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I reached over to the bag she’d brought down and pulled out what I’d snuck inside of it. When I pulled it out, I held it up between us and said, “There’s nothing in there about falling in love and getting married.”
Sawyer’s body tensed as her eyes fell on the box holding the engagement ring I bought for her. “Jesse,” she whispered.
“I feel like I’ve loved you for a lifetime, Sawyer,” I began again. “I know we lost our way for a while in there, but ever since you’ve walked back into my life, I’ve been the happiest man. I want to wake up every day knowing that I get to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you marry me?”
Tears filled her eyes as she slowly nodded her head. “Yes. Yes, I’ll marry you.”
I took the ring from the box, slipped it on her finger, and kissed her.
“You’ve made me the happiest woman in the world,” she shared when she tore her mouth from mine.
“I’m glad you said yes,” I told her.
“Did you have any doubts?”
“I didn’t want to, but it wasn’t on your list. I wasn’t sure where you stood,” I explained.
Something warm and sweet stole over her expression. “I’m not as bold as you think I am. If there was one thing I was afraid to write down in this journal, it was that. I never knew if I’d be lucky enough to have it happen for me.”
I drove my fingers into her hair and settled my hand on the back of her head. “Baby girl, I want you to write everything your heart desires in this journal. I will do whatever I have to do to make each and every one of them happen.”
The silence stretched between us.
“I love you,” Sawyer said.
“I love you, too.”
She bit her lip before she suggested, “I think you should help me cross that last entry off my list.”
“Anything you want.”
With that, knowing we could add in falling in love and getting married later, Sawyer dropped the journal into the sand beside the chair. She brought her mouth to mine and kissed me. That was the last thing she initiated, because from that point forward, I took over.
And right there, under the hot summer sun on a private beach, I made love to my fiancée.
