Those Nights

Chapter 6

Mariahs POV

No. NO. NOOOOO. Of course, of freaking course. The little shit wants to marry me. God damn it Harry.

I opened the box, the ring is beautiful and the diamond is huge. I'm speechless and so is Niall. Leaving only our thoughts and the events of tonight to leave us to our judgment of telling the truth.

I hear a buzz coming from my purse on the couch, it happens to b Harry. I stare at the screen to shocked to answer. "Answer the phone." Niall pushes. I scowled at him then answered, "Hey babe, how are you? OH and thanks for the dress, I love it."

I walked over to the kitchen, Niall right behind me.

"Oh you're so welcome, I had helped picking it out."  Harry says.

I turned to Niall, and pointed to the dress, and he shook his head in approval. SMH.

"Anyways I called to tell you I'm on the way to get you, there's one last surprise I have for you."

"Alright, I should be ready when you get here."

"Oh one more thing, have you seen Niall?" I look over my shoulder to see Niall idly looking at the Tiffany and C.O. Box.

"No I haven't seen him." Fully turning and facing him. Staring.

"Hopefully he'll show up. He was with Mo and I and he bailed on us."

"Why did he leave?" I say looking at Niall whose looking at me.

"I'll tell you later." He says secretively.

I'm pretty sure I know what he has to tell me. That'll lead to questions, questions I am not prepared to answer.

Niall POV

All this time, all this time, he wanted to marry her. This is unbelievable. He didn't even tell me. I'm hurt. Not because he didn't tell but because of the fact that the guilt is building more and more, now that I know this.

Mariah hangs up the phone.

"Can you put that back,"  Pointing at the box. "I don't want Harry to know we moved it."
She seems upset, tired, and completely drained.

"Also, you need to leave. Harry is on his way to get me and if you're here when he shows up..."

"The truth will unfold."
I look up to her, and I just want to give her a big hug. That's what I do, to my surprise she hugs me back.

"Are you alright?" I asked.

"So much has gone on in the past couple months. We've kept this huge secret from our partners and it's tearing the both of us apart." She confesses.

"I've never cheated, ever in my life. I've never condone it either. And I never ever wanted to be cheated on, cause I would hate the way that it would feel. And I'm afraid that Harry won't forgive me at all."

She sniffs and I looked down to see tear stains on my shirt.

"Hey, hey, hey its okay. We'll tell him when he gets here, and-"

"Tell me what?" Harry stands in the door with a bouquet of flowers and a face of uncertainty.