Cut to the Chase by Elle Keating

Author:Elle Keating
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2016-03-08T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-Seven

As progressive as Chase was, there were some things that were nonnegotiable in regards to tradition.

He had always envisioned himself proposing marriage to the woman he loved with the ring that his father had given his mother. Chase should have known that his engagement to Gabrielle was doomed the moment she insisted that she pick out the rock of her choice. He never told her about his mother’s ring. Deep down, he knew she didn’t deserve it. Within hours of his proposal, Gabrielle had practically drug him to Tiffany’s and picked out a diamond so obscene, so ridiculously large, that it resembled gaudy costume jewelry. God, how he hated that ring. He had every right to demand that hideous piece of jewelry back the night he found her cheating on him, but by then, he didn’t care. She could keep the ring and the guy she had been riding.

Chase pushed the noxious thought out of his mind and focused on the present, which was so beautiful. The setting was so perfect, the ideal combination of romance and serenity, but he didn’t have the ring in his possession. Their abrupt departure from New York prohibited him from going to his bank’s safe-deposit box and reclaiming what should rightfully belong to Erin. Chase knew that men, especially in this day and age, often proposed without a ring. But no matter how petty it seemed, Chase couldn’t bring himself to ask Erin to be his wife without it. That ring was a symbol of forever, a symbol that everything he had belonged to her, that his love for her would never waver but grow stronger with each passing day. He thought about having the ring flown to the island, but reconsidered. Although slight, there was a risk that the stalker would trace it somehow, leading him to their private little world. To ensure her safety, he would just have to wait until they were back in New York to propose.

Chase walked to the water’s edge and wrapped his arms around Erin’s waist. He had been watching her for some time from a few yards away. She seemed at peace as she gazed out at the ocean, which was a marvel considering their past month. She nestled into him and sighed.

“You look very relaxed,” he said, breathing in the scent of her shampoo mixed with sea-infused air. The combination was intoxicating and he longed for a repeat of last night. Despite their explosive lovemaking on the plane, his girl had been prepared to give him more the moment they stepped foot on solid ground. Reading the lust in her eyes, he had hustled her onto his gated property. Chase still wasn’t certain how he had restrained himself long enough for Andrew to secure the ten-thousand-square-foot home, but when he was given the green light to enter, Chase had rushed her to the bedroom, which was where they had remained up until an hour ago.

“You told me that you owned a vacation home, not an entire island,” she said.

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