Emma
I stared at Rett in shock. His emotions were unreadable. The ring in my hand was heavy, a filigree platinum band with a giant oval diamond. I still couldn't believe what he'd just said.
“I need to marry you now. Tonight?"
Rett nodded. “I called in a few favors. The judge will be here in half an hour."
My head spun with this newfound urgency as I walked to the window in my suite that looked out on the courtyard. Though it was daylight, now that I'd seen it in the lights, I couldn't look down without seeing the Ramses family crest.
“Talk to me."
I spun back toward him. “Hell, Rett, I don't know what to say. I suppose somewhere in my head I'd imagined a man on his knee professing his love and extolling the reasons why we were meant to be husband and wife." I tossed the ring in the
