Chapter 270: Elijah

Elijah was gonna need dental work after how hard his jaw hit the floor at that one.

"You...you wanna marry me?" he asked, wanting to make sure he was understanding her. Maybe he got into the car wreck along with Brooksy, and now he was having delusions or something.

"More than anything." She was staring straight at him, not blinking, not hemming or hawing around. His mind flashed back to high school, when he'd been a freshman and she'd been a senior. She'd been so quiet then, he wasn't sure if he'd even heard her talk that whole year.

And now? His chest filled with pride at how much she'd changed and grown over the past year. She wasn't anything like the Hannah she used to be, and he was damn proud of her for that.

That didn't make what she was saying a good idea, though. No matter how much he wanted it, it just wasn't fair to stick someone as smart and talented as Hannah with a dumbo like him. It was only right for him to shut this idea down, right here, right now.