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"That's okay. I've got your sneakers in the car. We'll grab them on the way out."
I settled my hand in his, letting him lead me out of the restaurant. We both grabbed our sneakers from the car and strolled down the sidewalk past cute, touristy shops, until we reached the little park. Flowers overflowed concrete planters along the asphalt path that led through the park, beneath a canopy of trees.
Ollie stopped in a secluded spot and dropped to one knee.
My throat went thick. I knew what he planned to do, but still I couldn't breathe from the anticipation.
"I love you, Mara," he said, pulling a small velvet box out of his pocket. "I want to spend the rest of my life with you. After all the bad break-ups and 'you're like my gay best friend' bullshit, I finally found the one woman in the whole world who understands me and makes me feel like the best version of myself."
He flipped the lid open on the little box, revealing a sparkling diamond ring.
The tears flowed, trickling down my cheeks, and my lips trembled.
"Mara, will you marry me?"
I nodded, because I couldn't speak.
"Should I take that as a yes?" he asked with a lopsided smile.
"Yes," I managed to say, though the word came out choked and almost inaudible.
He slipped the ring onto my finger.
Then we just gazed at each other, with me crying, both of us too overwhelmed by the emotions of this moment to move or speak. I swiped at my eyes and sucked in a big breath.
"Oh Ollie," I said, "I can't wait to marry you."
"Good." He surged up to crush me in his arms. "Because I'm not letting go of you, not ever."
I wrapped my arms around his neck. "Not letting go of you either."
We kissed, and we didn't stop kissing until I was lightheaded from lack of oxygen. I loved kissing this man, and I could do it for the rest of my life.
"Let's go," I said. "We need to celebrate our engagement the right way."
"You mean while naked and screaming each other's names?"
"Absolutely. Take me home, Oliver."
He grinned. "You know how I get when you call me Oliver."
"Well, stop dawdling."
"Yes, ma'am."
He swept me up in his arms and took me home.
Epilogue
Damian
Three weeks later
I loved my job. Working at Au Naturel Naturist Resort was the best thing that had ever happened to me, and I had my best friend to thank for it. Ollie had convinced me to quit my old job, since I was bored out of my ever-loving mind there, and join him here. He'd been pestering me about it for almost a year, ever since he quit his tech job to move to Oregon. I kept saying no. I mean, a nudist resort? How could I ever concentrate with all those hot, naked girls prancing around? Then I came here for a visit and suddenly understood.
Not that many hot girls on the premises. Well, except when the Kitten Brigade was here. I'd met those girls once so far, but they were coming back today. Most of our guests were families or senior citizens.
So yeah, no hordes of nubile hotties to distract me.
