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the shoulder and murmured something I couldn’t hear to him, and my boyfriend nodded.
His eyes didn’t leave mine while he walked up to me, but he didn’t wrap his arms around me as I’d been expecting. I frowned at him, but he simply swiped his tongue over his lips.
“I brought everyone here together tonight because I want to give you one more thing.” Something seemed to click inside him, and then the nerves were gone.
Warmth and love dominated his gaze, and his voice was confident and smooth when he spoke while lowering himself down on one knee. “You changed my life, Lindsay Flinn. Being with you felt right from the very first moment that I touched you, and I’ve only gotten more certain about it since.”
I couldn’t speak, couldn’t even think as I stared down at him. Those melted-honey eyes that had drawn me in right from the beginning were glued to mine, and the corners of his mouth inched up.
“I bought this ring the day after you agreed to give me a second chance.” He pulled the box out of his pocket but didn’t open it yet. “I knew I had a lot of work to do before I got to ask you to be mine forever in the same way I’d already pledged myself to you. There have been so many times over the last year where I’ve gotten so close to asking, but I needed to know that you were ready too.”
“I’m so ready,” I whispered, “but your mom and Kavan are going to kill you for not inviting them to be here.”
He smirked. “I did invite them. Kavan and Shira are waiting for our godchild to wake up, and they’re picking Mom up on their way over here. Plus, I think we have enough of an audience as it is.”
“Wait, don’t tell me Mr. I-Can-Do-It-All is nervous?”
Chuckling as he slowly lifted the lid to reveal the most gorgeous, intricately designed ring I’d ever seen, he slowly lifted it up to me. “Nervous? I was seventeen miles past nervous three hours ago. I’m a wreck, Linds. I love you more than anything in the world, and I always will. I lost you once, and I don’t know if I would survive losing you again if I’ve read this wrong.”
“I never want to rush you or push you,” he said. “I know what happened the last time you trusted someone when you said yes, and even though I will forever be grateful to that asshole for walking out, I know putting that same kind of trust in me won’t be easy. I never want to make you feel like I wouldn’t wait for you for as long as it takes for you to be ready. I’ll wait a hundred years, but I’m asking you today because on the off chance that you are ready, I don’t want to wait a day longer than I have to before I’m married to you. I will never leave you again, Linds. I have never wanted anyone as much as I want you. I have never loved anyone the way that I love you.”
“You’ve never rushed me,” I said as I touched my fingertips to his cheeks. “In fact, you’ve been more patient with me than I had any right to expect. I love you too, Jaxon.”
“Does than mean you’ll be my wife?” Hope so powerful I felt it in my own chest shone from his eyes.
“Yes.” I’d hardly gotten the word out before he was sliding the ring onto my finger, getting to his feet, and winding his arms around me. “Thank you for fighting for me.”
“Thank you for letting me win.” He brought his lips to mine and I felt the promise in his kiss searing into my soul. He would never leave me again, and on our wedding day, I knew I wouldn’t have to worry about whether he’d show up.
Jaxon had always shown up for me, even right back at the beginning when I hadn’t even known I’d needed him. At his side, I knew I was safe, loved, and cherished. He was my happily ever after, and I couldn’t wait to know what it felt like to really be his wife.
Ember, Jaxon’s mom, Shira, Kavan, and little baby Hope came rushing through the doors before he even let me go, and we were pulled apart for hugs and congratulations while Ethan introduced everyone to Big Mac.
This was just the beginning of our story, but as I looked around the garden filled with our family and friends, I knew with everything in me that it would be a good one. There was no more doubt in my mind that we had always been destined to be together.
It definitely had been fate. No more maybe about it.
The End
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