Chapter 45: Marry me
"Marry me!" Erik said to her nonchalantly.
Aryana was dumbfounded. She looked at him with big eyes and mouth wide open as if he has grown two heads.
’Did I hear him correctly? Maybe I am still in shock from the abduction and what I experienced earlier.’ Aryana continued to look at Erik in a daze.
Erik felt uncomfortable. He coughed to clear his throat. "Silly girl. Why are you looking at me like that? You think I am crazy?"
Aryana nodded her head and then she shook it. "Ahem. Maybe I am the one who has a problem with my brain. I might have knocked my head earlier and heard you wrongly." She scratched her head at the back.
Erik looked gloomy.
"Aryana Jones, I am being serious. Do not mess around. Marry me." Erik sounded domineering.
Aryana blinked. Then she looked at Erik with a complex emotions reflected in her clear eyes. She has dreamt of a special place where the man she loves would propose to her. It can be a romantic dinner in their favorite restaurant on top of a hill overlooking the city scape. She was okay with that. She also envisioned a proposal done on a beach while watching the beautiful sunset as she rests her head on the shoulder of her beloved, or maybe on top of a mountain while looking at scenic view below.
’But this...’ She looked at her pitiful state in a hospital gown and her arm still bandaged. She can’t believe that the man that used to be her crush, hated and forgiven has asked her to marry him out of the blue in the most unromantic place... in a hospital ward.