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“Marry me”

“Because of RJ?” she questions

I drop down onto the couch next to her “No, because e had during our ti I’ve ever felt My entire life I’ve always felt different, unsettled I watched h and smile, and there was this… cal But no matter how ure out how to settle down”

“You were married before,” she points out

“And I was gonefor that calm, but it felt unattainable Until you At the beach house, I was cal in me to leave”

“Ever think it was the beach? That’s why it’s called a vacation house It’s ”

I shakefrustrated She doesn’t understand, but I have toI feel antsy inBut when I’ to sound so stupid “I swear my heart slon”

Micaela laughs “Well, if that isn’t the best pickup line I’ve ever heard” When I don’t laugh, she stops “You’re being serious…”

“Yes, the last nineet back here, back to you I craved the cal to remain patient “You center me”

Micaela nods slowly, trapping her bottom lip between her teeth “Ryan…”

“Please, baby Marry me”

Micaela

“Please, baby Marry me”

Ryan wants to ation because of RJ, but after his speech, I get it Because I felt it too Not the same way he explained it, but different After Ian died, it felt like my heart was torn into a ether He didn’t push me to move forward, but instead walked beside me while I took each step My heart wasn’t coether, but Ryan showed ed and work It would just beat differently, and that’s okay

The proble a strain onfine now, I’ile, barely holding on I need to handle it with care Ryan’s in thesoon It’s the reason I didn’t tell hiht be fixed, but I’ happened to Ryan over there And yeah, he’ll be returning in a few ain? It takes a certain kind of woman to be ht I was… until I lost Ian