More Than Crave You by Shayla Black

Author:Shayla Black
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance
ISBN: 9781936596492
Publisher: Shayla Black
Published: 2018-08-07T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

“Oh, my god,” Nia gasps.

Why does she look shocked—and not in a good way? “Aren’t you happy? I thought you were saying yes.”

“No.”

She’s serious.

“What? You said you loved me.” Gaping, I close the ring box and stagger to my feet. “Why are you saying no?”

“What I mean is, I’m not answering your proposal right now. I’m…processing.”

I still don’t understand. “Processing what? The fact I gave you a ring? I’m just showing you I’m completely serious about getting married.”

“I appreciate that you arranged this grand romantic proposal, but I still don’t know how you feel?”

“Excited about our lives together.” I dodge the L-word because I’m focused on giving her everything I can, not what I can’t. “I intended to get married for practical reasons—until I touched you. Until I looked right in front of me and realized you’re exactly who I need. Who I want. You’ve dated a lot of guys who didn’t treat you the way they should have. I’ll be different. I’ll be devoted. I’ll be faithful. I’ll show you every day that you’re the best thing in my life. Say yes. Make me the happiest man.”

She bites her lip. “I want to. I think you mean all that. Just like I think you believe it’s enough.”

Is Nia really going to refuse me?

“It is. There’s no logical reason for you not to be my wife.”

“Except that you don’t love me.” Nia swallows. “And I don’t know that you intend to. Will you let yourself fall for me? Ever?”

I push the ring box into her hands. “Does this look like I won’t adore you? Like I won’t pamper you and shower you with affection?”

Nia barely glances at the five carats of cushion-cut solitaire before she sets the ring on the mattress beside her. “Evan, that’s not the same as love.”

Maybe not, but why isn’t that close enough? I grit my teeth and try to hang on to my composure. “Don’t say no.”

She pauses such a long time, and I find myself holding my breath. If she refuses me, I’m not sure what else I can do to persuade her.

Finally, she presses her lips together. “I don’t want to. But I told you how I feel. Being with you has made me feel things… The way you touched me just now, I would have sworn you felt the same way.”

The fact I’m not professing my undying love hurts her. I’m surprised by how much knowing that hurts me in turn. “Nia, there’s no one else for me. I will give you every part of myself—my attention, my protection, my dedication, my fortune, my commitment.”

“But not your heart.”

How do I reassure her without giving her the words simply because she wants to hear them? “I don’t know what to say. I’ve never felt about any woman the way I feel about you, not even Becca. It’s like…I’m connected to you in a way I can’t explain. And I don’t want to live the rest of my life without you by my side.

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