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“What’s this?”

“I have no idea,” Ben said. “Maybe Doyle had it sent up.”

“Yeah, maybe.” I walked over to the table and lifted the silver dome from the tray. Sitting on a black satin napkin was a beautiful white gold, princess-cut diamond ring. I placed my hand over my mouth as Ben walked over and took it between his fingers. He got down on one knee and took hold of my left hand.

“Paisley, from the first time I saw you, I was mesmerized by your beauty. Then, when I spoke to you, I was hooked by your words. We were both given a second chance at love and I, for one, am grateful for that. I believe that we were destined to be together and love one another for the rest of our lives. Someone told me a while ago to take care of you and to love you with my heart and soul and that’s what I’m doing as your boyfriend. But I want more, Paisley. I want to be more. I love you so much and I can’t imagine not spending my life with you. I want to be your husband and I want you to be my wife. Will you marry me?”

My bottom lip wouldn’t stop quivering and the tears that sprang to my eyes began to fall as he held the diamond ring.

“Yes. Yes. Yes! I will marry you, Ben Preston.” He slipped the ring on my finger and then kissed it before standing up and spinning me around.

Love had found its way back into our lives once again. Either by chance or by fate, we were meant to share a love that would last a lifetime. Ben and I were married a year later in a small ceremony on the beach in the Cayman Islands. Both of our immediate families were there to help us celebrate, including Leah, who had become Keaton’s top priority in life.

Ben had quit his job at the station and became a volunteer fireman so he would have more time to build furniture and run his small handmade furniture shop, which was doing extremely well. My Dear Paisley columns were doing better than ever, and I was hired by
Cosmopolitan
magazine to write a monthly love column they called “She Writes Love.”

In three months, Ben and I would be hearing the pitter-patter of little feet around our home. Soon, our happy family of three (including Romeo) would turn into a happy family of four and we couldn’t be happier. This was life. My life. Ben’s life. Our life.

~The End~

S
andi Lynn is a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author who spends all of her days writing. She published her first novel, Forever Black, in February 2013 and hasn’t stopped writing since. Her addictions are shopping, romance novels, coffee, chocolate, margaritas, and giving readers an escape to another world.

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ry Again ~ Miranda Dobson

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