DANTE:
Martin was a sly fox.
He knew every detail of this trip including the absurd condition and chose to drop the engagement bomb at the last possible second. Classic move. Give us no time to argue, no room to back out.
Never in my life had I imagined I'd be an engaged man especially during Christmas. And certainly not to the one woman who made my blood pressure spike just by existing.
But here we were.
I watched Cinnamon smoothly slip that ring onto her finger without hesitation as if she'd done it a thousand times before. She was a great actress, which made me wonder what else about her was performance.
The helicopter's rotors whirred to life, vibration humming through the hangar.
I buckled in, keeping my gaze fixed on the window.
I could've taken the jet but that was too much
