Intrigued By Love (Written in the Stars Book 5)
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"Will you marry me?"
Covering my face in my hands, I laugh. Hard and uncontrollably.
"What's so funny?" he asks with faux outrage, though he's clearly enjoying my insane reaction to his equally insane proposition.
I laugh even harder, my cheeks so hot with embarrassment that I'm surprised I haven't burned up on the spot.
"Sorry, Gage." His friend pats him on the back, sloshing a bit of his drink onto the ground. "I'm pretty sure that's what you'd call rejection."
"Ah, come on, pretty girl. You can't reject me in front of my friends. They'd never let me live it down." With those same puppy dog brown eyes, he pouts for good measure.
"And what would you suggest I do?"
"Saying yes would be a good start," he teases before resting his elbow on the chair arm that separates us.
"You're charming when you're drunk; I'll give you that," I reply. There’s a pinch in my cheeks from smiling so hard, but I can’t help myself.
"Charming, huh? I can work with that." He tosses another wink my way before pointing out, "That wasn't a no, by the way."
I cover my mouth to prevent any more laughter from bubbling up, but it doesn't stop the pinch in my cheeks from amplifying.
"Come on," his friend interjects, leaning forward so that he can see me more clearly. "Throw the guy a bone. Say yes, will ya?"
"I believe this is called peer pressure at its finest."
"You wanna see peer pressure?" the stranger––Gabe?––asks with a mischievous grin. There's a time out on the field, so the crowd is relatively quiet, and our little interaction has slowly attracted the attention from strangers surrounding us. I can tell he's thriving on the attention while I feel like I'm having heart palpitations from it.
When he stands to his full height, towering over me, I realize what he's about to do.
No, no, no, no!
Reaching for his muscular forearm, I try to tug him back down, but it's like trying to pull a statue down that's been bolted to the ground. Useless.
"Don't you dare," I whisper-shout, not opposed to begging if it'll keep him from doing what I think he's about to do.
Throwing his head back, he laughs, and the sound goes straight to my lower stomach. "Do you hear that?" he yells, demanding everyone's attention. "This pretty girl doesn't want me to propose in front of all of you on this beautiful day. You see, she isn't usually one for being the center of attention, but she's just too damn gorgeous to sit on the sidelines as she makes me the luckiest man in the world. Isn't that right, pretty girl?"
I scowl up at him, though I know he can see my curiosity and barely-restrained amusement no matter how hard I try to bury it.
The combination only encourages him to proceed.
There's no way he'd actually fake propose to me in front of all these people.
As if he can read my mind, he slowly lowers down to one knee before sliding my left hand into his.
"Will you, the most beautiful woman I've ever laid eyes on, the woman who captured my heart the moment we met….”––I snort before realizing the giant screen on the scoreboard is flashing with a live feed of his little speech––"Will you marry me?"
The entire stadium is silent, holding its collective breath the same way I'm holding mine. I can feel everyone’s eyes on me. Hell, I can see it from the damn jumbotron.
"Come on, pretty girl,” he murmurs in a low voice that’s only meant for me. “Say yes. If you do, each and every fan in this place will have a good story to tell their friends when they get home, instead of a sob story about how you broke my heart.”
Sneaky bastard. He’s right, though. This would make a pretty epic story, which is the only reason why I nod my head up and down. The crowd goes wild. Whistling. Hooting. Screaming at the top of their lungs. The combination only seems to incite my fiancé further, encouraging him to stand up and tug me into his arms. Then he’s kissing me.
I'm in shock for a solid two Mississippis before my body takes over. Fingers weaving into his soft, brown hair, heart racing a million beats a minute, I open my mouth and give a tiny piece of myself to an absolute stranger while knowing that I'll never be able to steal it back. When the taste of wheat explodes across my tongue, I grin against him.
"What's so funny?" he murmurs, keeping his arms around my waist
"Just thinking about how I was one hundred percent right in my initial assumption."
"And what's that?"
"You're charming when you're drunk."
"You should see me when I'm sober," he teases before dropping another quick kiss to my mouth. "Can I have your number?"
"You mean, so we can finalize our wedding arrangements?"
He laughs. "Something like that." His grip disappears as he searches his pockets. With pinched brows, he mutters, "Shit."
"What's wrong?"
"I left my phone in my car. I'll be back in a few."
I watch his sexy butt as he jogs up the concrete stairs before he disappears through the tunnel only to be replaced by a fuming Owen.
Cringing, I curl into my seat then wait for him and Grady to reach me.
"What the hell was that?" Owen demands, hooking his thumb over his shoulder.
My face reddens. "Nothing."
"You sure? 'Cause I'm pretty sure I just witnessed you getting proposed to on the screen."
"Yeah, what's up with that Mama Two?" Grady probes with his gangly little arms crossed over his chest, mirroring his father’s posture. I shake my head and pull him into the seat beside me to prevent Owen from interrogating me any further. "It was nothing. Let's just finish the game."
I glance back at the tunnel, hoping to see my fake fiancé striding back to me with his confident swagger. But he never does. In fact, the only thing I'm gifted with are glares from his friends before they disappear from the stadium a few minutes later too.
What the hell was that?
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