"Don't worry. It's just the two of us. I rented the whole beach."
I turned to ask him what all this was, and my voice died in my throat. He was on his knees. In his hand, a ring, a band of silver set with diamonds that caught the lantern light and threw it back in a hundred cold, brilliant points, a stone so clear it looked like frozen water, worth more than I could name. The first ring still sat in my bag. And here he was, on his knees in the sand, offering me another.
He said nothing. He just knelt there, looking up at me. And then the sky exploded. I spun around. Fireworks bloomed over the water, one after another, and then the words formed in the dark, burning bright across the heavens.
Will you marry me?
My hands flew to my mouth. And from somewhere deep in my chest, a memory surfaced, years old, sharp as glass.
The lab, in college, at night. Celeste and Seraphine and me, an overnight project due the next morning, coffee cold in our cups, talking about everything except our work. And the conversation had drifted, as it always did with Seraphine, to proposals.
Seraphine had leaned back in her chair, chin lifted. "When I find the one and he's ready to propose, I want the most expensive aircraft in the world. I want to be decked in luxury, my billionaire fiance on his knees before me, the crème de la crème of society watching, and the whole thing filmed and shown live all over the world."
Celeste had laughed. "Wishful thinking, Sera."


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The readers' comments on the novel: Two Can Play (Celeste and Dominic)
Agent Frost better teach Tasha how to protect herself if anything gets out of hand or if she’s ever in danger or forced again...
I need some good news for Tasha. Special Agent hear her out and don’t let her get back into that life. Do I hear a romance or someone Tasha can truly count on besides Scarlett??...
I hope Tasha is let off and helped by this detective and gets away from all this maybe a twist for this novel is she gets on the good side of things and gets away from that life completely even if she has to separate herself from Scarlett but it appears Tasha gets hurt by Scarlett’s and sparrow’s stupidity as she’s blamed for Scarlett’s decisions...
Her life is ruined and Scarlett’s been living a luxurious life through it all...
I officially hate everyone for hurting Tasha and allowing things to happen to her. This whole Sparrow and Scarlett situation is some BS....
It’s a bit stupid that as powerful and ruthless sparrow is he and Scarlett sure do a lousy job of protecting and having guard on Tasha. Like how did all of this happen to her if he was supposed to be protecting her based on the contract??...
More Chapters Please...
I thought it said 10 chapters a day??? It’s been like 2-3 days and no update after chapter 574. The release time is so inconsistent, I have started to just loose interest....
Just find Tasha and get her some help. How did she have sparrow’s men watching her if she really cared so much. Scarlett’s character is so suspect…...
Storyline is interesting it’s just so much sexual content I have to skip through just find out the main context of the story....