The Trinity War (Book 3 of the Trinity series)

Chapter 14

"I can't believe he proposed to you," Abbey said, clutching my hand in hers and staring at the diamond ring that sparkled on my finger.

We were currently sitting on the beach alone. I had told the boys that I needed to talk to Abbey alone so that I could tell her the news. I hadn't told her the night before because she was so excited to be in Rome and start exploring her favorite city. And I wanted to tell her when Lance wasn't around.

"Me either. It was completely unexpected," I said.

"I can't believe you said yes," she said, still entranced by the ring. I snatched my hand away from her now.

"Why wouldn't I say yes?" I asked.

"You're not even 20 yet!" she exclaimed.

"So? I will be in a few months. And besides, age doesn't matter," I said.

"You are way too young to get married," she said.

"I'm not getting married! We're only engaged!" I cried.

"But still! You've only been dating for 2 years," she said.

"That's a really long time, Abbey," I said.

"How do you know you've made the right decision?" she asked.

"Because..." I trailed off.

She was right. How did I know I was making the right decision?

I had never dated anyone before Trey, let alone had fallen in love with anyone before him. So how did I know that what was between us was actually love? What if Trey decided, after he found out who I really was, that he didn't want to be with me anymore? Should I have waited until after he found out about my double agent status? He was my fiancee now, but there were still so many secrets between the two of us.

"Because what?" Abbey prodded, pulling me from my thoughts.

"Because I know how I feel around him. And you said it yourself, you've never seen a love like our's before. He's the one. I know he is," I told her.

"Regardless, you should have waited," she said.

"Until?" I asked.

"Until you two sorted out the problems between yourselves. They're still existant. Just because you've got a ring on your finger now doesn't mean that they'll go away. What if you can solve them all? What happens then? I mean, don't get me wrong. I'm totally rooting for you two, but I just think you guys should be smarter about all of this," she said.

"We'll get through it. I know we will," I said, trying to convince myself more than Abbey.

"I hope so. Because that ring makes things pretty permanent," she said, putting her sunglasses on and leaning back on her elbows.

I sighed and put my glasses on, too, laying down and letting the sun shine over me.

There was one thing that I was sure of, and that was that I didn't want to hurt Trey anymore than I already was. But by saying yes, had I set him up for more pain in the future?

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"I don't think I can do this," I muttered, brushing the skirt of my dress down with my sweaty hands. I was so nervous I could feel my knees trembling and could hear my heart thumping in my ears. I kept twirling the beautiful engagement ring on my finger around and around on my ring finger, a nervous habit that I picked up ever since Trey had given it to me nearly three weeks ago.