Thalia stood frozen, not because she didn’t know what she felt,but because she felt too much all at once.

They were married on contract, the fact that he felt first and waited for her to love him despite how heartbroken she was at the time, he healed the heart he didn't break and made her a better person. He supported her dreams with all he had, and gave her everything even without asking.

George stared at her, kneeling there with a trembling smile and the diamond glittering like a captured universe inside the velvet box. It looked like everything she had ever wanted and everything she feared losing.

Her breathing...