"Who said I don't want to?" I said with a smirk on my face.
He looked at me and chuckled. I raised my eyebrow at his weird reaction.
"What?" I asked with suspicion.
"What—what? Are you serious?" He was laughing but then stopped.
"Of course I am!" I smiled.
He shook his head and took a step back. "No—not this soon, Scar. I think it is best to get our lives settled first. With everything wrong going on, I can't think of anything good right now."
I sighed. I couldn't disagree with what he was saying. To be honest, I also had similar thoughts, but I imagined that maybe Max would need concrete proof that I was serious with him this time. And somehow, this time I was willing to give him anything and everything because I was not going to leave him again, no matter what happened.
"But I…" I continued after a moment. "I want you to be sure that I want to be with you. This way—"
