It Takes Two by Jonathan Scott & Drew Scott

Author:Jonathan Scott & Drew Scott
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781328770981
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2017-09-05T04:00:00+00:00

Business was thriving, but I didn’t have to be a self-proclaimed math genius like Drew to know that we were overspending, and it was starting to make me nervous. Cutting back on the travel seemed like the obvious solution. It wasn’t just the expense that was causing stress: The fun getaways were so frequent they’d become the expected norm. Some couples went to the movies on the weekend; we went halfway across the country for dinner on Vancouver Island. It was a letdown if I couldn’t pull away from the job to take off somewhere. My hours may not have been as structured as a nine-to-five boyfriend’s would have been, but I only had to put in an average of five hours a day. I told myself that my girlfriend wanting more time together just underscored how in love we were. After all, we never argued.

She wasn’t shy about reminding me that the wedding date of her dreams was July 7, 2007. What could be luckier than 7/7/07? When she first mentioned it and I joked that 10/10/10 sounded good, too, she made it clear that this was no laughing matter. I got the message: That date was important to her.

Even though I felt like I was still discovering her, I didn’t put up any real resistance to the deadline. Maybe I wasn’t experiencing that overwhelming sense of this is perfect yet, but I was certain that what we had was a good, solid, healthy relationship. Why are you taking your time? I chided myself. You’re in love, why not?

With the summer of 2007 looming, I decided it was time to propose and, since we both loved Vegas, I knew I wanted to pop the question there. I called the hotel to let them know I wanted to do something memorable. What were the possibilities? They suggested dinner at their restaurant and having the engagement ring hidden in the dessert. What if she choked on the diamond? That wasn’t the kind of memorable I was going for. Besides, that proposal was so old, Eve probably would have found a solitaire in the apple if she’d taken a second bite. I didn’t want generic . . . I wanted epic.

I came up with my own plan, and on a Wednesday afternoon, the plot was unexpectedly set in motion. “Hey, some friends are heading to Vegas for the weekend,” my soon-to-be-fiancée told me. “Wanna go?” I smiled calmly and agreed, but it was panic in the streets inside my head. I had so many calls to make and so much to do if I was going to pull my plan together in 72 hours. Fortunately, I had already done a lot of the legwork and really just had to knock over the first domino.

When we got to Vegas, I created a plausible ruse to break away for a stealth meeting at Tiffany’s. I had sent advance word of what I was looking for, so they had different stores around the country pull a selection of rings and send them by courier to Vegas for me to choose from.

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