“You’ve had me enthralled from the moment I ran into you again, all those months ago. I’ve fought my feelings for you for as long as I could, but it’s a losing battle.” He opens the ring box, and I gasp. It isn’t the ring I picked—but it’s the ring I secretly wanted. He noticed? “I can’t even imagine the rest of my life without you,” he says. “Please, will you do me the honor of becoming my wife?” I blink in disbelief and nod. “Yes. Yes, Alec. A thousand times, yes.”
