75...I love you, Claire...

CLAIRE.

"He proposed to you after the date?" Terry questioned, eyeing the ring from where he sat in the living room.

It took me five seconds to answer him as the memory of the day Ryan gave me the ring flashed to my head, I smiled "Yeah, he did"

He tilted his head "And you said yes to a fake marriage?"

"Lower the volume of your voice, my uncle might hear you" I warned him sternly.

"Sorry" he whispered "You said yes to a fake marriage?" He repeated in a whisper.

"I did"

He closed and reopened his eyes quickly. "Wait, rewind, rewind, rewind" He said dramatically, gesticulating with his hands. "So, you guys were in a fake relationship, yeah?"

"Yeah" I confirmed.

He folded his arms across his chest "Are you telling me the touchy touchy and those seductive looks in the club was all for a show?"

"I..I think I already had feelings for him at that time" I answered, almost stuttering.

"The way you look at him..." He narrowed his eyes at me "Explains everything"

I twisted the edge of my s