As Noah slipped the ring on Nancy’s finger, he suddenly froze, and his face turned white.

“What’s the matter?” implored Nancy.

“You haven’t said yes yet, and already I’m putting a ring on your finger,” he muttered. “I’m sorry, that was presumptuous of me…”

Nancy could see the disdainful look in Paul’s eyes, and it made her laugh. She thought - I did not realize that I held so much power over him. If I had known sooner, I might have done something with it... Oh, well. ...