Chapter 56: Will you marry me?
Amelie was lost elsewhere in her thoughts when Gabriel’s unexpected action jolted her back to the present.
To her astonishment, he lowered himself onto one knee, his hand still holding hers gently.
"What are you doing?" she whispered, her voice laced with nervous confusion as she glanced around at the growing circle of onlookers.
Gabriel’s violet met her eyes in an affectionate gaze. "Something I should have done the moment I met you," he said.
She forgot to blink and breath in that rare moment. His gesture directed to one thing. ’Is he proposing me? But why would he? We only met a few days ago,’ she thought.
"You are my mate," Gabriel continued, "and I think it’s the perfect evening to declare that I am no longer mateless."
From his white coat’s pocket, he pulled out a small velvet box and opened it. Nestled inside was a diamond ring.
"Will you marry me, Amelie Conley?" he asked.
It was the kind of proposal every woman dreams of– The heartfelt gesture, the sincerity in his tone and the promise of a future.
But in her case it never came from the man she loved once with all her heart and soul. From Alex, she only received betrayal and rejection.
However, in this moment, Gabriel was on his knees. A man she’d only recently met, who had not only become her protector but also her second chance mate. Gabriel hadn’t just offered her a ring. He had offered her a new beginning with him, a future with him and the purest bond of marriage with him.