I drop down on one knee and pull the ring out of my pocket. The same one she put on the island next to the words I’m so sorry before she left. Her breath hitches as she recognizes it immediately. “Two years ago today, I married you in the middle of our living room in front of our closest family,” I say, with all the love I feel for her pouring out in my words. “Now I’m asking you to marry me in front of everyone we know and love, here, on our special beach.” Laiken’s smile stretches from ear to ear as she giggles. “You’re such a caveman you have to marry me twice, huh?” I huff out a laugh as I
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