Page 138 of Marked By the Pack
He kissed the side of my neck. “There’s one more thing. Close your eyes.”
“What?”
“You’re terrible at following instructions,” he said with a smile. “Close your eyes.”
I was smiling now as I closed my eyes.
The couch cushion shifted slightly as he rose. I listened to his footsteps. There was a squeaking noise. And then his footsteps returned.
“I want you to know how serious I am about us,” he said. “I gave you those earrings, hoping that you’d wear them and think of me. That people would see you wearing them and know that you belonged to me and only me. I didn’t realize how important that was until I saw younotwearing them. Because I’m just as possessive as you. I’m just as jealous as you.”
I laughed.
“But I think I have something that’s a better fit for you. I was trying to plan out the perfect moment. But I don’t want to wait. I don’t want to give you a reason to have any doubts in your head. I don’t want anyone else to think they have a chance with you. Because you’re mine. Open your eyes, baby.”
I opened my eyes to see Callum down on one knee in front of me.Oh my God.My heart started beating against my chest. Was he… He wasn’t about to…
“Emma, will you do me the honor of being my wife?”
Tears started streaming down my face as I dove into his arms.
He laughed as he held me tight. “Is that a yes?”
“A million times yes.” We’d talked about forever so much. But I’d been waiting for this exact moment. Andhe was right. I didn’t need some over the top proposal. This was perfect. Right in this replica of the room where we’d first met. Realizing our fears and dreams were perfectly aligned.
“Don’t you want to see the ring?” he asked.
“I didn’t even realize there was one.” I pulled back.
“Who proposes without a ring?”
I laughed. “You’ve been talking like we were engaged for weeks. I kind of thought we’d just talk about it like we already were all the way up to our wedding day.”
He smiled. “No. I want everyone to know you’re mine.” He opened up his palm to reveal the most beautiful ring I’d ever seen.
The golden band was thin and twisted in a way I’d never seen before. It almost looked like a tree branch. The metal swirled around the beautiful diamond in the center. The ring looked so delicate, I was almost scared to touch it.
“It belonged to my mother,” he said. “I was going to get it reset. But I know how much you love old things.” He lifted my hand and slid it onto my ring finger.
I looked down at the ring. “Callum, it’s perfect.” I pressed the side of my face against his chest.
He grabbed my chin and tilted my face up to his. “You and I are forever.”
“Forever and always.” He’d agreed to change me. He was going to give me what I wanted. But he might want the cure instead. I knew he wanted me to live a normal life. If he took the cure…our forever was going to have a time limit. And I wasn’t going to waste another second of it. I was done doubting. Done questioning anything. I was his and he was mine.
Chapter 36
Thursday
Zoey
Emma had just stood up for what she wanted. Callum. Fingers crossed they were having amazing make up sex right now.
Because I was about to do the same thing with my men. And I wanted the same result.
I wasn’t sure I’d be so lucky though. The difference was that Emma and Callum had been in love with each other for ten years. I’d only been officially dating these guys for a couple of days. Otto had told me he loved me. But he was the only one. And I hadn’t said it back yet. I wasn’t sure if I’d ever get the chance to now.
I did love Otto. I knew that now. Because I felt physically sick at the thought of losing him. I felt sick at the thought of losing all of them.
