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He nodded. “Would you want to help me decorate it first?”
She grinned. She loved that idea. “I would! Doing my little house was wonderful. I could have so much fun doing this place.”
He smiled. “Then let’s do it. It can be our project.”
She liked the sound of that. It’d be fun for the two of them to work together. “Did you go off the idea of using it as a wedding venue?”
He looked down into her eyes and smiled. “Not entirely.”
Her heart started to race. “What does that mean?”
“Do you still like the idea of getting married here?”
She nodded. She wanted to say she’d love the idea—if anyone ever asked her to get married—but she bit her tongue. For whatever reason, he wanted to take his time. It wouldn’t be the same if he asked because she’d told him to hurry up about it. Whenever it was would be fine by her. Her hand strayed down to cover her stomach. It’d have to be.
He noticed her hand and covered it with his own. “I can’t wait to tell everyone.”
She nodded. She couldn’t either.
He blew out a big sigh and took hold of her hand. “Come outside with me?”
She followed him out onto the terrace. The view was stunning. She stood there for a few moments taking it all in. “It’s so beautiful.”
He nodded. “It is. This is my favorite part of the house.” He turned and swung his arm out over the view of the valley. “It feels as though that’s our future, laid out before us. It’s big and it’s beautiful, and we’re going to make the very best of it and be happy.”
She smiled and rested her head against his shoulder. “We will. It might have taken us a while to get here, but we made it.”
“Molly.”
She caught her breath as he took hold of her hand and went down on one knee before her. “I’ve tried to dream up the right moment, to come up with some special and original way to do this. I can’t think of anything more special than this, in front of that beautiful view, on the precipice of our new life. I love you with all my heart and soul. I messed up when we were kids, and I’ve paid the price for all the years we were apart. I don’t ever want to spend another day without you by my side. Will you marry me? Say you’ll be my wife, that we’ll have a happy family and grow old together.”
Tears streamed down her face. Just moments earlier she’d wanted to tell him how impatient she was for this. She was so glad she’d waited and let him do it in his own time. He was ready, too, and now she knew he was asking because he couldn’t wait—not because she’d told him that she couldn’t. She nodded happily. “Of course, I’ll marry you, Marcos. It’s all I’ve wanted.”
He pulled a box from his pocket and opened it up to show her a beautiful ring that was set with three diamonds. He slid it onto her finger and stood up to take her in his arms. She looped her arms up around his neck and kissed him back. She was his—he was hers, and from this day on, he always would be. It’d be the two of them and their baby. She couldn’t wait to start their new life together.
When they finally came up for air, she held her hand out to admire her ring. “I love it, Marcos. It’s so beautiful.”
He nodded happily, looking very proud of himself. “Do you like the three stones?”
She chuckled. “Of course I do! I would have been happy with just one, but three is even better.”
He smiled. “Do you know what they stand for?”
She cocked her head to one side. She hadn’t even considered that they might stand for anything. “You, me, and the baby?”
He smiled. “I hadn’t thought of that, but I like it. We can have more stones added when we have more children.”
She laughed. “I’ll have to get older and grow fatter fingers first if you want to fit any more stones on there. They’re huge.”
“I wanted them to be. When I talked to Laura—”
“You had Laura make this?”
“I did. She’s the best.”
“She is.” It made Molly happy, not just that Laura had made it, but that he’d evidently been thinking about this and preparing to ask her for some time.
“She told me all about the different styles of engagement rings and what they all mean. The solitaire is for one true love. I liked that, but we’re going to have another love in our life very soon.”
