Bewildered, Jefferson stared down at the diamond in his hand. Destiny nodded and wiped at a stray tear. “I’m sorry. I know this must come as a surprise and I’m sorry that I don’t have this long, wonderful speech on what went wrong.” She was rambling again, she realized. It was a habit she’d picked up from her mother. However, she needed to get this over with while she still had the courage. Jefferson nodded as if he understood, but his confusion remained evident in his expression. Her heart squeezed. Jefferson had been nothing but kind and patient. For more than a year he’d waited for her to pin down a wedding date when all along she’d been thinking of ways to do just this—break up with him. In the past few months, they’d even gone as far as to go house hunting. “Was it something I did?” he asked. When she hesitated to answer, he went on. “Because I thought we were perfect together.
