Amara could feel the warmth creeping onto his face.
It almost looked like he was embarrassed.
A few seconds later, he finally lifted his head and looked up at her again.
The look in his eyes made her chest tighten.
Warm.
Soft.
And painfully vulnerable.
It was a look she had never seen on Elias before.
“I fell in love with you at first sight too,” he admitted quietly. “That rainy night… when we met for the first time.”
His voice turned hoarse near the end.
His body stiffened slightly, almost like the confession itself made him nervous.
“I loved you too,” he continued, his brows pulling together. “But, Amara, for the love of God… you never asked me out back then.”
Amara froze.
Her eyes trembled slightly as she stared at him.
“I-I didn’t know you liked me too,” she answered in a daze.
Elias let out a quiet breath and rubbed a hand over his face before continuing.
“I was planning to ask you out properly,” he said. “I wanted to make things official with you.”
Then, slowly, he pulled away from her.
Amara watched him in confusion as he lowered himself onto one knee in front of her.
Her breath caught.
Elias reached into his pocket and pulled out a ring box.
When he opened it, the diamond nearly blinded her under the apartment lights.
A massive diamond set on a white gold band.
Amara’s fingers twitched slightly at the sight of it.
Elias looked up at her again, his gaze steady this time.
“Will you marry me?”
His voice was low but firm.
“I love you,” he said, his throat tightening as he forced the words out. His Adam’s apple moved as he swallowed hard. “I don’t know how else to say it.”
A faint, helpless smile flickered across his lips for a second before fading.
“I just know I love you,” he continued, his voice rougher now. “And I don’t care about anything else anymore.”
