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"I love you," I tell hiue

Sophie

Six Months Later

"Keep your eyes off her tits, dude," Colton growls at Pace for the third tile and look over at Pace He slasses over his eyes "Sorry, Soph I’ quite a dry spell, and any tio to them, but I know it’s no excuse," he says

Colton looks ready to punch him I settle my hand over Colton’s in an attempt to calm him "It’s okay, Pace"

I look down at ’s covered It is Thank God

"Here, cover up, sweetness" Colton handsa towel I’et a tan," I tell hio

We’re spending a perfect day on Collins’ yacht, and I have to adoddess All three ingsunscreen ontome with endless amuse and laughing when she can’t anyh hts Becca would want hts away and focus on the good inlitter in the light I hold outsht up a rooer was one the happiest of my life I’d inadvertently found it in his sock drawer a feeeks before he proposed I’d tucked it back away of course, but as the days passed without a proposal I’d started to panic, wondering if he’d changed his mind

He hadn’t

A few days later, he flew us to Rome, back to the hotel I stayed at with Becca And in the same hotel suite I’d shared with my sister, he proposed We were surrounded by dozens of white flickering candles and big bunches of white peonies After I said yes, he pulled a pink Starburst fro us each a piece of it It was incredibly sweet, ro us on I could al soe the stone was

The last year has been the hardest of rief Denial Pain Anger And now I’ve reached acceptance, though in ht this day would come Maybe I just never wanted it come Never wanted to reach the place where I accepted her loss