Victoria stared, face blank and void of emotion at first. She was so shocked, she didn’t know how to respond properly.
Then came the huge grin. At first, she questioned whether she had actually heard him right. Max? Proposing? That hardly seemed realistic. But the look he was giving to her as he asked. The awkwardness with which he stood. It was obvious he really did say something out of the ordinary.
Then came the tears. He was waiting for her response, but she couldn’t seem to get her voice to work for her. She continued to stare at him a minute more before he asked if she’d heard him.
“I did…” She said carefully, studying his eyes. He was looking at her like “well? What’s your response?” She held her breath for a moment longer before nodding her head. She couldn’t even feel her head bobbing up and down, so she just hoped her body was doing her bidding.
“I love you so much, Max. Of course I’ll marry you. I… I didn’t even know this day would ever come,” she said, voice full of emotion as she stared at him while he slipped an engagement ring on her finger then put his hands on her shoulders.
“It came. It really came and now you know how I feel too,” he said simply. His face didn’t quite reflect the words he spoke, but she was used to that. She was used to him appearing void of emotion to anyone that didn’t know him. But she also knew that he loved her, and now she knew that he wanted to marry her.
And she had honestly never felt so happy or so loved in her life.
