“I love you, Phoenix,” Sebastian whispers against my forehead before placing a soft kiss on it and then dropping to his knees, right on the sand, and the distant sounds of the ocean lapping against the rocks in the background. “I can’t imagine living in a world without you.” He takes out a velvet box from his pocket and opens it up, the diamond glistening in the sun, and I gasp. “Will you marry me and spend the rest of your life with me?” he asks, and I nod, tears forming in my eyes that transform into giggles as he gets up and hugs me close, spinning us around, and finally stops. I lean back,
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