Everything came to a halt. Me, him, the world around us, and the very reality of what I just said became the only center that revolved around us.
"I am not going to let you take it back," Nikolai said hoarsely as he tensed, waiting for my reaction or refusal.
"I wasn't planning on taking it back." I breathed out the words. Oddly, I felt content with what I just said and what I told him. Marriage, with Nikolai, scared me but it was the perfect solution to my dilemma. Was I thinking of my solution to making him fall in love with me or was it something else? I refused to think of anything else.
He stared, not uttering a word as he digested what I had said. We were already done with the food. The time was late and there were still things we needed to talk through. It was not going to be
