SADE

I didn’t even remember moving.

One second, I was standing there staring at him on his knees with that small box in his hands, and the next second, my chest cracked open, and everything poured out at once, the fear, the waiting, the doubt, the wanting, all of it crashing together so hard that the sound tore out of me before I could stop it.

“Yes!” I screamed, my voice breaking as it echoed around the room, my hands flying to my mouth as tears rushed out without warning. “Yes! ...