They ripped themselves from one another again, letting their lips linger close.
“Eva,” Barrel whispered.
“Mmm?”
“I love you more than I ever thought I could love,” he muttered, rubbing her leg. “Will you do me the honor of marrying me?”
Eva’s smile melted away into a look of shock and excitement. She covered her mouth with both hands while her eyes swelled up with tears.
“Are you serious?” she asked.
Barrel had never been more serious in his entire life.
He nodded, pulling her in closer and growling.
“I can’t stand another second without you,” he said firmly. “You are the stars in my sky, the sea to my sun. You’re everything to me.”
The couple proceeded to kiss passionately again before making their way back to Barrel’s lodgings. There, they made love, finally in a place that was
