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He closes his eyes. “Milly, I brought you out here to ask you to marry me. I was going to ask you to add Become Dean’s Wife to your list”
I suck in my breath at this declaration. And my cup of happiness and love overflows. I press my forehead to his.
He opens his eyes and keeps talking, “I thought I would wait until your divorce papers are filed next week. But all day, I felt like today was the day. And that I should just do it.” He lifts me off his lap, places me on my feet and stands.
“Will you sit, please,” he asks and I do. I sit back on the bench and am grateful for the support because my knees have gone weak.
He drops to one knee in front of me. “Millicent, I won’t ask you to make me the happiest man alive because you’ve already done that. But I will ask you to give me the chance to return the favor. And I’m asking you to let me do it for the rest of my life.”
He grabs my left hand, reaches into his pocket, and pulls out a tiny blue box.
“I want you to wear my ring, and I want you to be my wife. I want us to raise our family together. I want to get the chance to show you just how much I love you. You are my champion, my hero. Your strength inspires me. I know every day you show me something new and amazing about yourself. I know your beauty has so many splendid facets, I could look at you forever and never see them all. Please, do me the honor of letting me pledge my life to you.”
He pops the box open and inside is a gold band with three emerald cut diamonds nestled next to each other.
My eyes travel from the ring to his face and back again. I'm so overwhelmed by his proposal I can only stare at him.
How did I get so lucky? This magnificent, sensitive, honest, and beautiful man loves me in a way I didn’t know I could be loved.
I nod and he slips the ring on my finger. And when he leans in to kiss me, I remember our first kiss.
I whisper, "This is us,” and he whispers back, “Always.”
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THE END
