Chapter 14 - The Ring Returns Without An Audience

One evening, Nathan brought Emma back to the villa patio.
No guests.
No flowers.
No cameras.
He held the same engagement ring.
Emma laughed.
“It’s already mine.”
“I know.”
“Then why are you holding it?”
“Because the last time I put it back on your hand, I was angry.”
He looked at her.
“I want to do it once when nobody is watching.”
Emma extended her hand.
Nathan slid the ring onto her finger.
No applause.
No speech.
No family witnessing the moment.
Emma preferred it that way.
The ring stopped being evidence of who had won the engagement party.
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It returned to what it was supposed to be.
A promise between two people.