“I know I didn’t deliver some unique lines to make it more special. But Rosebud, what I feel for you can’t be explained with words, nor can be expressed with acts. Nothing will be enough to justify the endless love I have for you.” His voice was deep, gray eyes watching me with an intense look that always managed to speed up the rate of my heartbeat. “I’m obsessed with you Rosebud, I’ve been all my life and I’ll be until my last breath. Sometimes I’ve to hold myself back from losing my control and keep you all to myself so that I can have you in my arms all the time. But not to scare you away, I always suppress my urges. You may think I’m crazy, but it’s how I am. I’m crazy for you, my rose.

From the day you asked me to marry you on your ninth birthday, I’ve been dreaming of our marriage. I’ve been waiting since. I’ve waited for so long. But I can’t anymore. Without you, my life is incomplete. I’m nothing. I want to make you mine forever. I want the world to see who you belong to. So, Emerald Hutton, will you marry me and become Mrs. Emerald Valencian? Will you become my other half and spend the rest of your life with this crazy, obsessed man of yours?”

Tears rolled down my cheeks as I stood there. His words were like sharp arrows, arrows of love and promises that hit right into my heart. I had always dreamt of him going onto his knees and proposing to me in my childhood, asking me to become his princess. I never thought my dream would ever come true. But here he was, on his knee, with a gorgeous ring in his hand, asking me to marry him. Not to become his princess, but his queen.

“Rosebud?” he asked, anxiousness etched on his beautiful features. “Will you? Will you marry me?”

Wiping my tears, I flashed him the broadest grin and nodded. “Yes! Yes, I will marry you!”

A breathtaking smile spread over his face as he let out a sigh of relief. Moisture glistened in his gray eyes, making my heart tug.

Taking my left hand, he slipped the ring into my ring finger and rose to his feet before pulling me to his chest and capturing my lips with his.

“Thank you so much, my rose. You gave me everything I ever wanted. I couldn’t ask for more. Thank you so much, baby,” he murmured against my lips, taking my mouth into a hungry kiss again, making my knees weak.

Without breaking the kiss, he lifted me up and spun us around, making me laugh against his mouth.

“What are you doing? Put me down!”