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“Of course, I do.” I swipe at a stray tear that manages to escape my eye. “I just don’t know what to say. I can’t believe you did all this.”
“Hold that thought for a moment. I’m not done yet.” He turns, calling for Jackson who comes running back into the room seconds later, a small white gift box in his hands.
“What are you doing?” I ask, looking from Jackson to Ant who takes the box from Jack and pulls off the lid, revealing a black ring box with silver trim.
My hand instantly goes to my mouth, and I swear I couldn’t say a single word if I wanted to.This can’t be realis all I can think. Things like this don’t happen to me. Nothing this good has ever happened to me. And yet it is happening, right before my very eyes and I’m certain I’ve never felt anything like the emotions running through me right now.
“Bree Kingsley,” Ant starts, holding the ring box in his palm. “I have loved you for years, but had no idea what that love could turn into until the last few months. Together we have laughed, cried, and shared more love than I have ever experienced with another person. You are my rock. My comfort. My truth. My light in the dark. You are my home. You and Jack. This is where I belong. As his father.” He looks over at Jackson who smiles so wide it only makes my tears flow harder. “And as your husband.” With that, he opens the box, revealing a stunning round cut diamond sitting on top of a white gold band.
“Bree Kingsley, will you make me the happiest man in the world for the second time tonight and agree to be my wife?”
I look at the ring for a long moment, trying to figure out the words to express how insanely happy he’s just made me, but nothing seems to come. It’s impossible to put into words so I say the only thing I know to say.
“Yes.”
Ant’s smile is nearly splitting his face as he slips the ring on my finger and kisses my hand before looking to Jackson, who has been standing next to us the entire time watching the interaction.
“You did good, buddy.” Ant gives him a high five and then Jackson proceeds to do a little fist pump in the air, causing us both to laugh.
“We’re gonna be a family now,” Ant says to both of us as he turns his attention back to me.
“We already are,” I say, wrapping one arm around Jack and one around Ant, pulling them both into my arms; knowing there’s no way this moment could be more perfect.
It hasn’t been the easiest road and I’ve hit some major bumps along the way, but there isn’t one thing I would change about the journey that brought me here. I would relive it all over again if it meant I would end up right back here, in the arms of the man that I love, who loves me in a way I only dreamed someone would love me.
It took years for me to finally quiet the demons that have haunted me since I was a child. And that’s what Anthony has done for me. He pulled me from the shadows and gave me the strength to face the dawn as me, scars and all.
And now that I have him, now that I have everything I’ve ever wanted, I don’t plan to take one single moment of it for granted.
I’ve always known what it means to be broken and now, thanks to Ant, I also know what it means to be healed.
