I wasn't able to enjoy the picnic as I would like to. The incident with Nelson was still on my mind, and I couldn't stop thinking about all those terrible scenarios where Victor would appear in the shop, demanding some kind of shit. Thinking back to it, I couldn't figure out why I acted the way I did. I shouldn't have chosen the cakes and the coffee for him. Why the hell did I do that? God, it was as if I was showing off I still remembered what he liked and was proud of it. Like an idiot. But that was not the case! The past was behind me! I got over it! So why was I acting like a fool the moment I found out he was in the city? This was so embarrassing I could die.

"Oli?" I jumped, startled at Josh's loud voice. Looking at him, I was surprised to see him so close to me. His beautiful eyes were staring right into mine, and I felt a smile appear on my lips. Josh always had this effect on me. Just seeing him made my day better, and I couldn't really remember the time when I felt depressed or sad when he was close by. I did freak out one time. It was when Matt ended up in a hospital because of his high fever and dehydration. But situations like this were expected to be stressful for parents, so I didn't count that one. I was talking about other times, about every other day without any drama except for a few arguments or disagreements between us. We never really stayed angry at each other longer than a few minutes after an argument. Someone once told me arguments made the relationship stronger. I remembered laughing at the person and thinking it was ridiculous, but with Josh, I realized it was true. Every damn time we argued about something ended up with us laughing our asses off and having sex afterward. Not that it was too often, I would say we argued once or twice in three months, but I secretly loved these times. The sex was always so full of passion and love.

Shaking my head slightly to get the thoughts about our sex life out of my mind, probably making Josh even more confused based on his baffled expression, I smiled more broadly, my teeth showing.

"What?" I asked, looking around to see where Matty currently was, finding him by the nearest tree, playing with the grass. He was fascinated with plants. I never understood what was so interesting about them, but everyone was different. Whenever we went outside, he ended up playing or watching it. Even our house and garden were full of it as he always talked us into buying him something knew when we were shopping. I couldn't count all the plants inside our house even if I tried to.

"Oliver, I'm over here," Josh chuckled, snapping my attention back to him.

"Sorry." I felt my cheeks redden. Nelson's sudden appearance really threw me off balance. I took a deep breath and looked Josh straight into the eyes. He deserved to know the truth. It probably wasn't the best decision to discuss this on our picnic, but if kept silent, none of us would enjoy the time as much as we could otherwise.

"Victor is in the city. The reason I was so late, was because I met his best friends in the shop. He came to buy something sweet for the fucker, and it kind of unsettled me. I can't help myself but think about him coming to the shop too. Don't take it the wrong way. I'm just fucking scared he will find out about Matt. He will definitely cause a scene if he comes to the shop. I can just see it. I know we talked about this a lot in the past, and you are probably tired of the Victor-topic, but although I don't feel a thing for him anymore, I'm sure seeing him again will make me fucked up. God, I feel like such a mess, and I didn't even see him yet," I was babbling. My words probably didn't make even the slightest sense, but I couldn't help myself. This whole situation was so absurd and confusing. All kinds of emotions were running wild inside of me, and I hated feeling like this, feeling so stupid and weak.

Joshua's expression hardened when I mentioned Victor's name, his shoulders tensing.

"Can't you take few days off?" he asked with an overly hard voice, his face twisted in an angry scowl. Josh knew everything that happened between me and Victor. When we started going out, he could see there was something worrying me. Me being me, I refused to talk about it, so Josh decided to make me drunk one night, and I spilled all of my secrets and pains to him. To say he was angry after he found out everything was an understatement. He didn't even know Victor, and he wanted to go and beat him up for hurting me. It was endearing.

I smiled sadly at him, shaking my head.

"Unfortunately not, you know we've been quite busy in the past two months, and I can't let others work themselves to death because of my stupid ex-boyfriend. I'm usually back in the kitchen anyway. I'll just tell others I won't be coming out of the kitchen for some time so they will have to come for all of the sweets and sandwiches themselves, and it should be ok. I'm probably still in shock, and I will get back to normal after it wears off." I smiled and caressed his shoulder, trying to make him relax again, but it was useless. The mood was ruined.

"Josh, come on. I'm sorry for making you worry, I'll be ok. Nels just took me by surprise that's all." His expression was still the same, frozen in this scowl-like state, and by the movement of his nostrils, he was pretty angry. I groaned.

"Josh, please. Let's just enjoy our day together, and let's worry about this some other time. It's a beautiful day, and it's rare for us to have an opportunity like this. I shouldn't have mentioned it, I'm sorry." I sighed, cursing myself for letting this influence me so much. I should've been able to function like any other day without any worries, even if the one who came to the shop today was the devil himself. I shook my head, getting the thoughts about my ex and his best friend out of my mind. Just as I said to Josh a moment ago, we should enjoy this day because it was almost a miracle for us to be out as a family during the day like this.

He was staring at me intensely for a few more seconds but gave up after that, his shoulders relaxing and a big shining smile appearing on his face.

I silently thanked whatever god or goddess was watching over us.

"You are right. We will deal with whatever comes later. This day is special." He smiled more gently now, a mysterious glint suddenly appearing in his eyes.

I knew this look. He was definitely up to something.

"You," I hissed, faking irritation but failing miserably when I wasn't able to suppress the smile tugging on my lips. I should've expected he would come up with some kind of surprise. He was an absolute romantic who never ceased to surprise me with something new and unexpected. And I loved him even more for that.

"What are you planning?" I asked, starting to get excited. I loved surprises, and the idiot knew it.

Josh grinned, wiggling his eyebrows at me, reaching to the basket he brought some necessities for the picnic in. My heartbeat quickened. I couldn't help but wonder what he was going to take out of it, trembling in anticipation. He was just about to pull his hand out of the stupid basket when he stopped, smirking evilly.

"Matt, come here! I'm ready!" he yelled suddenly, my little angel turning our way and smiling happily. He jumped up, leaving the grass alone, running up to us and looking at Josh with sparkling eyes. Holding up his hands he took the camera that Josh took out of the basket and backed a few steps away, directing the camera at me and Joshua. He was still smiling, eyes sparkling, and I was so confused I couldn't help but frown.

"What's this? Why is he holding a camera?" I turned back to Josh, who, in the few seconds I didn't pay attention to him, managed to change his position into a kneeling one. He was smiling, emotions swirling in his beautiful eyes, and there was a small velvet box in his right hand. My heart clenched at the sight of it, my eyes blurring with tears that suddenly welled up.

"Oliver," he said with his melodic voice, making my body shiver a little, "we've been together for over two years, and I couldn't be happier. I always thought you wouldn't give me a chance when we first met. I was so fu-," he paused, clearing his throat and smiling apologetically at me for almost cursing.

"I was so mesmerized by your smile when I first met you I couldn't get you out of my mind. You were so careless, laughing like an idiot because of some joke your brother told you, and I knew I had to talk to you and get you to go on a date with me." He chuckled, shaking his head.

"Man, I was so depressed when you turned me down, calling me a freak and pervert." He caressed my cheek, and I felt the tears rolling down.

I couldn't stifle the laugh that escaped my lips when I remembered our first meeting. I was out with Kyle, searching for an appropriate gift to our parents for their anniversary. He just told me a funny story he experienced at his work, and I couldn't stop laughing for over five minutes because of it. Joshua decided to come over to us at that moment and started to spout nonsense about going for dinner or a movie. It kind of freaked me out as I never saw him before, so I was not really nice to him. God, the scene I caused was so embarrassing I felt my cheeks growing hot as I started to blush at the memory.

"Thank god your brother wanted you to date again, so he gave me his number and invited me over to one of your parties after he got to know me a little better over a couple of beers. The sour face you pulled when you saw me there was priceless." He chuckled again, making Matty laugh as well. I had no idea if he understood any of this, but it didn't matter. As long as he was happy, nothing mattered.

"I will be forever grateful to Kyle for this opportunity because, without him, we would've never crossed paths again, and I would probably end up alone forever," he said, took a deep breath and opened the velvet box in his hand, revealing a beautiful silver ring with two diamonds in the middle. When I realized what this all was about, my breath caught in my throat, and my heartbeat sped up. I covered my mouth with hands, feeling my lips trembling.

"Ollie, we talked about children and decided to try for our own. The fact we agreed on this matter, and the fact we can't wait to have another child convinced me even more that it's a good time to do this. We just clicked, and if this would be a book or a movie, as sappy as it sounds, I would say we were soul mates and were destined to be together. I just hope you feel the same way because I have no idea what I would do if you felt differently." His eyes filled with tears, and he smiled one more time, his face brightening even more. He was so handsome I would've cried if I wasn't already full-on sobbing.

"What do you say? Will you seal the deal with me and marry me?"