QUOTE : This is a, uh, friendship ring right?”<br /><br />“Yeah, don’t worry. If I propose, you’ll know it. For one thing, I’ll be hyperventilating.” A sly smile—surprisingly sexy—turned up his lips. “And it’ll be a ruby.”<br /><br />“Rubies? No diamonds? Too expensive for the old writer’s salary, huh?”<br /><br />He made a disparaging grunt at that. “No, I just think diamonds are common, that’s all. If I get married, it’ll be because something uncommon is occurring. Besides, you wear a lot of red, right? I know how important it is for your accessories to match.