His eyes glassy, he looked at what she held, then met her gaze as he took the rings into his hand and closed his fingers around them.
“We’ve wasted five years being apart. I don’t want to wait a minute longer.”
“I can’t believe we’re even thinking this,” she mused.
“I can’t believe we ever let each other go.”
“Never again.”
“Never again,” he repeated, taking her hand into his and kissing her fingertips. “I know there will be ups and downs. There are in every relationship, but I’ll fight for you, for us, until my dying breath, Emily.”
As she stared into his eyes, all Emily’s old hurts melted away and happiness took their place.
Happiness that she knew was going to last ever after this second time around.
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