Novel & Cerita A Very Long Engagement Novel

he replied flatly. “Why should we make it few months.” she almost shouted. “It's impossible I can't be engaged to you for so long let's end it in a week.” “well I don't want it to be a fake engagement,” he saw Isabella's eyes which were looking at him with wide in shock and he ignored her reaction. “it will be quite real except of course that you can rest assured that it won't end the marriage. if you keep thinking of it as fake then you will never fool anybody.”

Only then do I steal a glance at my mother, who responds with a soft smile. Once we’ve finished eating, we move to the living area, where a cozy fire crackles in the fireplace. Reed sits next to me, and we cuddle up together as Milo and his girlfriend, Marcella, join us. I was introduced to Marcella on the transport back from the cemetery, and I can’t help but like her. She seems genuinely kind, unlike many other rich girls I’ve encountered.

“What are you talking about?” “I heard what today is. Who’s coming over and why,” I told him, finding no reason to be vague about the truth. “You say you had been waiting for me for the past hundred years, but I beg to differ. In fact, I probably should’ve known better, since you apparently had been keeping all the she wolves you had selected in the Choosing Nights. What do you even think an engagement is?” He widened his eyes at my question, and turned to Drake in rage.

“They’ll kick you out of the Playboy Union.” He tossed his head back and laughed. “My playboy days are gone for good. You are all I need.” He held up the ring in his hand. “But if you’re not ready for this, it’s okay.” I put my hands on his chest and gazed into his eyes. “I want to be your wife, but I want to wait until I graduate from college. Can we have a long engagement?” “It can be as long as you like,” he replied. “Then my answer is yes. I will be your wife.” Wow, we were now engaged for real.

I almost whisper while my timid voice breaks, naively caving to my wolf’s request as I surely lead us towards more periling revelations—wishing that my wolf could somehow take over and allow me to tune this all out. “Uh,” Elijah recoils back, startled by the forward question, “-I wouldn’t say it was that long. It was probably a little over a year,” he clears his throat, his forehead creasing in worry as he catches my eyes widen in surprise. “Ouch. Over a year? That’s a long engagement, whether he thinks so or not. No wonder Aubrey has been hounding him the way she has,” my wolf staggers, “-ugh. And no one thought it would be a good idea to tell us about this? Seriously, what’s up with that?”

Natalie's POV I felt uneasy standing among the crowd, watching with my very eyes the love of my life getting engaged to another woman. Twining his fingers in her hair, kissing slowly, deeply, and possessively. My chest tightened, and my stomach churned. The camera flashes and clicks, along with the loud applause, filled the massive yard of the Mirren Mansion, overflowing with celebration of the union of the two most powerful tycoon families in the USA. Magazines and celebrity social media pages described it as [The Engagement Of The Year.]

“I’ve been doing this kind of thing for a while now. I’m in my wheelhouse.” I smiled at him. I was about to say something more when a woman in a long red dress, slit up to the hip, came sashaying over. “Will,” she purred, putting her matching red talons on his shoulder. “It’s been forever! Why haven’t you called me? I heard you’ve been back in town for a few days now.” His eyes narrowed, and he gently but firmly, flicked her hand off his shoulder. “Lisa. It’s been over a month. And I think you know I’m engaged.”

That’s the plan. “How long have you been with Nova?” I ask him. “For as long as.” “How. Long?” My teeth grind as my jaw tightens. I hate his gut. Everything that has to do with him. Thpht! “My family has been closer to Alpha Maxwell’s family over the years. But Nova and I have been engaged for 8 months.” “And your fated mate? What about her?” “Never met her,” he laughs, mockingly. “Not everyone believes in that shit, or wants it. I think my destiny doesn’t align with it.”

Louisa muttered after that. “Thank you very much, Louisa… I'm glad you could come to our engagement party. It's really something I've been dreaming of for seven years, and see.” Miliana paused for a moment and showed her palm and the palm of Lenore's which had their engagement ring on it. “We are finally engaged!!” Louisa nodded her head with that big smile on her face right now. “And yes, you guys are really engaged in the end… and I can't wait for your wedding invitations…” Louisa teased the two of them.

This sounded very much like the beginning of an ‘it’s not you, it’s me’ conversation. “Would your feelings for me change that much if you knew my favourite colours are green and red? That I prefer cats to dogs?” “No,” she sighed. “I understand what you mean, I really do. You feel like it’s happening too quickly,” he said as he led her to sit on the edge of the bed. “I love everything about you, Nicole. I have for over two years. This is it for me. But I know I wasn’t even on your radar, so take all the time you need to be sure, too. We can have the longest engagement in history.”