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.

mischievous smile. The warmth in that look melted the cold inside me, thawing the

closer, and I noticed for the first time that something was in his hand. But my attention was locked on his face,

make sense of. I was consumed by him—his presence, his touch, the way he moved toward me like gravity pulling us together. I didn't know why my heart raced so violently, why every inch of my

me, his green eyes locking with mine, the world felt like

could almost taste it. "I had this whole thing planned, baby. Bookings, speeches, everything. Bianca and I worked together on this for you just so I could make it perfect. And even though every part of me

raw emotion behind every word. "But you had to ask, didn't you?" he breathed, his voice breaking just slightly. "With that sweet mouth

around mine, the warmth of his touch searing through me, and my gaze shifted down to where our hands were intertwined. That's when I saw it a velvet box

eyes flickered between him and the

my lips before my heart began to race in

chest tightened 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 gaze that

I'm being silly, getting down on both knees," he said with a grin, "but this is how I want to do this. For you. For the woman I love more than my own

words were a pledge, a promise, a vow. His fingers brushed my hand tenderly, the heat of his touch sending waves of warmth through my entire body. It was as if my soul had been

God...

did I do to deserve to

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

still holding mine, trembled, his eyes

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

Forever... with him.

a mix of

small chuckle escaped his lips and I sniffled. I couldn't tear my

find the strength to

about you, no matter

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