“I acted like an idiot. I started thinking I knew what was best for you, and that’s ridiculous.”
I glance at Kennedy and catch her grinning.
“If you’ll forgive me for being an asshole, I promise never to do it again.”
I reach out and brush a strand of hair off his forehead. “Ever?”
His eyes twinkle. “Ever.”
“Ask her already,” Gavin says. “I have shit to do today.”
Kennedy smacks him, making me laugh.
My heart is full. My soul is at peace. All of the questions I’ve had about my life—where I belong, what I should do, who I am—I now know why I didn’t have the answers.
Because I hadn’t met them yet.
“Marry me,” he says. “Marry me today. Tomorrow. Next week. Just marry me, Megan.”
“I’ll stay without marrying you.”
Kennedy’s face splits with the biggest smile I’ve ever seen on her.
“Did you ask her to marry you?” a voice says from the road.
We look over to see Tucker’s Towing truck crawling down the road. Tucker’s head sticks out the window.
“I’m trying to get her to say yes,” Chase shouts.
“It’s rude to eavesdrop, Tucker,” I say.
He chuckles and gives us a wave. Then he continues down the road with a honk of the horn in his wake.
I turn back to Chase. “You don’t have to do this.”But please do.
“You don’t get it,” he says. “You’ve already agreed to be mine. So now we’re committing. We’re trusting each other. You’re not going to walk around and feel like it all might end someday because you and I are never ending, Megan.”
I bite my lip to keep from crying.
“Let’s start a family,” he says. “Me, you, Kennedy—maybe a baby or two.”
“Yes!” Kennedy squeals. “Have a baby. Please.”
“I think I’m gonna puke,” Gavin mumbles.
I laugh. “One thing at a time, okay?”
Chase slides the thin band on my finger. “I’ll get you another ring. This one is Kennedy’s. It’s all I could find.”
“I don’t need a ring, Chase. I just need you.”
“Is that a yes?” he asks, his eyes twinkling.
I hold his face in my hands and plant a kiss on his lips. “That’s a yes.”
EPILOGUE
Megan
