Chapter 73 – Heartless Woman

(Aya’s POV)

“Will you marry me, Aya?” he asked, his eyes sparkling with delight as he waited for my answer.

I gaped at him, also hoping to pull down my eyebrows and close my mouth because I surely looked like an idiot in front of Ryan. The universe must have gone mad, giving me two marriage proposals in just one month, and like how I met him, in Red’s case, I let my guard down, saying yes because of his children and… perhaps my annoyance with him because he pestered me until I say yes?

“I should be asking this with the champagne and cake, but when you stopped the server, I got nervous that I couldn’t wait anymore.”

I swallowed hard, blinking while laying my eyes on the engagement ring, not realizing we would come to this moment. Knowing Ryan, I should have anticipated that he always treated me like his prospective client, selling himself with the ultimate goal of closing a deal with me, which, most of the time, we ended up in bed.

“I was never that perfect boyfriend for you, not being