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When I had nome into his arms

“I love you,” he said, kissing me on the forehead, “and I’m really happy to have you back in my life”

“I love you too, and I feel the exact sa his broad,happier than I ever had

Epilogue

Maggie

Eleven Months Later

The sound of beating dru different about St Patrick’s Day in Ireland It felt enuine, and the party atmosphere was electric

There were also a lot reen That was so I didn’t tend to see too much of at the St Patrick’s Day parade in California

Gavin and I had been together officially for a year Living in sin by some standards, but co lots and lots of the inable

It was sti, to the point that I had finished a novel Darcy had pulled so, and it was going to be published within the next year

It was a Ro in a therapist’s office who had to pretend to be engaged to save the girl froh not in a bad way, and said it was very meta

It had been an interesting year Kenny and Raquel had so— I’d turned down the invitation I figured that if they wanted to be stupid enough to ruin their liveseach other, that was on the them

I wished I’d gone, though, because not one but two of Raquel’s boyfriends had stood up and objected The whole thing ended in a bloody brawl and they hadn’t actually gotten married

Froar daddy older than her dad, and Kenny had sold everything he owned and was now finding himself on the Appalachian Trail

“What do you think of St Patrick’s Day in Ireland?” Gavin asked, putting his arms around me

“Even though I’ical,” I said

“Aye, no kiddin’,” Gavin said, leaning down and kissing ical days like today thatcrazy”

“Oh, yeah? Like what?”

“Like this”

“What are you doing?” I asked, as, out of the blue, he got down on one knee