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Beautiful blue eyes widened in surprise “Fuck I didn’t” Groaning, he slid the ring onto er “Violet, will you—”

“Yes!” I shouted and threw

He caught hing, he ju me with him, and kissed the breath out ofsoftly, and Dad was standing there with Mom

Keeping one arton turned and readily shook Dad’s hand when he extended it “When you asked to hter and the irl in the universe in my eyes To me, no one is worthy of her”

He paused and cleared his throat roughly “But I see how happy she is with you How she’s always s your na honest, I was scared she wouldn’t ever be this happy again It’s because of you that she is, and it’s only because of her happiness that I’ether is just as a as mine has always been with her mother”

When he started to cry again, I hugged him “Thank you, Daddy”

Moht smile After she stepped back, the rest of our family came over to do the same

The day was perfect

Until Aunt Layla took me aside a few hours later as we sailed back to the harbor She hugged me then pulled back so our eyes met “Are you sure about this? I mean—”

“Please don’t,” I whispered, glancing around tous

“Violet, I know you’re happy But you barely know this guy and—”

“Your son barely knew his neife a er,” I reton for years I love him, Aunt Layla”

“You loved Luca too,” she said with a glare

I inhaled deeply and slowly released it, trying to keep calht she was okay withwith someone other than her son, that she was happy for ht I did love him once He was my first love, and if he hadn’t put his dick in soht still love hiuilt for snapping at her “But that’s in the past now I’m allowed to move on and be happy with someone else”

“You’re right,” shewith sadness “I just don’t kno I’ someone else”