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Kylian's POV

“You’re engaged? I had to find out from the gossip section of the paper that my best friend is engaged.”

I groaned. “I’m sorry. Things have been hectic.”

“You mentioned you were seeing someone. You didn’t say it was that serious,” he complained.

“I wasn’t sure. I wanted to find out if it was the real thing and whether or not she was really the woman I wanted to marry. Then, it just happened,” I said, not really lying about how things went down.

“Congratulations. Am I going to meet her?”

“I’m sure you will,” I muttered, ordering my own drink.

He nodded. “You don’t sound all that excited about the whole thing.”

“It’s been a shit day at work.”

“So, tell me about her.”

I let out a long sigh, knowing I wasn’t going to get that escape I was hoping for. “I don’t know. She’s pretty, smart, a little stubborn. I didn’t want to tell you about her in case it ended up being one of those things that faded away. We don’t get to hang out all that often and I didn’t want to spend it talkin