CHAPTER 103

Riella's POV.

There was no way I saw that coming. Absolutely no way I could have predicted any of this. My eyes were widened and my mouth was wide open while I stared at it. I couldn't believe this. I couldn't believe this.

Ultimately, my heart started racing in my chest and I was forced to take a step back because it was all too much to take in while he just knelt there watching every emotion that passed through me.

“Ella, there is no one I want but you. Please, will you do us a favor and say yes to me darling?” His voice was a mixture of a plea, a desperate plea, and affection but I couldn't even think straight. Before me, my brain was thinking multiple ways about why I couldn't just do this. Why I couldn't just marry him? Why I couldn't say yes to him and it hurt to even think about them.

I started to shake my head but he surprised me by inching forward with a speed that stunned me and left me gasping for a few seconds while he gently clamped my hands in his. Seconds ago, I had b