“Just so I can get this straight,” he said, reaching into the bag and pulling out a jeweler’s box, which he opened, “you’re saying no?”
She stared at the box he opened for her to view. It contained a heart-shaped diamond, which he was pretty proud of picking out this morning.
“Creed,” she said, sounding shocked and choked up, and he snapped the box shut and put it back in the bag.
“Too bad,” he said. “The jeweler promised me no woman could say no to this ring. He said a woman would have to have a heart of stone to refuse it. He said—”
“You’re crazy,” Aberdeen said. “I knew it when I first met you. I know you’re crazy, and I know better than to throw myself to the wind like this, but I’m going to ride this ride, cowboy, and I swear, if you turn out to be a weirdo, I’ll be really ticked at you.”