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“Ours,” she repeats, since she’s still getting used to it.
“Yes, but a bigger one. I can see you in a home, with a huge yard, and flower beds as far as the eye can see.”
She smiles as we wander. “I like that image,” she says as she stops near the central alley leading away from the house, where trim green arches canopy the path. “They’re covered in honeysuckle,” she says, staring up at them.
“I know.” I know since this is exactly where I planned to be right now.
This is why I saw her father last week.
This is why I took her here.
And she is why I get down on one knee.
When she realizes I’m no longer walking with her, she turns around. It takes a few seconds for her to process the sight, but when she does, she gasps. “Finn,” she whispers.
I don’t feel an ounce of nerves, only excitement over what’s to come for us. “I love you madly, Jules. I never imagined I could love someone so deeply, so fiercely. Someone who’d love me the same way. You love with everything you have, and that’s all I’ve ever wanted. I’ve found it in you. I want to give you love every day for the rest of our lives.” I reach into my pocket and take out a blue velvet box. “Will you be my wife?”
With a smile more radiant than the sun, she says, “Yes,” and drops to her knees, throws her arms around me, and kisses me madly and deeply.
When she lets go, her face is soaked with tears, and her eyes shine with happiness.
Mine probably do too. I’m going to make this woman happy for the rest of our lives.
I slide a brilliant diamond onto her finger, and then kiss her once more in a garden that feels like ours.
