Perdita yanked her hand out of his grasp and slapped him hard across the face. "What is wrong with you? I lost weight because of stress! Why am I always the one dealing with the pressure?"

"I was trying to come up with a reason for why you didn’t have a ring," he stammered, rubbing his cheek.

Her eyes flashed with fury. "How about the simple fact that you never gave me one?" she snapped.

"Well, that’s going to mess up our story, isn’t it? Do you ...