The crowd went wild at his proposal. I stood still in place, shocked by his actions and unable to determine the next line of action to take. My eyes wandered from him to the sea of people gathered in the room and the silence that had seemed to follow. It dawned on me just then that they were waiting for my response. I swallowed once more. I loved Sebastian whole heartedly but I was not willing to commit myself to marriage yet. I had a whole lot of things I needed to keep up with before I had the chance to make that a priority in my head. I wished he would have spoken to me about his decision before making it public. I cut my mind off my thoughts and brought myself back to the present. His eyes now had worry sitting in them and he looked frightened as he waited for my decision. The roo