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Cassie’s laugh was watery. “Is it my turn now?”
“What?”
Cassie’s hand dipped into her pocket again, removing something this time. Something small and dark and—
Erin gasped as Cassie went down onto one knee.
“You kinda stole my thunder.”
There were more fireworks going off now, but Erin barely registered them. She could only see Cassie and the open ring box in her hand.
“True to form, I’m such an idiot with feelings that it took Parker asking me why we weren’t married for me to realize I was allowed to do this,” Cassie said.
Erin glanced at her daughter, a few steps away, shakily holding her phone. There were tears in her eyes, too.
“I always thought it was stupid when guys proposed with ‘will you make me the happiest man in the world’ but fuck, I can’t imagine how anyone could be happier right now,” Cassie said. “I almost did this so many times today, and so many times before today. As soon as I bought the ring I wanted to give it to you. I wanted to beg you to be my wife.”
“You don’t have to beg.”
“Could you be quiet? I’m trying to propose here.” She rubbed at her eyes. “God, you did this so much better than me with that scuba diving line, why didn’t I think of that?”
Erin knelt beside Cassie, her hands coming up to hold Cassie’s face. “You’re doing it perfectly.”
“I told you to be quiet,” Cassie said. “And what are you doing? You’re supposed to be standing.”
“Shut up and kiss me.”
Rachel let out a whoop and suddenly Erin remembered they had an audience.
“Your proposal’s perfect,” she said. “And if you’ve got more to say you can say it in a minute, okay? Just kiss me.”
“You heard the woman!” Acacia yelled.
But Cassie didn’t do what she was told. She took Erin’s hand instead, held the ring at the edge of Erin’s finger.
“You gonna be my wife?” she whispered.
“And you’re gonna be mine,” Erin whispered back.
Cassie grinned, sliding the ring on fully. “I suppose if I’m gonna be this ridiculously heart eyed over you, I might as well kiss you, right?”
And kiss her she did.
