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Dimitri POV

I was walking with Christian through the jewelry store, looking at engagement rings. He kept pointing at different types with all kinds of stones, but none felt like the right one, the perfect ring for Rose. I imagine it something simple, but beautiful. Something kind of normal, but unique. Something that you can't find the words to describe because you're shocked by its beauty. Just like my girlfriend (hopefully soon wife) is.

I walked to the back of the shop and that's when I saw it. The ring was simple, made of white gold and it had a diamond that made the light shine in a dozen of colors on the wall. It lights up the store, just like Rose lights up my world, like she makes me smile whenever I see her brown eyes.

"Hey Christian, look at this one" I called for my friend, pointing to the ring. "I like this one, it's perfect.", I added. I decided to buy that one, thinking that I won't find another that I would like this much. I bought it, without even looking at the price. My Rose is worth any price.

Before we met with the girls I wanted to call Abe Mazur so we can set a time to meet. I need to ask for his permission. I sighed and dialed his number.

"Mazur speaking" he said after picked up on the third ring.

"Hello, sir. It's Dimitri.

"Ah, Belikov. How are you? Why are you calling? Is everything alright?" he asked sounding anxious. I wasn't sure how to reply.

"Yes, all good. But...I was wondering" I stammered "could you come to Court for a few days? There is something I need to..." I hesitated, searching for a good word "... talk to you about."

"Sure, when do you need me?"

I thought about that. "As soon as you can. No hurry, in a few days would be perfect."

He decided to come on Tuesday, that meant I had four days left to prepare my speech for Zmey.

Walking back to the food area in the mall, reality settled over me: I was going to propose to Rose, the love of my life. I was going to ask her to spend the rest of her life by my side, as my wife. Rosemarie Belikova. I smiled to myself as I thought about that.

"It's not good to smile alone, by yourself. It makes you look crazy. Care to share the happy thoughts with me?" told Rose amused as she came over to me and entwined our fingers together.

"Not really. Just some old joke I remembered". It was a lie, a small but necessary one. I bent down to kiss her, hoping she would drop the subject. When she didn't say anything, just looked at me questioningly I decided to take the job of changing subjects. "So what did you and Lissa buy?"

"Lissa bought some dresses she wanted to wear at Court and some more decorations for her apartment. And then we went to Victoria's Secret..." she trailed off and that definetly got my attention. "If you're nice, you'll get to see me in them tonight". Now i was barely waiting to go home. "What did you buy?"

I tried to come up with something fast. "Oh nothing, Christian just wanted to look at some video games" I explained, hoping I sound convincing.

She watched me confused."But the video game stores are that way" she said, pointing in the opposite direction from were we came from.

Damn. I gulped and tried to come with a good explanation. "Yeah, I know. We went there but it was nothing good, so we just walked around in the mall" It was such a lame excuse that even I wouldn't have believed it. But she dropped it.

On the way back, Rose and I sat in the back of the van, Lissa and Christian in the middle and two other guards in the front. I took her small and soft hand in mine and bent to kiss her forehead. Rose turned her head to kiss my lips. I was enjoying the sweet and loving kiss but she deepened it making the kiss passionate and hot. My tongue danced with hers in a frenzy and electricity shot between us. The guardian inside me never forgot we were in public so I had to put an end to it. But I still asked full of hope "So...was I nice enough to see what you bought from Victoria's Secret?" I whispered in her ear.

She looked at me through her eyelashes, grinning. "Oh yes, definetly. You'll be very pleased with what I bought."

I am sure I will be. The ride home seemed endless now. Rose fell asleep, resting her head on my shoulder. I had time in that silence to prepare the speech for her father.