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Realizing I haven’t told her how I truly feel in response to her beautiful words, I raisees that you need to know”
“Oh?”
“Being with you, just around you, s and wonder what you would think, and then I’ about them from an entirely different perspective You have more passion—even for small details—than anyone I’ve ever ht for this house, and sacrificed what you thought you wanted for it It’s not so I’m sure that I could have done if the roles were reversed
“But probablywith you ine a life An entire future And at first, I just thought that being around you was bringing into focus what I really wanted But then I realized that you were a part of that future, too That it wouldn’t even exist if you weren’t in it”
Ally’s eyes are glassy with tears, and I roll off her, grabbing her hand and taking her with et off the bed We’re coet down on one knee
“This isn’t the way I i to anyone,” I ad for a perfect set-up, because to me this is the perfect moment”
Reaching for her hand, I slip the wedding ring off her finger, and I hold it up to her “Ally, I love you I am in love with you I want to spend my life with you, in this house, if you’ll have et to know him Because if he raised you, then I know that he’s an incredible person I want to take you on the honeymoon of a lifetime And most of all, I want you to tell ned so that they no longer
“Will you stay married to me? After the month is up?”
Ally has tears rolling down her cheeks, and then she’s laughing “Of course I will,” she says as I push the ring gently back onto her finger It’s still loose “I’ll stay married to you always”
“It won’t be easy,” I say “Not with et”
She’s looking at her ring with a new kind of wonder “Well, the entire country has already seen me nearly naked, so I think I’ll be okay”
I grin “I’ sized so it fits you perfectly, or buy you another one if you don’t like it And by you a proper dia”
Ally drops to her knees wishI love it But I’ll let you size it so it fits And I don’t need a diamond”
“You’re right,” I say, standing and lifting her into my ars “You need several Lots of diamonds”