Victor didn't think to knock. There was no time for that. It wasn't like he had ever thought he would get in one knee for someone before meeting Estelle, and it wasn't like he was the type to make a speech about how much he loved her, not when he didn't know how to explain it in words himself, but if that was what she wanted, if that was what would make her stay then he would happily do it.
Anything.
Anything so Estelle wouldn't leave.
Victor was that desperate.
However, the first second after he opened the door, he saw the way she snapped her head at his direction, her adorable eyes doe-like in surprise and her hair already loose on her shoulders, and then surprisingly, she fell on her knees, the big skirts of the royal blue gown all around her.
She looked like suddenly the oxygen ha
