My Dad's Bestfriend

Chapter 204

Chapter 204

Evelyn

Jacob's body froze at my question, his green eyes flickering with a strange realization. Slowly, his grip on me loosened, and he stepped away, leaving my skin cold and my heart sinking. The warmth that had just wrapped around me like a safety net faded, replaced by the icy tendrils of doubt.

I couldn't read his expression. It was unreadable, distant, and yet somehow

heavy, as though my words had triggered something deep within him.

Had I crossed a line?

Did I say it too soon?

We had only just recovered from everything every wound, every misunderstanding, every piece of shattered trust. Maybe he thought it was too soon for something this monumental.

I opened my mouth to say something, but the words caught in my throat as he turned abruptly and walked into the room, leaving me standing there in silence.

I followed, confusion and regret tangling in my chest.

This was a mistake.

But as I entered the room, I stopped. Jacob stood with his back to me, his broad frame illuminated by the moonlight streaming through the window. It painted him in soft hues of silver, making his skin almost glow, his shoulders rising and falling with each slow breath he took.

"Jacob, I'm—" I started, but my apology was cut short when he turned to face me.

the cold inside me, thawing the chill that had settled into my bones and making my heart stutter in response. It

his hand. But my attention was locked on his face, on the way his

moved toward me like gravity pulling us together. I didn't know why my heart raced so violently, why every inch of my skin tingled with anticipation.

stood before me, his green eyes locking with mine, the world felt like it had tilted on its

I could almost taste it. "I had this whole thing planned, baby. Bookings,

to ask, didn't you?" he

touch searing through me, and my gaze shifted down to where our hands were intertwined.

faltered. My eyes flickered between him and the box, confusion and disbelief

barely leaving my lips before my heart began to race in

at the sight of him kneeling, and a tear threatened to spill from the corner of my eye as he looked up at me with a

silly, getting down on both knees," he said with a grin, "but this is how I

my entire body. It was as if my soul had been cold for so long, and

God...

did I do to deserve to feel

heart. "But for you, I'd kneel, beg, and even prostrate myself if I had to. Because you're worth

hand, still holding mine, trembled, his eyes shining with

everything in me had been incomplete-fragmented-and now, here he

Forever... with him.

with a mix of frustration and affection, "you've royally screwed me

and I sniffled. I couldn't tear

the strength to

about you, no matter

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