When I told her that I wanted forever as my prize for winning that ridiculous competition, half of me expected her to laugh it off because it’s so soon. But she didn’t. Tears ran down her face as she held my face in her hands, whispering yes over and over again against my lips. Two weeks later her mom stood at her side holding a small bouquet of flowers while Nikolai was the one to hand us the rings as we said ‘I do’ in a small courthouse wedding during the summer break.
