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“I’m putting this on YouTube,” another said.
“Thanks,” Trace waved, chuckling.
I buried my face in his neck, inhaling his manly scent.
The crowd gradually disappeared and we were left relatively alone in the park.
“That was—” I floundered for words. “Beautiful.”
He kissed my forehead and tucked a stray curl behind my ear. “I’m glad you think so.”
“You’re amazing,” I whispered, kissing his jaw.
“I thought we’d already established that,” he chuckled.
“Did we really just get engaged?” I asked him. I honestly was still in disbelief that the last five minutes of my life had actually happened.
“Mhmm,” he murmured, “we did.”
“It feels like a dream,” I breathed.
“I have been told that I look like I could only exist in a dream.”
I smacked his shoulder. “Don’t ruin my moment with your cocky remarks.”
He chuckled, his chest rumbling beneath my ear. “Sorry, I’ll keep quiet.”
I reached up, cupping his jaw. “I love you, cocky remarks and all.”
“Glad to hear it,” he smiled, “and I love you too, Olivia. So much.”
I snuggled closer to his body. Between the warm temperature of his skin and sun shining down on us, I was getting hot, but I refused to move.
“Was everyone in on this?” I asked, running my finger along the skin just above his shirt.
“Yeah,” he grabbed my hands, entwining our fingers together.
“I don’t know how you managed to keep them quiet. They’re not exactly the most secretive bunch,” I laughed.
“It was difficult,” he shrugged. “Avery almost spilled the beans.”
“Was this what she was talking about that night?”
“Mhmm,” he nodded. “I thought I was going to have to tape her mouth closed. The little blabbermouth. I wanted you to be surprised, and you were, weren’t you?”
“Very. I honestly didn’t have a clue,” I whispered.
I was still in shock that I was actually engaged. Not that I didn’t love Trace with all my heart, but marriage had been the furthest thing from my mind. I’d been so focused on getting better for so long, then graduating and finding a teaching position, that I’d sort of put any thoughts of our future on the backburner. But this felt right. Everything with Trace felt right, he completed me in every possible way.
We stayed in the park, watching the sunset, before we finally gathered our stuff and left.
As Trace held my hand, he kept twisting the diamond ring around on my finger.
“You like that there, don’t you?” I smiled.
He opened the car door for me and as I slid inside he peered down at me, crossing his arms across the top of the door.
“Very much. Even more than your tattoo,” he winked.
