A proposal on Valentine's Day was cheesy and unoriginal, but things had begun to feel as if they were unraveling for Mia and me. The business had been busier than ever after taking up most of my downtime from the fire department. While it was a good time in my life financially, I'd landed a few major accounts with some international companies that were taking up all my time. My relationship with Mia felt as if it were about to crash and burn.
Bad f*****g timing is what it was. Just when business was really taking off, we were also ambushed with all the pre-wedding crap for my best friend Luke, who'd proposed to Mia's cousin after only five months of dating her. They'd be married less than a year after they met!
As if that didn't make me look like s**t in comparison, since I was his best
