Never imagining she would end up engaged to the man of her dreams, Nava Ellison is deeper in love and happier than she's ever been before. Back home, Nava begins adapting to this new, glamorous life she will soon share with Abel all while trying to...
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Washington D.C., 6:42PM
Staring out the jet window, I twist and turn my ring feeling a little anxious about returning home. I'm worried about how my mom is going to react to Abel and I's sudden engagement. Although she likes Abel, I don't think she's ready for him to be her son-in-law. My mom is incredibly earnest when it comes to marriage, so I doubt she'll think either of us are ready for a step as serious as this one. Still, I'm hoping once we explain we're not rushing down the aisle, she'll understand and be happy for us.
Besides, she married my dad the minute he got home from basic training, and they'd only known each other for a couple months so she can't be upset we're engaged so early into our relationship.
Glancing down at my ring, I can't believe we're engaged; I've yet to get over the night Abel proposed to me. I truly never thought the day would come that someone would love me enough to want to spend the rest of their life with me. Don't get me wrong, I'm excited that I'm going to be Abel's wife but at the same time I'm nervous; I don't know the first thing about being a wife. I'm sure a lot of women feel the same way, but I think my situation is a little different considering Abel is famous and I'm not.
For months I've been preparing myself for the comments about how Abel can do so much better than me with a girl who has real money and a name for herself. I was even prepared for the comments that would compare me to Bella since the relationship is still so fresh and all the in between. Now, I have to deal with the possibility of being called a gold digger. Rich famous people don't suddenly marry normal people like me without there being some kind of ulterior motive on my part.
It's because of these thoughts I began to feel like Abel, and I should keep the engagement part of our relationship entirely to ourselves. When I brought this to Abel's attention the other night, he was not going for it.
It actually pissed him off I even thought about it.
We were on our way back from a late dinner and show when I suggested that until we had been in the public eye as a steady couple for a while, it would probably be best I didn't wear my ring.
"What did you say?" He cut me a dirty look that was almost incredulous.
His expression bringing me up short, I began to twist my ring around on my finger. "I said I don't think it would be a good idea if I wore my ring in public right now"
"Why the hell not?" He frowned.
"Because... they don't even know we're together. What am I going to say when people notice this ring on my finger?"
"What difference does it make? You know they're going to find out eventually"
"Yeah, I know but we're supposed to be coming out as a couple graduallynot all at once so it's probably not a good idea to wear it in public right now." I explained looping my arm through his.
