The words had come so easily, without any forethought, but she felt belatedly winded by them now.
"Come ooonnn." she cajoled, moving forward to take his wrist in both of her hands. But his grimace had struck her like a sour chord and reverberated in her chest, leeching away her conviction. She dropped his wrist, fighting waves of old familiar embarrassment, and took a sensible step back.
When all else fails: dig your heels in. "Would it help if I promise not to propose?"
"Come ooonnn." she cajoled, moving forward to take his wrist in both of her hands. But his grimace had struck her like a sour chord and reverberated in her chest, leeching away her conviction. She dropped his wrist, fighting waves of old familiar embarrassment, and took a sensible step back.
When all else fails: dig your heels in. "Would it help if I promise not to propose?"