{Book 1}
Daniella Valentine, ironically enough, never had much luck in the love department, until she meets a man who sweeps her off her feet, but, there's a catch; he's unavailable
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"Good morning, beautiful", was the first thing I heard as my eyes slowly began to open. Sebastian was above me, with a sleepy smile on his face. His face was slightly puffy from what I presume to be him having just woken up. "Go away", I mumble as I turn away from him. I had a hard time sleeping last night and I had just fallen asleep only moments ago, but now I was being rudely woken up by the man that I loved. "Get up, I have a surprise for you", he hums as he kisses my cheek. I mumble into my pillow, my words coming out muffled. "Let me sleep", I cry as I shove my head under the pillow, pulling the comforter over my head in the process.
"What's wrong? Are you feeling sick?", he asks me, his tone automatically becoming worried. He slips his hands under my torso and turns my body around as his worried eyes scan my face. He places his hand on my forehead, "You seem a little warm. I'm going to get the thermometer, stay here", he rushes out of the room. "But I don't even feel sick-", I throw my hands by either side of me as I readjust my blanket. I hear heavy footsteps running towards my room as Sebastian returns.
I laugh as he stops to catch his breath, "Sebastian, I'm feeling fine", I say but stop as both mine and Sebastian's eyes widen, "Oh my god my voice", I say again but this time it came out even raspier than before. "Okay, open your mouth so I can check your temperature"
I found no point in fighting him so I open my mouth and press my tongue on top of the thermometer as we both wait for it to beep. Once it does Sebastian takes it out of my mouth and checks the small screen, "You most definitely have a fever. You're not moving from this bed today"
"But what about the surprise you have for me?", I pout as I stare up at him. "I'll bring it to you", he smiles as he kisses my forehead. He leaves the room as I lay back down on my pillow, bringing my cold hand up to my fairly warm forehead. Moments later Sebastian comes back with a small box in his hands. My heart picks up its pace as he gets down on one knee at my bedside. My eyes widen as my hands shoot out to grab his hands before he could open the box, "Woah woah woah!", I panic as my eyes stay wide. Sebastian places a hand on my leg as he quiets me down, "Relax, I'm not proposing—yet", he laughs. "It's a promise ring. I know that promise rings are probably not even a thing anymore and that they're cheesy, but I love you more than anything and I want you to wear this. This ring is a promise from me to you, that I will always be by your side and that I will continue to love you for as long as I live. So, will you accept this ring, as a promise of my love for you?"
"You're the cutest! Yes, I'll accept this ring! I love you so much, always", I smile as I hug him. He gently picks me up off my bed as I wrap my legs around his body to keep myself secure in his arms. "I'm going to get you sick", I laugh as I try and pull away from him. He kisses me and pulls away, looking into my eyes, "If being close to you involves me potentially getting sick then I don't mind at all", he says as he sets me down. "Stop! You know I'm a very emotional person, you can't do this to me!", I laugh as I slap his chest. He opens the box again and pulls out the ring, slipping it on my finger. This was the first time I was seeing it, because when Sebastian asked me, I wasn't even paying attention to the ring in his hands, I was paying attention to him.
