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She held his stare for a long-loadedcost You shouldn’t have done this How can you pay this back?”

At that, he cocked his head, regarding her She obviously thought he was going back to his old ways Not thinking things through Living on the edge Making rash decisions Before, he would’ve let her believe that Not anyers in his, enraptured by the war to sell my house”

She blinked Twice “But that’s Blackshaw land You would never do that”

“You’re right—before I never would have sold Blackshaw land” He squeezed her hand tighter, aware people around theanmeant to you”

Tears welled in her eyes “I can’t believe you did this for me”

“I should have done soo,” he retorted “I’ up for that now” He released her hand, and when she opened her fingers, he took the ring again “It’s not the only thing I should have done either” He slid off the bench, watching her teary eyes widen as he went down onto one knee “You toldwas a symbol for what love should be Real love True love You’ve shown me that kind of love is possible And damn if I won’t love you the rest of s exactly right, he said, “This ring first told the love story of your grandparents Now this ring will tell our story I love you, Megan Will you marry me?”

“Yes Yes, of course, I’ll marry you” She threw her arms around his neck “I love you, Nash I love you so much”

He held her tight until he needed ainst his It was a perfect kiss in a perfect et

Hoots and hollers, as well as clapping, suddenly surrounded theasp That hen he noticed the group of people around them Some were River Rock residents Others Nash didn’t know personally He appreciated the congratulations, nonetheless

Turning away froer

Megan stared down at the ring with sht choice He always fought to protect the Blackshaw naan in his life

She laughed softly and glanced up, tears on her cheeks “We see to talk about”

Heat consumed hiive the to talk about” His otten this perfectly right

Afterthe rounds of phone calls to spill the news to faer than expected since both Jenny and herplans, Megan called Jannie Megan wasn’t sure how Dad would feel about it all, but she decided to think of herself from here on out and enjoy the fact that she was blissfully happy

That was until she followed Nash through the kitchen and the dining roo each roo She supposed that’s why Nash had an open-concept house