Broken (Broken #1) by A. E. Murphy Read Free Book Online Page B

sex.
    Where is Caleb?
    “ Okay, so…
ha, I almost fell,” Oh god, what’s he doing on the stage? “So,
well… It’s her birthday… Gwen’s I mean.” He scratches his head,
Tommy actually releases me so I’m assuming I’m allowed to watch
this. “And for her birthday I got her a gift.” He looks me straight
in the eyes. “Come here Gwenny.”
    I shake my head and take a step
back. There’s no way in hell I’m going up there.
    Seconds later Tommy has my arm
and forces me towards the stage. Oh god.
    My palms are sweating. What’s
he doing? “Are you crazy?” I hiss as Caleb tugs me up to his
side.
    “ For you,” he
responds into the microphone and a collective ‘aww’ can be
heard.
    I’m in hell. “Stop it.”
    “ She hates
being the centre of attention,” Caleb tells everyone like this
trait is adorable. I’m mortified. “So I’ll do this as quickly as
possible.”
    “ No sex on
the stage,” Tommy shouts making everyone laugh and me blush
further.
    “ Shut up,”
Caleb responds and looks at me. He turns me to face him and grips
my hands in his. “Marry me.”
    “ Are you
fucking kidding me?” Sasha shrieks and my eyes go to her. “All of
the planning, all of the preparation and that’s how you’re going to
ask her? You’re hopeless.”
    Ask me what?
    Caleb’s eyes go wide and the
room goes silent. Did I miss something?
    “ Fuck,” he
says and takes a step back. “Seriously?”
    I blink in astonishment, “What?
Do I have something on my face?”
    “ I ask you to
marry me and that’s all you have to say?”
    Oh.
    I mean, what? He wants me to
marry him? “You want me to marry you?” I cry and take my own step
back. “But…”
    “ You didn’t
hear me? How could you not hear me? I was standing right
here.”
    “ I was too
busy thinking you wanted to have sex on the stage,” I mumble so
only he hears me. He laughs and pulls me into his arms.
    “ So, will
you?”
    I chew on my lip and nod
slightly, “Only if you let me off this stage.”
    He smiles, it’s wide and
brilliant and his eyes glitter with happiness. “She said yes.”
    There’s a roar of sound as
everyone screams together. Caleb lifts me and kisses me deeply. I
return it before pushing him away, blood bubbling in my cheeks.
    “ Where’s the
ring?” Tommy shouts.
    “ Fucking
hell!” Caleb curses and sways a bit. “I have it, one second.” He
pulls a small box from his pocket and falls to one knee before me.
Oh dear god.
    “ Will you
marry me?” He asks again. Why is he asking again?
    “ I’ve already
said yes,” I laugh and watch as he places the ring on my slender
finger. It’s beautiful, gold with a single diamond. We can’t afford
much but if we were able to afford the most expensive of rings,
they wouldn’t even rival the beauty of this one. “I love
it.”
    “ And I love
you.”
    “ Ugh, cliché,
I hope you know you ruined this night for me,” Sasha pouts, slaps
Caleb upside the head and stomps away leaving us laughing in each
other’s arms.
    “ I did mess
it up a bit,” Caleb admits, his body swaying again. “Dance with me
precious.”
    “ Kay,” I
agree. We don’t dance, however we do kiss… a lot.
    I’m engaged.
    Oh my god. I’m engaged!
    I’m marrying the man of my
dreams.
    Three shots later I stand on a
wobbly chair and announce this to the entire room.
    Caleb gives me two more shots
and an hour later I’m announcing it around his dick… in the privacy
of our bedroom.

    ******

    I pace back and forth, my teeth
nibbling on my fingers. This isn’t happening. This can’t
happen.
    I’m scheduled, I’m on time and
everything I own has a place. Caleb always says my body doesn’t
know how to be late for anything. He’s not wrong.
    “ I’m back,”
Caleb charges through the door, panting like a dog.
    I don’t hesitate to snatch the
plastic carrier bag from his hand and race him up the stairs,
shedding the bag on the way and the box. When I make it to the
toilet, all I hold