THE VALENTINE PROPOSAL

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, once he sees me. The roses on my left hand were from his favourite fancy florist,a red marigold . In my right han

ice. Today was Valentine's Day and I was going to propose to my boyfriend of three years. I know he was the one that was traditionally

tually put my foot first, he'd say yes. We were

Flynn told me it was romantic when women proposed so I'd saved up, bough

ch, and I was the one who got him the job. I had a friend that worked in HR and I put in a good word. Flynn has been entirely grateful to me ever since, promi

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rd Flynn's office. The door was closed but I didn't knock. I wanted it to be a s

, I'm

the rest o

stant, was bent over him, her skirt hiked up, his hands fumblin

em. I missed. It crashed into the walls, shattering on impact, spraying foam an

at the door. When they saw me, they pushed each other away, and she

red. "This isn't w

like I was a cor

knew then that it was for a ver

id, stepping over the g

here was self explanatory." I threw the flowers o

" he shouted, g

rd to blink away came pouring down. All these years I've bee

urt you. It just happened. It di

pain of the betrayal, my index pointed at his chin. "Ev

oes from under the

eyes snapping to

making eye contact. The

toes. All the love I had for him

. " We can talk about this. It was a mistake and a stupid on

on somebody that didn't even r

him. "We

oice suddenly turned c

itched from begging mode to evil villai

glared down at me, the malevolence

mean you have exclusive rights to me?

voice was like steel. " I do not even want someone like you t

e the tears started. My hands shook so badly I could barely press the button.

leaned against the elevator walls and cried. I made sure to cry all the tears out, because when I leave this b

w I looked like a mess. Opposite this elevator was the second one, and my heart fell as I saw Flynn ste

ng. I looked over my shoulders and he was speed walking towards me. I flipped

eet tall, dark hair, sculpted face, a dazzling work of art by the

hat Flynn was in the midst of a c

's wrist in front of me, reached into my purse and grabbed the ri

is voice so smooth, the husky dra

le of the lobby. People around us stopped and

marry me?"

slammed into me and I wondered what the hell I was doing. Worse, the entire hallway was dead silen

hind me, I heard footsteps running. "

the stranger's hand to snap the ring off, but then b

the stranger. I saw the fear t

Monta

s when I recognized the face on so many TV s

any, and the conglomerate and sub-chains. The man

posed to the

n on me, a smile on his fac