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everyone
around her and taking everything for herself. Of course, being
selfish and getting her own way with everything had never been an
option to begin with, but doing something because she wanted to once in a while was mandatory. If she didn't put her foot down every
so often, she knew the alternative. Things like surprise proposals
would take over her whole being.
    “Not
that proposals happen every day,” she reminded herself and
plucked one of the long light purple beaded necklaces from a hook.
Morgan felt proud as she looked back at some of the things she had
done for herself. When Finlay had been upset that she'd called Angel,
she hadn't backed down, when Kole got mad and stormed out of her
party, she hadn't run after him, when Angela had said that she should
apologize, she didn't. “And I'm not going to worry about this
either,” she said, eying her finger again. Of course the whole
proposal deal kept coming to the forefront of her mind, it was a
pretty big deal, but she just kept pushing is back under the surface.
Instead, she thought of Jake and how happy he'd been. It brought a
smile to her own face as she pulled two more necklaces from their
displays and set them on the counter.
    Morgan
paid for the three new additions to her jewelry collection, then slid
one over her neck as she made her way to a nearby table. There was
one more thing she wanted to do before Ian returned, and that was
sharing the good news with her best friend.

Chapter
Four

“ He
said he was here because of me and, oh man, Angel, you have no idea
how fast my heart was beating!”
    “You
thought that crazy muthafucka was your fiance?” Angel blurted
out quickly.
    “I
don't have a fiance.” The word felt sour in her mouth. “And
he's not crazy, just...hyper,” she defended the Floridian.
    “Well,
what would you have told him?”
    “I...I
don't know. When I thought he was the one who'd sent the ring, all I
could think about was how to tell him no. I'm glad he has Julie
though, she really seems to make him happy.” Morgan wanted to
change the topic already. She'd explained the part about how Jake had
said Morgan had changed his life, and although Angel was happy for
the fact, Morgan knew exactly where the conversation was going.
    “You
would have told him no because he's Jake or...?”
    “Angel,
we're not talking about this. I just wanted to tell you how happy I
was for him,” she sighed and took a sip of her bottled water.
    “Boo,
that's wonderfuckinful, but would you have told Fin-lay-me-down no?”
He was past filtering his questions.
    “Angel,
don't.”
    “What
about the Tan Man?”
    “Oh,
look, I have another call coming through! Angel, I'll call you later,
okay?” Ian really was calling her and she couldn't have been
more grateful for the distraction.
    “Stick,
don't you dare hang up on my ass!”
    “Sorry,
love you, bye bye now...” Morgan pressed then end call button,
then answered Ian. It was a short conversation, one that told her
client where she was and him saying he was on his way. The ten
minutes she waited for him to get there gave her the time she needed
to clear her mind of all the what if's Angel had thrown at
her. If it had been Finlay or Tanner, she had no idea how she would
have dealt with it.
    “Yes
I do... I would have said no... it just would have sucked more.”
Morgan watched her fingers as they spun a small purple bead around
the thin strand of the necklace, and worked once again to push it all
from her mind. It was easily done when she heard her name being
called behind her.
    “Sorry
if I'm late, I got here as soon as I could.” Morgan smiled as
she knew the man had actually arrived a little earlier than he
predicted, and her eyes went to his wrist where a watch should have
been. She liked that they were alike in that regard, refusing to be
prisoners of time, even though she loved her new watch from Tanner
and Angel.
    “That's
alright. I'm enjoying my day of shopping immensely!” He
reached