Page 294 of When a Soul Cries

She was staring at me like I’d finally lost the last functioning piece of my brain.

“What?”

“I said I’d marry you!” She slapped one hand against her chest. “I didn’t say TODAY!”

“Should’ve put that in your stipulations.”

Her mouth dropped open again.

For a second, she looked completely speechless.

I couldn’t hold my grin anymore.

“You are fucking insane.”

I walked over and took the coffee from her hand before setting it on the counter.

“Baby, you said yes.”

“That does not mean—”

“We about to go seal the deal.”

Her eyes widened. “Today?”

“Today.”

“We don’t have rings!”

“They sell rings.”

“I don’t have a wedding dress!”

“They sell dresses.”

“Our families aren’t here!”

That stopped me.

Because that one mattered.

I watched the humor drain out of her face. She wasn’t throwing out another excuse this time.

She meant that.

I thought about it for a second before reaching for my phone again.

“Aight.”

Sol visibly relaxed, her shoulders dropping.

“Thank—”

“Call Zari.”

She froze.

“What?”