We’re in the jewelry store, diamonds glittering all around us. Ivan is watching me slide ring after ring onto my finger. Every time he wrinkles his nose and shakes his head.
“I’ve tried on the entire store,” I laugh.
“None of them are good enough. You deserve the best.”
I press onto my toes and kiss his cheek. “I already have the best. I have you.”
I should feel awkward and uncomfortable. We’re only pretending, after all. But there’s no sense of that here. This all feels…real. Normal.
Like we’re an actual couple.
Ivan smiles down at me. Amusement dances in his amber eyes. “Much to my dismay, you can’t wear me all the time.”
“I can try,” I purr.
He leans in, his lips close to my ear. “Tell me what you know.”
I press my nose to his neck, breathing him in. He smells like gunpowder. L
