Chapter 35
I say, “So let’s start. Right now. Will you stay? I’ll cook dinner. We can watch a movie on Netflix. Anything you want.” I push back my chair and stand.
I amble around the small table to Steve and drop down to one knee. He glances at me, one of his eyebrows arching into question. “I thought we were taking things slowly.”
“I am. I mean, we are.”
“Then why are you proposing?”
I look down at my kneeling stance with my hand on his, and start to laugh.
He throws his head back, laughing harder.
“This is not what it looks like,” I say, feeling lightheaded and happy and woozy in love. “Please stay, Steve.”
“There’s a lot we need to discuss,” he says.
“I want to be with you.”
He nods.
“I know I’ve got some stuff to figure out,” I say. “My anxieties, my past. But I want you with me so we can work on life’s challenges together.”
“Let’s take it slowly and see where it leads us.”
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