Page 141 of Loving You

“But I’m more than a little obsessed with her, too, so it’s fair. That’s why I’d like to ask her to marry me soon.”

I gasp, and so does my mom.

Dad is beaming.

“I just need your blessing, and trapping you in the sand, on a beach where you two met thirty years ago, seemed like the best place to do it.”

“She told you that?” my mom asks with tears in her eyes.

“And you remembered.” Dad is more than impressed.

Miles turns back to me and grabs my hand to pull me close and press a soft kiss to my lips.

“When it comes to Quinn, I don’t forget a thing.”

I kiss him again, and my dad hollers, “You don’t have my blessing yet!”

“Oh, right.” Miles straightens and lets go of me. “What do you think?”

“I think if you can dig us out in under five minutes, the answer is yes.”

Miles and I share a look and then drop to the sand and start digging as fast as we can.

Once upon a time, I had five minutes to change his summer, and now we have five minutes to change our life.

I’ll let you in on a little secret.

Win or lose, I’m marrying this man someday.