CHAPTER 121

“No one can ever accuse you of taking things slow and easy,” she teased.

“I move fast when there’s something I want. Why wait? I couldn’t take the risk that some other guy would steal you away from me.”

She rolled her eyes. “As if. No one else would put up with me. I’m afraid you’re stuck with me.”

“There’s no one I’d rather be stuck with than you,” he said, nearly echoing her own words.

“Thank f**k,” she said, returning his words in kind. “What was it we decided? We’ll be f**ked up together?”

He laughed. “That about sums it up. Hell, who else would put up with us but each other? I guess that means we’re perfect for one another.”

“Hell yes,” she said fervently.

“Don’t you think you should put the ring on now?” he asked in a teasing voice.

“Oh my God, I almost forgot the ring!”

He pulled the ring from the velvet clasp and his hands shook as much as hers as he gently pushed it onto her ring finger.

She stared at it in awe. “This is huge!” she whispered. “I’m afraid to wear it, James. Wh