Jack was running out of time. After Vanessa’s wedding last week, he realized he needed to make a decision about a ring. Even if Marina didn’t like what he chose, they could return it. But he’d made enough promises and empty allusions to their future. This time, he was committed. Now, he had to make sure she knew it.
With a surreptitious glance behind him worthy of a spy, he ducked into another jewelry shop in the village. Plenty of dolphin necklaces, starfish earrings, and beach-inspired charm bracelets dangled from displays and filled cases, but that’s what you gave a girlfriend.
Not the woman you planned to marry. If she’d have him, that is.
He let out a nervous breath and popped one of those curiously strong mints into his mouth. He’d been buying them in bulk ever since he stopped sm
