You are proposing to me!?

It's been quite a few days since the hearings started, and next week should be the final hearing since most of the evidence has been collected and is just waiting to be presented.

We took some time browsing through catalogs but we found none matching our tastes, we both wanted something somewhat unique, so we mixed a couple of popular designs, we custom ordered a pair of rings with a 1-carat purple diamond, we could have gone larger but we both agreed wearing honking diamonds would be too annoying at some point, so we went for the midpoint. each ring would have half a heart so that when the two were joined it completed that heart, it was to be made in platinum, with gold inlays in it, which looked like they were veins that emerged from the diamond, they also had an inscription on the inside, one said 'I love Cait' and the other 'I love Adam'. we decided against any accent stones or other extra stuff.

We got our order pretty quick since, well as you guessed I own 'Ke Beers Group' the largest diamond producer and distributor in the world.

While Caitlin assumed that we will get our rings in at least three weeks, I prepared her a surprise, because I already had the rings. on a completely normal Sunday, I went on a normal date with her to the very same bar in which we first met, the bar where she first proposed the plan for me to date her.

"how nostalgic eh?" she said as we entered the bar, "I remember walking in here and asking you to date me, while you were practically crying and drinking, it's a good memory, I believe this place is good for me to propose to you? what do you say."

"well, yea- wait you are proposing to me!?" I asked with an eyebrow raised.

She pouted "why can't I?"

I chuckled, hearing her say that I decided to make a slight change of plans.

once we had our seats I ordered two margaritas. "remember, I was drinking a margarita and you practically took the glass from me and drank it, like you were some mafia boss."

Caitlin chuckled hearing that, "well, I don't completely remember why I did that but it must have looked cool, part of the reason was I remember Nolan told me that you liked sort of punky girls, so I tried leaving that kind of first impression."

"what? that's- oh yea I actually had a thing for punks and emos, but that was quite a while back."

She smiled hearing that, and we had one huge convo about the type of people we like, when we were got our second margarita, I slid her a black ring box.

"what's this?" she asked

I grinned "weren't you gonna propose to me?" I asked with a teasing tone.

She slowly opened the box, and took a sneak peek, inside, she then, got off her seat, and cleared her throat, after 3 coughs, she bent down on a knee, "Adam-"

Before she could finish, I cut her off "wait a minute, well I planned this earlier but had to make some quick changes so, uhh lemme just-" I said as I fished out the other ring from margarita glass which Caitlin was just served.

Caitlin just looked at me in disbelief, like saying 'come on don't mess up the proposal.'

I also bent down on one knee, at the same level as Caitlin, I held out the ring which I had just wiped with a tissue, and she held out the open ring box.

"Adam Nelton, although we have only been together for a short time, I have honestly fallen in love with you, I have imagined a family with you, and I want to be more than your girlfriend, so will you marry me?"

"Caitlin Stean, knock knock," I said with a smile.

She tilted her head in confusion "uh- who's there? I guess?"

"marry."

She squinted her eyes "marry who?"

"marry me," I replied with a grin.

She was smiling but she shook her head trying to tell me 'that wasn't that good.' i was clearly able to see the happiness on her face, and to be honest I was in cloud 69 too.

"oh, also, yes, I agree to marry you." I said with a smile

"me too, I agree to marry you too," she said with a smile and a tear in her eye. I knew she wasn't sad, she was just happy, the past few years, from what she got from Ian, it must have been a good experience.

We slowly exchanged rings, we only used one hand to put the ring on the other's finger, so we were able to exchange rings at the same time.

She patted my head and ruffled my hair "what kind of proposal was that!? how will we tell ou-"

I cut her off and kissed her while grabbing her from the waist. she also didn't hold back and wrapped her arms around me, we kissed for a while during which I wondered about her last sentence was she going to say 'relatives, friends or parents' or 'children' well who cares.

When we stopped the whole bar started cheering, and rose petals fell from the ceiling, well you guessed it, there wasn't really much of preparation, but I ended up buying the whole bar somehow, I don't actually remember how exactly it happened but I guess I thought it would be more convenient.

After rose petals, confetti fell, and a whole bunch of 100 dollar bills, while everyone in the bar started creating a ruckus to pick up the bills on the floor and in the air, we just looked at each other in the eye.

"so, Mr. future husband, current fiance, and my lovey what's your plan for tonight," she asked with a teasing smile.

I brushed her nose with mine. "Miss future wife, current fiance, and my Cait, I plan to have a grandeur dinner at the highest restaurant, and th-"

She put her index finger on my lips, "shush, let's just go on the bed tonight."

I raised my eyebrow "what about dinner?"

She said with a proud smile, "I learnt to cook your favorite dishes from your mom."

"my mom knows my favorite dishes, more importantly, she knows how to cook!?" I asked in disbelief

"she told me that she cooked every dinner since she didn't like that all her family only ate food cooked by maids."

"well- I never knew- anyways so where do we go? mom and dad are under house arrest in our home."

"well, my villa has been waiting for us for quite a while now."

"Does that mean you have been preparing?" I asked with a weird expression, she has been preparing her villa for us to have sex, I wonder what would I find inside.

"don't make that face, I just bought every ki- Nah I won't ruin the surprise," she said with a smirk.

I looked at my ring, and just remembered a small detail, I pulled out the ring and read the inscription, it said 'i love Adam' which was sorta narcissistic.

"uhh, Cait we need to switch our rings-" I said with an embarrassed chuckle.