With her face burning bright red, she gently pushed him away and whispered, “Stop it, Mrs. Wilson and Mr. Campbell are watching!”
Shane turned around and shot them an annoyed glance upon hearing that, causing Mrs. Wilson and Silas to giggle in response.
“We’re terribly sorry, sir! We didn’t mean to interrupt you two! Anyway, I should see to the soup in the kitchen now!”
Mrs. Wilson then returned to the kitchen, leaving Silas to face Shane all by himself.
“I… I came to bring you this, Mr. Shane…” Silas stammered a little before producing a tiny box from his pocket and handing it over to Shane.
Natalie took a look out of curiosity and felt her heart racing again when she saw that it was a red velvet box.
Is he…about to propose to me with a ring?
Natalie swallowed nervously at the thought of that. But she didn’t want to make it obvious that she was staring at him as it would be awkward if he wasn’t actually going to propose like she imagined.
While she was still trying to guess his intentions, Shane opened the box, revealing the shiny diamond ring inside.
The ring was made out of platinum and had a bunch of rhinestones that formed a circle around a three-carat pink diamond.
Natalie’s eyes lit up when she saw how beautiful it was, and she instinctively exclaimed, “It’s so pretty!”
Screw it, no woman can possibly resist the temptation of diamonds, and I’m no exception!
Shane smiled when he saw her reaction and held the ring up in front of her. “Do you like it?”
Nodding, Natalie said without hesitation, “Yes, I love it!”
She then lowered her head in embarrassment when she realized what she had done.
Oh, my god! I can’t believe I reacted like that! I just showed him how much I wanted that ring! I’d be making a fool out of myself if that ring isn’t meant for me!
“Keep it, then.” Shane held her hand up and slowly slid the ring onto her middle finger while she stared blankly at it.
“I-It’s for me?”
“Yeah, it’s an engagement ring.” Shane landed a kiss on the ring as he said that.
Natalie was utterly touched by his actions and held a hand over her mouth to stop herself from crying.
Just as no woman can resist the temptation of diamond rings, none can resist a proposal made with them either! I thought he was just going to propose to me verbally, but he actually got me a ring to go with it!
Unsure of what Natalie had in mind, Shane put her hand back down and rubbed the ring gently as he said, “I know nothing about romance, so I can’t really give you a romantic proposal, but…”
Natalie placed a finger on his lips to cut him off, “That’s okay! Your proposal is very romantic as it is, and I’m beyond happy right now!”
As much as she envied those who received romantic proposals, she knew it was an impossible task for someone like him and didn’t bother demanding one from him.
The fact that he had given her a ring was more than enough for Natalie.
Shane was touched by how understanding she was and pulled her into his embrace. “I’ll slowly make it up to you in the future.”
“Why? You don’t owe me anything!” Natalie chuckled as she gave him a pat on the chest.
Unable to stand how lovey-dovey they were, Silas pouted and began contemplating whether he should excuse himself.
However, his cell phone began ringing all of a sudden, distracting the lovebirds and ruining the moment.
Silas flashed them an apologetic smile and said, “Sorry, Mr. Shane, I didn’t mean to interrupt. I’ll go take this call now…”
