Ryker's POV: I was talking with my mother while I was waiting for Renée to come back down after changing her clothes. I really thought based on the way she looked when I proposed to her that she was going to tell me no even though she would know the consequences for turning me down. Her face was a mixture of so many emotions and thoughts going through her head. She really struggled with responding. "Son, what makes you think this girl is the one for you? She looks to me like she's just after your money. How long have you known her anyway? Must not of been very long if I just heard about her. She does not appear to be someone who loves you." My mother, Patricia, was throwing so many questions at me all at once. I wasn't about to answer some of them. "She's not like tha