Chapter 40
Ari
It’s almost my chance. She’s wailing the last song now, and dare I say, the crowd might love her more than they love me.
My mind has been running nonstop since she started singing, thinking of all the possibilities.
Maybe she’d want to join the band. Maybe she’d just want to sing with us sometimes.
No matter what she wants, I’m going to make it happen.
As the cymbals ring with the last note of the song, the crowd erupts once more.
Confusing Erica, I tap on the mic for everyone’s attention, holding one hand in the air and a finger to my mouth, silently asking them to quiet.
My bandmates know what I’m planning and watch with smiles on their faces. With extra dramatics due to my missing voice, I pull the box from my pocket and drop myself to one knee.
If I thought the crowd lost their shit before, it’s got nothing on the squeals now surrounding us. Holding my hand up, I wait for them to quiet before I continue.
Sorry for springing this all on you with a crowd, but it just felt like the perfect moment. Erica, my love, my little siren, my mate, will you marry me?
Her lip trembles and she sniffles before saying yes, letting me slide the ring onto her finger. She pulls it to her face to examine the black rhodium ring I had made with a mystic fire topaz that changes colors in certain lights.
“Did you all know about this?” she asks the crowd and is met with a chorus of “nos.” “Are you sure?” She’s egging them on now and it’s adorable.
She holds her hand in the air as if showing them all the ring and sings “I said yes!”
The VIP experiences tonight are even more special and amazing. Everyone is so kind and excited to meet my fiancée. Gods, that feels good to say. I know we completed our bond, but I want to do right by her and give her the rockstar wedding she deserves, whenever she’s ready.
Our manager snaps at me for not telling him my plan, but only because he wanted to congratulate us properly. He was able to find someone to deliver cupcakes and champagne in time for us and all the VIPs though.
We take pictures, chat, and hang out with this bunch of VIPs longer than any other group, long into the night.