✴ Damien ✴
The morning sunlight poured through the large bay windows of my office, illuminating the neat stacks of papers on my desk. Despite the seemingly endless to-do list in front of me, my mind was elsewhere. Scarlett’s laughter from the engagement party still played on a loop in my head, and the image of her glowing smile had been enough to keep me distracted all day. I had been toying with the idea of proposing for weeks now, but after hosting Josh and Emily’s engagement party, the thought had become impossible to ignore. I also couldn’t deny that after our fight, I was even more in love with her than before. I wasn’t even sure how that was possible, but Scarlett was everything I wanted and more. She had seamlessly integrated into my life, filling the spaces I hadn’t even realized
