The Ex Who Crawled Back Too Late

I’m six years older than my puppy-like boyfriend.

When he confessed, he said, “I like you best, Claire!”

But after his career took off, he found himself a girl six years younger than him.

Later, when a man a hundred times better than him stood by my side, he begged me,

“Please. Let me come back to you.”

I said, “Then crawl back like a dog.”

Today, after spending ages choosing a ring, I was finally ready to propose to my boyfriend of six years.

I had been waiting for this day for a long time.

Ethan had promised that the day his career succeeded would be the day we got engaged.