He grabs it from my hands and makes a face, before shaking the box. “Why is it making a rattling noise?” Hesees the piece of tape over the flap and looks at me, excitedly. “Did you get me a gift and hide it in the cake mix?”
I shrug, trying to fight back my smile as he rips the tape and flips the box upside down.
When the item lands in his hand he beams up at me with bright eyes.
Inside the box was a ring.
“I got tired of waiting for you to ask me, so I figured I should do it myself.”
An amused smile fills his face.
I grab the ring from his open palm and kneel before him. “Noah Benson, will you for the love of all romance movies, marry me in the most Hallmark, over-the-top wedding ever?”
Noah smirks down at me. “Audrey?”
“Is that a yes?”
“Have I ever mentioned how in sync we are?”
“Once or twice.” I laugh.
“Come with me for a moment.” He leads me to my office, searching through the custom orders that I need to mail out.
“What are you looking for?”
“This.” He pulls a shirt out that says,Best friend, best brother, best manand holds it up to me. “Did you even look at the shipping address?”
I shake my head, logging into my computer until I reach the order form.
I let out a loud laugh as I read the address.
Your real life Landon Carter
In Your House
Do you even read these things or just print the forms out and take them to the post office?
“Seriously?” I exclaim, fighting back tears of laughter.
“Yeah, I had this whole romantic thing planned out for after the game Friday night.”
I slap a hand against my forehead. “Sorry, I can veto the proposal. Act like it never happened.”
Noah snorts. “No chance, baby. It definitely happened. And now you get one from me too. Hold on one second. Don’t move.”
Two minutes later Noah appears in the room in a full suit with the cake box in hand. “Feel like baking, Audrey?”
I let out a laugh as he hands me the box and sure enough when I flip it upside down, a sparkly diamond ring blinks back at me.
“Marry me too?” He takes it out of my hand, placing it on my finger while I nod my head up and down enthusiastically.
“YES!” I hug him against my body, loving how loud his heartbeat sounds against my ear.
“So, do we say you proposed first or that it was a group project kind of thing?” Noah jokes, kissing my forehead.
I pull back from him, placing my ringed finger against his. “Always together, always a team.”
Noah’s laughter is loud. “Did you just take our high school mantra and use it to sum up our proposal?”
