“I said I’ll take your offer! I’ll marry you!” Ariana repeated, loudly this time. She knew that he had heard her the first time and only wanted the pleasure of seeing her being defeated. “I thought you weren’t interested, Miss Blake. Why the sudden change of mind?” He asked, his smirk stretching even wider. Ariana didn’t respond. She only looked away, not being able to face him. She wasn’t sure she had been this embarrassed in her entire twenty-five years on earth. Vincent watched her quietly, sensing that something serious had happened. That was the only reason she had returned. “Well, Miss Blake. I have bad news.” He suddenly said and her head snapped up to meet his eyes, curiosity written all over her face. “After you rejected my proposal, I sent it to someone else who was more int

