POV: Tony StarkI'd been carrying the ring in my pocket for three weeks. I'm Every time I thought I'd found the perfect moment to propose, something got in the way. Foundation meetings. Emma getting sick. The discovery of Thomas Bennett. Police interviews about Alex's safe. Life kept happening, and the ring stayed hidden.

Pepper found me staring at my desk calendar, calculating when I could arrange an evening alone with Lily.

"You're overthinking this," she said, setting a coffee on my ...