I twist to look at Nikolai, whose expression is inscrutable. “What does it say?”
“Ty moya,” he says, the corners of his lips curving up.
My heart beats faster as I examine the ring. It’s both delicate and spectacular at the same time, with a thin band and six diamonds in a row. I slip it on the ring finger of my right hand and turn to face him fully, placing my hands on his sturdy chest. “What does that mean?”
He smirks. “You’re mine.” He takes the ring off my right hand and puts it on my left.
I laugh as giddy thrills of excitement bounce through me. “Is this your way of proposing?”
He nods. “Da.”
“Do I have a say in it?”
He shakes his head, but he’s smiling, his gaze locked on mine. “Nyet.”
“Well,” I murmur. “I guess you’d better kiss me then.”
Nikolai moves in quickly, cupping my face and claiming my mouth in the kind of kiss I feel directly between my legs.
I hear a cheer go up behind Nikolai, and when I open my eyes, I realize the entire gang is crowded behind us. Sasha and Maxim, Oleg, Adrian and Nadia, my brother, Zane. Even Dima and Natasha are there.
“I take it she said yes?” Shanna asks from the other side of the bar just before she pops the cork on a bottle of champagne.
“I didn’t give her a choice,” Nikolai says.
Another cheer with shouts and laughter goes up from our crowd.
Story congratulates us from the stage, and the band starts a kick-ass version of Billy Idol’s “White Wedding.”
I pull Nikolai’s face down for a kiss. “I love you,” I murmur. “Ty moya.”
“Ty moy,” he corrects. “Yes, I am yours.”
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