Mallory did think of things after his proposal, things she kept to herself as she was aware that things were going too fast between her and Alistair. It did slip into her thoughts that perhaps Alistair was love-bombing her and that everything was going too good and that something bad was happening in the long run. There was always this fear in her head, since two guys had left her previously, two guys did not choose her, and that she did really want this to work out with Alistair. To her, she felt like she was running out of time because of her age.
Her thoughts kept circling around the same fears and questions, making her anxious and paranoid. Was Alistair really and truly into her and committed to a life together? No, no, no, she knew she should stop thinking like that because she knew
