EuropeNovelChapter 1141: "I guess you're not that serious about us," Alyssa said as she rose to her feet, calm and completely in control. "You haven't even brought up proposing all this time." "I will! I'll propose right now!" Ethan blurted, his heart pounding like a drum.
He'd always thought it wasn't the right tyet.
They hadn't been together that long-proposing had felt premature.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtBut looking back now, Ethan realized that he and Alyssa had practically grown up side by side for over twenty years. A proposal didn't feel premature at all.
"I'm taking you ring shopping tomorrow," Ethan declared, his eyes alight with excitement at the thought of finally marrying Alyssa. "I'll find the right moment to pop the question." Alyssa said nothing, but her gaze warmed and her lips curved into the faintest smile at his enthusiasm. Ethan's heart swelled with happiness.
When they got back home, Ethan suddenly recalled something that had bothered him so much during dinner that even Alyssa had noticed.
"If you've got something to say, then spit it out," Alyssa prompted, seeing straight through him. She was already prepared-if he was gearing up to ask about her ideal proposal, she would tell him plainly. There was no point in letting him flounder.
Ethan faltered, knowing full well he might get smacked, but he still managed to ask, "Do you... still have feelings for Bruce Aston?" Alyssa froze, her fork hovering midair at the sudden question. Watching her like that made Ethan's stomach drop. So she hadn't moved on after all? "It's okay; I was just wondering," he said. "Even if you still have feelings for him, it doesn't change how I feel about you, but..." "But what?" Alyssa asked calmly, matching his tone.
"If I propose, then you don't get to back out. Even if somewhere down the line you want to be with him, I'm not letting you go." Ethan spoke quietly, unable to meet her gaze.
Alyssa didn't know whether to laugh or lose her temper. Was this man really that dense? "Even if you cry or throw a fit, I still won't let you go," Ethan added as a warning. "So before I propose, I want you to think long and hard." Uncover new worlds at g alnov els He didn't want to bring this kind of weight into the actual proposal, so it was better to lay it all out now. The choice was hers to make.
"You seriously need a brain scan," Alyssa said flatly, her tone unshaken.
Ethan blinked, confused. "Why?"
"I'm worried that if there's something wrong with your IQ, it might get m e passed down to our kids." "What?" Ethan was stunned. Why did it sound like she was insulting him?
"So, in your eyes, I'm the type who jumps into a new relationship without getting over the old one first? Alyssa asked. She had half a mind to smack ssense into him. But then again, maybe she'd played her part too well back then.
"Of course not," Ethan said sincerely.
"But it's not easy letting goof m someone you've loved for that long-not just like that, overnight."
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