Chapter 448 The Confession Under Fireworks.
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Grace and Zoey both had pierced ears, so Lily <b>picked </b>out a <b>pair </b>of emerald earrings for each of them.
She tried a pair on herself, but being so young, she couldn’t quite carry the air of elegance they demanded. Still, she could easily picture how regal and summing they would look on her grandmother and her nana.
“Lily, try these.” James said.
She had already chosen several pieces for herself. Normally didn’t care much for jewelry, thinking there was no need to pick too many. But James <b>thought </b><b>she </b>looked beatiful in everythin and before she knew it, the selection had growIL
Seeing him take out a pair of red diamond earrings along with a matching. quickly said, “No need, I’ve bought <b>more </b>than I can wear.”
Try them,” he insisted.
ace and bracelet, she
There was no winning against his stubbornness, so she relented. She was just about to take the earrings from him when he stepped closer and carefully fastened one onto her left ear himself.
The calloused pads of his fingers brushed her earlobe, sending a faint shiver through her. She felt her cheeks warm without warning.
By the time she gathered herself, he had already put on the other earring and sped the ne <b>around </b>her neck.
When she looked up, the mirror across from <b>them </b>showed the dazzling red diamonds swaying beside her cheeks, <b>each </b>glint making her blush deeper.
<b>James </b>saw it too. Her skin was pale and delicate to begin with, and in the soft ivory sweater dress she wore today, she looked for all the world like a sweet, gentle little rabbit. The vivid red only made her fair skin <b>glow </b>whiter, her beauty even more striking<b>. </b>
It made his throat dry. He wanted nothing more than to pin her beneath him and ravage those rosy lips.
James…”
Hearing her call him pulled him back from his thoughts. He cleared his <b>throat </b>lightly and said in a low, husky voice, “Beautiful.”
He turned to the store manager and said simply, “We’ll take all of them.”
Before she could protest about the untouched pieces on the counter, he was already taking her hand and leading her <b>out </b>of the store.
The manager and staff beamed after them as they began wrapping the jewelry, and Lily’s face burned so much she forgot entirely what she had been about to say. She let him lead her, dazed and silent.
After dinner, he drove her up a mountain road. When they got out at the top, he took off his suit jacket. draped it over her shoulders, and drew her into his arms<b>. </b>
“Lily, I don’t think I’ve ever properly told you how I feel.
Chapter 448 The Confession Under Fireworks
So that was why he had brought her here—he was going to confess.
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She leaned into him, tilting her head back with a bright smile, just in time to hear him say with near- reverence, “I <b>like </b>you. Will you be my girlfriend?”
Almost before the words <b>had </b>finished leaving his lips, fireworks burst across the night sky in a riot of color The brilliant blooms lit the hazy moonlight and warmed her heart until it felt as though fireworks were blossoming there too..
She couldn’t help remembering when John had rented our amusement <b>park </b>to set off fireworks i night for Elsa. Back then, his favoritism toward Elsa had been e thorns lodged in her het, making every breath agony.
But now, watching the dazzling disy, seeing her own name spelled out i just how much she had let go.
littering sky, she realized
The foolish girl who had once loved John with blind devotion inside her ivory tower was gone. She had broken free and been reborn.
John had been the misfortune of her youth. James was her true north–her love for life.
“Lily, will you be my girlfriend?”
She had told him that morning they should date first, <b>so </b>he thought she would likely say yes. But when her answer didn’te right away, even he felt a twinge of nervousness.
He was about to prompt her again when she smiled up at him, <b>her </b>eyes sparkling like ck diamonds under the fireworks. “Of course I will! James, I like you too–I want to be with <b>you </b>forever!”
When he just stood there, dazed, she rose on tiptoe and kissed him full on the lips.
“Lily…”
Her saying she liked him had already filled him with joy; he hadn’t expected her to take the initiative to kiss him. His Adam’s apple bobbed hard. After a brief pause, he bent his head<b>, </b>taking control of the kiss and wanting nothing more than to devour those red lips inch by inch.
The fireworks eventually faded, but the romance between them that night didn’t stop.
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Chapter 449 Roses in the Sky