"Me, too," she said, and her breath caught in her throat a little; she had to take a few breaths to make it steady. Why was she panicking about this? Jack was asking her to marry him--and it made no sense to feel this way, because honestly? They were as good as married already. "I'm just a little... overwhelmed."

Why? Because the engagement step was where things always fell apart in her relationships? Twice a fiancee, never a bride. But this was Jack. This was the man she was meant to be with, and she knew it; she hadn't been meant to be with Jonas or Pete, which is why those relationships hadn't worked. She wouldn't make the same mistakes with Jack.