The backstage was eerily quiet considering the ongoing concert, or perhaps I was simply too distracted to see how everyone scattered around as I stumbled on the now empty space. I leaned over the wall, my hands supporting my trembling body, and tried to breathe through my nose.
A set of footsteps echoed, and then Keelan's voice shortly followed.
"Stefanie?"
I looked over my shoulder to see him standing a few paces away from me. Turning around, I pressed my back against the wall and stared at him.
"s**t, I knew it. This was a bad idea. I mean, I can't deny the appeal of proposing publicly. I wanted to show you that I'm neither ashamed nor I'm hiding my connection with you. But I didn't mean to put pressure on you. Like what I said up on the stage, you can say no. You can actually just w
