CHAPTER 33

I laughed. Martin was a man-whore. He never wanted anything stable and serious with women. He'd been dating four women the previous year, and three at the beginning of the current. He never stayed with a woman more than four months, so it was, indeed, funny when he said it was about time he popped the question. I guess people do change, and if Martin could go steady then anything was possible. We parted and I headed back to my beach house. I would pop the question on Emma's birthday in a couple of weeks. I just needed Sharon to extend her stay for two more weeks instead of one. Emma's POV It was only one week until my birthday and, for the first time in my life, I was looking forward to it. Mr. Hollen was throwing me a joint birthday party with his grandma. Double the cake and double the enjoyment. When we'd gotten back to New York from Miami, he'd brought me to a bakery shop and told the bakers there what cake I would like to have on my 'special day'. He also said he had some spe