She nodded. “I thought you’d never ask.”
“I didn’t want to rush things.”
“Once again, we’re not on the same page,” she said with a laugh.
“It doesn’t matter what page we’re on when we’re part of the same book.”
“And what exactly comes next in this book of ours?”
“Don’t worry,” he said. “I’ll wait for you to catch up.”
Her mouth fell open and he laughed before capturing her lips in a sweet and tender kiss, knowing that his commitment for forever in the form of a ring was only a few short pages away.
The End