Page 73 of All You Had To Do Was Stay

‘I’m serious, you’ve got me spooked,’ Hannah told him.

‘Are you sure?’ he said. ‘I won’t be held responsible.’

‘Yes, I’m sure,’ Hannah said urgently. ‘Crack on.’

He sank to one knee on the grubby floor of the terminal, and Hannah’s mouth fell open. There was a general murmur of astonished delight from their fellow passengers, as well as several people in airline uniforms.

‘Hannah,’ he said, ‘I love you. I’ve loved you since the second I met you. I want to spend every day of my life with you, supporting you, making you happy and keeping you safe. If that sounds OK, do you think perhaps you might .?.?. marry me?’

Feeling like her heart was about to explode, Hannah burst into a flood of overjoyed tears. ‘Yes!’ she cried. ‘Yes, I’ll marry you. Of course I will!’

‘I have a ring, you know,’ Jude told her as she flung herself into his arms. ‘It’s hidden in a pair of socks at the bottom of my bag. Thiswasn’thow I intended to do this. There was going to be a dinner, and wine .?.?. maybe even dancing.’

‘This is perfect,’ Hannah told him, kissing him again. ‘Completely perfect.’

‘Ahem. Er. Excuse me?’ a female voice said from a couple of metres away. ‘Are you two lovebirds ready to check in?’

Hannah pulled Jude to his feet, and together they strode up to the desk.

‘Yes,’ she said to the woman, who had the name ‘Marcia’ jauntily written on her nametag. ‘We are.’