointed to the one on the pedestal that sat at the front and center.

“Excellent taste, Wes. Does this mean what I think it does?”

A bright smile crossed my lips. “Yes, Marcus.”

“How exciting. Let’s go have a seat, and you can take a better look at it. This is one of our finest platinum rings with a four-carat cushion-cut, high-quality, flawless diamond. As you can see, the ring is set with all these brilliant pave diamonds goingdown each side. We just got this in a few days ago. It’s part of our new exclusive collection. This is the only one made.”

I held the ring up and looked at the diamonds through an eyepiece. It was truly flawless. I knew in my heart this was the ring for Anna.

“This is the one, Marcus. How much?”

“Because it’s a limited ring, it’s priced at a hundred thousand dollars.”

“I’ll take it.” I grinned.

I walked out of Cartier with the ring box in my pocket. Now that I had it, I needed to find the perfect time and place to propose to her.

Chapter Twenty-Seven

ONE MONTH LATER

Anna

The Cupcake Nook was a tremendous success. So much so that we needed to hire another baker and sales associate just to keep up with the demand. Francine was over the moon that everyone loved her cupcakes, just like I knew they would. If things kept going at this rate, we’d be in for a nice profit our first year.

I was back in the office going over some numbers when I heard a sweet man’s voice from behind.

“Hello, gorgeous.”

A smile crossed my lips as I turned around in my chair and saw Wes leaning against the doorway with his hands tucked tightly in his pants pockets.

“Hello, handsome. What are you doing here in the middle of the afternoon?”

“I wanted to surprise you. It’s Tori’s birthday, so I thought I’d get some cupcakes for the office.”

“That’s sweet of you.” I made a face at him.

“I know she’s not your biggest fan, but she has worked for me for a long time.”

I got up from my chair and kissed his lips.

“Maybe you should fire her.” I grinned.

“Maybe you should be nice.”

“Whatever.” I rolled my eyes. “Come on, tell me which cupcakes you want.”

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