Gray nodded, and the waitress collected their menus. Eden looked a little relieved, though Gray didn’t understand why.
She reached out to scratch her cheek with her left hand when he noticed something he hadn’t seen before.
“Hold on…” his eyes widened. “Did you both… you got engaged?!”
Sterling chuckled and kissed the side of Eden’s head. “Yeah. Violeta actually helped me pull it off. She did a great job distracting E.”
I flushed lightly, ducking my head in embarrassment. "I barely did anything, it was all you, Sterling.."
Eden blushed, rubbing the back of her neck.
“I barely suspected anything,” she murmured. “I just thought they wanted me to… I don’t know, relax. I never expected coming home to a proposal.”
Gray just blinked.
“And you didn’t tell me? Wow, heartless,” he shook his head. “Did you guys make a video about it? Did the queen shed tears?”
"Sorry.." Violeta murmured. Her stomach twisted with guilt—He was her boyfriend. Should she have told him? "And yeah, all of the above."
Gray wrapped an arm around her, pressing a kiss to her head.
“I was joking at the first one,” he said. “But wow, she cried?”
Eden shot him a glare.
“I’m not heartless, Gray.”
“It was adorable,” Sterling said softly, looking down at his fiancée. “She was so shocked. I was surprised that she didn’t figure it out sooner.”
“In my defense,” Eden started, trying to fight off the blush on her cheeks. “I was a bit suspicious, but I was under the impression that you would want to wait a little while longer.”
“Well, I did, a little, honestly… But I thought it was the right time,” Sterling admitted with a shrug.
Eden smiled softly, rubbing the ring on her finger.
“Well, now everyone’ll know I’m taken for sure,” she murmured. “If they didn’t already.”
Sterling chuckled softly, kissing her cheek. “And I’ll make sure anyone who can’t tell you’re taken knows it.”
Eden quirked an eyebrow at him.
“And what about you, dear fiancé?”
“Me? What about me?” Sterling questioned, his eyebrows furrowing in confusion.
“You don’t really have a claim on you,” Eden replied, looking a bit innocent. “How would people know you’re off limits?”
Sterling blinked a couple of times before a smirk slowly made its way to his lips. He leaned down, his lips brushing Eden's ear as he whispered, "I'm sure you could think of a way… And if not, then I have an idea or two."
Eden’s cheeks flamed at what her fiancé said before she swatted him on the shoulder.
“Sterling!” She admonished, though her face said otherwise.
Sterling grinned and kissed the space just under her ear. "Okay, I'll stop… For now," he murmured softly before pulling away.
Eden shook her head, her face still burning. Sterling was such a tease… but that didn’t mean she didn’t like it.
(Wait for T?)
(Hey, sorry, I didn’t know what to do with V)
Violeta, turning a blind eye to the other couple’s shameless flirting, moved to rest her chin against Gray’s shoulder. “Do I get a hug?”
Gray snorted, wrapping an arm around her shoulders.
"Wow, you want a lot of things today, huh, Vy?" he teased, pulling her close. "First the kiss, now a hug…"
"You're my boyfriend," she pouted playfully, lightly butting her forehead against his chest. "It's your job to cuddle me.."
(Violeta… XD)
“How about when we get home?” Gray nuzzled her cheek. “Then I can cuddle with you all you want.”
"And possibly pin me against a wall somewhere…." she muttered under her breath before offering her most innocent smile.