William put down his fork and knife to fumble around in his pocket.
Beside him, Sophia blinked and inched closer to whisper into John’s ear. “Could your dad have bought a diamond ring to propose?”
John stared at William’s action and smiled. “I guess so.”
On the other hand, Logan’s face was twitching at the sight of the progression of events. I am too thoughtless. I shouldn’t have come for dinner! Not only was he mocked by Sophia, he was forced to watch the lovey-dovey scenes of the two couples. What did I do to deserve this?
out a brocade box from his pocket. Anyone could tell that it was a ring box with one
shocked at the sight of it. At this age, she had not expected to be presented with a
two of them could have discussed the remarriage between themselves in private, and that would have been good enough
propose. Thus, he could only open the box on the table, push it over to Matilda, and stare
was simple too. “Let’s
lifted his hands
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