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I looked down, and my breath staggered in my chest.
“What are you doing?” A tear was already welling in my eye.
He held his hand out, where a small velvet box sat open, revealing a diamond ring.
“I need to ask you something.”
I wanted to look over—see the girls, see Lindsey—but my eyes were glued to him.
Kneeling in front of me was a broken knight, on his knees, asking for a second chance.
“Yes.” I breathed it before he’d even asked the question.
Because regardless of his speech or what he was going to say, the answer was always going to be yes.
He smiled, lighting up his silver eyes, which were brimming with tears.
“I haven’t asked it yet.”
A tear slipped free. “Yes you have, but if you need to say the words then say them.”
He slipped the ring free of the box and cleared his throat.
“I told you that you have my heart. Prideful, stubborn, jealous—it’s always you at the center. I can’t be away from you, but if you tell me to go, then I will. We’ll co-parent and it will be okay. I just want you to be happy. But if you think you can forgive me, then I was hoping you’d marry me and save me from a life of loneliness, because you’re it for me.”
I heard Lindsey clicking her camera as the girls were sniffing.
Mila yelled something, but Maddy tried to smother it.
Liam laughed.
“Our girls are waiting.”
“I already told you yes, you idiot. Now put that on my finger.”
He finally stood, slid it on, and kissed me.
Lindsey kept clicking, and I realized then––as Liam’s arms held me and the wedge between us slowly fell away––that he’d planned our engagement photo shoot, and I hadn’t even had a clue.
I thought I would save this man, but his love—this life he offered me—ended up rescuing me. I’d spend the rest of it loving him and raising our girls.
Together, as a family.
EPILOGUE
10 MONTHS LATER
Haley
Lacey looked terrible in orange.
To be fair, her hair was flat and frizzed, her skin pale and eyes gaunt, but still the color washed her out almost completely. It brought me a small measure of satisfaction to see her looking so miserable. We hadn’t seen her face since that awful day in the Town Square, but I had made it my mission to keep tabs on her and ensure I was well informed of any and all missteps she might take.
Which was why I was so charmed by the news that she’d been arrested for possession, theft and a myriad of other wrong doings that had landed her a five-year prison sentence.
That was nearly six months ago.
“You have ten minutes.” The guard rambled while he connected Lacey’s handcuffs to the table.
