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I release a nervous laugh as he opens the box and a beautiful diae square dia an infinity on either side It reave me when he was overseas

He plucks the ring out and sets the box on the table “The first ti and didn’t understand what it fully ret it because at the time, it e both needed I loved her, but it was different than the way I love you Until you, I didn’t know there were different kinds of love” His indigo eyes meet mine “I knohen you married Ian it was supposed to be forever…”

I clutchmyself not to cry

“And if I could bring hile day being heartbroken”

Tears well up in my eyes as I listen to his admission

“But I can’t,” he continues “And while I hate what happened to hi so heartbreaking and tragic, you caed everything for me My heart had never felt so damn full”

I can feel my broken heart heal With every word he speaks, he’s slowly healing ether

“And then you did soave me our son, and the love in my heart spilled over I’m in love with you, Micaela, and all I want in this world is to spend my life with you Will you marry me?”

I don’t have to think about it Everything he said, I was thinking—feeling There’s nothing I want more than to spend my life with Ryan To be loved and cherished and adored by him

“Yes,” I choke out “Yes, I will marry you”

The rin spreads across his face, as he pushes the ring onto the third finger on my left hand Then he stands and takesme hard

The waitress returns with our cake, but Ryan asks her to box it up, so we can eat it at holint in his eyes—he wants to celebrate our engagement in private, and I’m totally onboard with that