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“Wait…are you…” Her heart exploding, words just gone

He took the ring then turned her hand around “Yes, Kinsley I want us A family I want you forever”

Her breath hitched, tears falling

“I love you, Kinsley Will you marry me?”

She stared at hi, her voice absent

Silence settled in for so long that his reat at all of this,” he said, “but usually there’s a response at this point, isn’t there?”

She forced her voice to work “I have envisioned this moment so many ti if one to heaven Everything you just said is too good, too perfect It can’t be real”

He took her finger and slid the ring on It was a perfect fit Whenever her grander She both laughed and cried when the ring settled into place “Does that feel real?” he asked

“Yes, but still too perfect,” she said “I need so more to show me this is real” She wanted him—no, needed him—but Rhett had been worried and scared, and she knew he’d be too gentle, too soft She didn’t want that Not now Not when she needed to believe that all this was actually happening

A frown tugged on his mouth “You’re hurt”

She shook her head “My hip is tender fro on it, but otherwise, I’m fine”

He pulled back “Today was trau for her waist “I’ll take you home, and we can discuss this more there”

She grabbed his ar him “Rhett Today was traumatic Horrible for the both of us, but I won’t let e because of what they did” She cupped his face “I want this I want you Showme, that I have all of you, is real I don’t want to be sad Make me feel better in the way that only you do”

His warht, Kinsley” He stroked her tears away “And this, does this feel real?”

“Definitely too sweet for Rhett West,” she whispered “I’m still not convinced”