Page 216 of Broken Omega

“Hey! What are you guys doing in a group chat without me?” I tap River’s arm, and he turns around sighing. “Seriously? And you set this one up like a month ago?”

River shakes his head. “Well, we might as well tell her.”

“I guess it is Christmas Eve,” Kellan says, keeping me hanging.

They both seem pretty amused by this whole thing, which makes me even more curious.

“You know you don’t have to tell me, right? I have the phone. I can read every … whoa!”

My vision blurs as I look at the screen. I raise my hand to my mouth.

The sound of the front door opening and closing snatches my attention, but when Kellan tries to take the phone out of my hand, I spin away from him to avoid letting it go.

My breath hitches, a lump growing in my throat as I try to tell myself I didn’t just read what I think I read.

“Guess who earned a half day?” Donnie sings as he walks in, pulling up a stool beside Kellan and taking his sandwich when our Alpha doesn’t complain about it.

Frost steps into the room a minute late, shaking his head. “It’s just as well this is a small town where the biggest emergency is usually caused by a drunk guy who’s only done something to hurt himself.”

The dark navy uniforms suit them a little better than the white ever did, but I’m too stunned to appreciate them right now.

My emotions are overflowing … literally. My tears start to fall.

“Shit,” Kellan whispers, looking and feeling worried.

“What happened?” Frost asks, sounding mad.

The overwhelming concern in the room is nice, but they’re not going to be so worried when they realize I just ruined a surprise that was a month in the making.

It’s not like I can pretend I didn’t see it.

“Is thatyourphone in her hand, Kellan?” Donnie slaps Kellan’s arm.

“You were supposed to delete the group chat,” Frost tells him. “Tell me you deleted it?”

Kellan gets up and comes over to stand in front of me. “This was supposed to happen tomorrow, obviously. I kind of ruined it, but …”

He takes a little, black box out of his pocket and gets down on his knees in front of me.

River kneels down beside him, and Donnie and Frost move in closer to do the same.

“Will you marry us?” he asks, opening the box to reveal a yellow gold and emerald ring that matches my mother’s necklace perfectly.

I wipe at my eyes. “Of course I will!”

The last thing I thought I’d do if this moment ever came was cry.

Kellan smiles as he takes the ring out of the box and places it on my finger.

It somehow fits perfectly and looks like it belongs there.

“Oh my God,” I murmur, not really believing it.

They all get back on their feet. I’m pulled into a group hug so quickly I barely get the chance to catch my breath, and then Frost’s hand is on my ass, and Kellan’s lips are on mine, and I know we’re all about to get swept up in a celebration that’ll probably last all night.

I break away, just enough to get Kellan’s phone in front of me.

“What is it, Cherry?” Donnie asks, reaching out to stroke the side of my face.

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