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“It’s only been a year, but—”
“Yes!” Lucy says.
I cock my head to the side. “Did you just interrupt my proposal, Price?”
“Sorry,” she says with a nervous sounding laugh.
I let out a breath, preparing myself to start my speech over again. “I know it’s only been a year, but I’ve known I want to spend my life with you for ... well, pretty much a year now, and I don’t want to wait any longer. So, Lucy Price, will you marry me?”
She looks around the room at her brothers and their wives. Then over to her parents standing off to the side, each holding a tray of champagne-filled glasses.
“You’re supposed to say yes, now,” Morgan says in a half whisper.
“I already said yes,” she says, a couple of tears rolling down her checks.
“Say it again,” Kyle says. He gives me a nod and a small smile.
Lucy turns back to me. “Yes, Graham Shackwell, I would love to marry you.”
I stand up from my kneeling position and put the ring on her finger before pulling her into a hug and swinging her around in a circle, her family clapping and cheering.
“You planned all this?” she asks once I’ve set her down. I keep my arms around her. “With Morgan and everything?”
“I did,” I tell her.
“Why, Dr. Shackwell, I’m surprised.”
“I’m full of surprises,” I say.
“You really are,” she says. “I better work on being more surprising.”
I tilt my head to the side. “This isn’t a competition.”
“It’s like you don’t know me.”
I smile before kissing her softly. “Oh, I do.”
“Game on, Dr. Shackwell.”
THE END
