"Would it be wrong to say that I didn't want a long engagement?" Brooke asked softly. "I'm not saying let's get married tomorrow, because I also don't want people to think this is some sort of shotgun wedding -" Though people would certainly talk, that much was certain. Stephanie and Marcelo had been together for two years before tying the knot. Brooke and Alexander had only been together five months.

But it felt right. That was the important thing that mattered.

"But I don't want something that's drawn out."