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Chapter 53: The Real Proposal

Author: Evve
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She walked through the door and I forgot every word I'd planned.

It had been forty-eight hours since she left. Two days of silence in the penthouse that felt louder than a construction site. Two days of staring at the empty spot on the couch where she usually curled up with her tea.

I had spent those forty-eight hours learning a hard lesson: I would rather be vulnerable and terrified than safe and alone.

I stood in the center of the living room. It looked... different.

I had sent the staff away. I had gone to the florist myself, feeling like an idiot as I bought armfuls of white hydrangeas and soft pink peonies. I had set up candles—dozens of them—but I hadn't lit them yet. That felt too staged. Too performative.

Instead, I had just... prepared the space. I had cleaned the already clean counters. I had polished the ring until it sparkled like a star. I had paced a trench into the hardwood floor.

I had called James three times.

"Tell her what she means," James had instructed, his voice
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